Former Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin retreates allegations of bullying against his teammate that sparked the NFL scandal
former Miami Dolphins Offensive lineman Jonathan Martin walks up bullying accusations against former teammate Richie Incognito, who caused quite a scandal in 2013.
“I didn’t believe I was being bullied.” Martin told ESPN. “That’s a story I’ve been trying to fix for ten years.”
Incognito was interrupted by dolphins in 2013 and received reports that he had bullied a point that leapt out of the team’s cafeteria as a result of what Martin said.
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Miami tackles Jonathan Martin (71) and Guard Richie Incogneet (Samuel Lewis/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Martin, the second round pick by the Dolphins in 2012, was inside him Second NFL season When a bullying controversy surrounds him and Secret.
The Dolphins later announced that the Secret had been suspended due to “behavior that is harmful to the team.”
The league was eventually involved and kept his lawyer Ted Wells in investigating the case. The incident discovered Incognito, Mike Pounasy and John Jerry were engaged in bullying Martin.
An NFL report on the issue said Martin would need to be dressed in the hospital and fly across the country to have his mother stay with him during that time.
But now, Martin is denounced by his parents that the situation is just as well known as today.
“With my teammates, I was in a situation where I wasn’t very happy,” Martin told ESPN. “But my mother was reading about her own situation.
“I wasn’t talking to the coach, I wasn’t telling anyone, and all of a sudden it’s on ESPN, right?” he continued. “I wasn’t this victim, I didn’t believe in the stance I was taking. I wasn’t a victim, right? And that was a surprise point.

Oakland Raiders’ Richie Incognito will leave the field on September 22, 2019 after a match against the Minnesota Vikings at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. (Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
“My mother probably in her mind – I can’t read her mind – she thought she was doing the right thing.”
Incognito, who missed the second half of the scandal’s 2013 season and the entire 2014 campaign, responded after seeing Martin’s new words on the issue.
“He couldn’t cut it in the NFL, so he stopped and his mom blamed me,” he said honestly on X. He quit.
Martin’s mother, Jane, did not speak to ESPN for an interview, but her father Gus said his work.
“His mom and I intervened strongly,” he said. “To make sure he is protected.”

Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin is on display during a match between Stanford and USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Ric Tapia/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Gus Martin also let out a voice from Secret. The phone man, who is said to have incognit, threatens Jonathan Martin using a graphic language that includes racial slur.
“Hey, what’s wrong, you’re half n —- s fragments—,” Incogneet says. “I saw you on Twitter, you’ve been training for 10 weeks. You’re crossing your face and you’re still going to kill you.”
Martin will eventually trade with the San Francisco 49ers during the offseason after the bullying allegations are revealed. However, he only played 15 games before retiring after going to training camp for the Carolina Panthers a year after.
Meanwhile, Secret signed with the Buffalo Bills after his suspension was lifted by the league. He spent three seasons in upstate New York before joining the then-Oakland Raiders.

Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin (John Rivera/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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When he appeared in “HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” in 2019, Incognito denied bullying his former teammate and accused Martin of “mental health issues and his demons” of leaving the league.
Incognito said, “I fit the bill. Hey, racist, homophobia, etc. What I’m talking about is that we were close, personal friends. We’re talking to each other. Man. Did you absolutely say some bad things?
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