Former Miami Dolphins Offensive Lineman Jonathan Martin rises his bullying against his former teammate, Richie Incognito, who caused the scandal in 2013.
“I never believed for a second that I was being bullied”, ” Martin told ESPN. “It’s a story that I have been trying to solve for 10 years.”
Incognito was suspended by the dolphins in 2013 after reports that he bullied Martin to the point where it stormed from the team’s cafeteria as a result of what was said.
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Miami Tackle Jonathan Martin (71) and guard Richie Incognito (Samuel Lewis/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty images)
Martin, a second round pick through the dolphins in 2012, was in his Second NFL season When the controversy of bullying surrounded him and incognito.
The dolphins later announced that incognito was suspended for “behavior harmful to the team.”
The competition eventually became involved and retains lawyer Ted Wells to investigate the incident, who discovered that Incognito, Mike Pouncey and John Jerry were all busy with bullying towards Martin.
The NFL report on the case also said that Martin controlled himself in a hospital and his mother had to be flown through the country to be with him at the time.
But now Martin blames his parents that the situation will be as well known as it is today.
“I had a situation with my teammates I was not very happy with,” Martin told ESPN. “But my mother had read her own about the situation.
“I hadn’t even told my coaches, nobody had told it. And suddenly it is on ESPN, right?” He went on. “I didn’t believe any of the views I took, anyway, where I am this victim. I was not a victim, right? And again, it was a point of consternation.
Richie Incognito of the Oakland Raiders leaves the field after a match against the Minnesota Vikings in the US Bank Stadium on 22 September 2019 in Minneapolis. (Hannah Foslien/Getty images)
“My mother maybe in her mind – I can’t read her thoughts – she thought she was doing the right thing.”
Incognito, who missed the second half of the 2013 season and the entire 2014 campaign because of the scandal, responded after seeing Martin’s new words about this.
“He couldn’t cut it in the NFL, so he stopped and his mother blamed me,” he said, simply on X. “Legacy Media pushed this story long and far.
While Martin’s mother, Jane, did not speak with ESPN for the interview, his father, Gus, said his piece.
“His mother and I intervened strongly,” he said. “To ensure that it was protected.”
Miami Dolphin’s offensive Lineman Jonathan Martin is shown during the match between Stanford and USC in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Ric Tapia/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty images)
Gus Martin also played an alleged voice of Incognito, who had been left for his son at the time. The man on the phone who is said to be incognito, threatens Jonathan Martin, with the help of graphic language, including racial blemish.
“Hey, what’s going on, you half-n —– piece of s —,” says Incognito reportedly. ‘I saw you on Twitter, you trained for 10 weeks. I will s — in your mouth. I’m going to put your mouth shut, I’m going to hit you real mother over the face.
Martin would eventually be traded to the San Francisco 49 people during the low season after the accusations of bullying had been revealed. However, he only played 15 games there before he retired after he went to Carolina Panthers Training Camp the following year.
In the meantime, Incognito signed with the Buffalo Bills after his suspension was lifted by the competition. He spent three seasons in Upstate New York before he came to the then Raiders.
Miami Dolphins Lineman Jonathan Martin (John Rivera/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty images)
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During a performance on “HBO’s real sports with Bryant Gumbel” in 2019, Incognito denied that he once bullying his former teammate and blamed the “Mental Health problems of Martin and his Demons”.
Incognito added: “I adjust the bill. Hey, racist, homophobic, what not. Men talk to each other.” Was some bad St said absolutely.
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