Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression amidst allegations that he was threatened, harassed and menaced by teammates, chiefly Richie Incognito, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Martin, 24, is not expected to report back to the team anytime soon, as he works with specialists in Los Angeles and awaits clearance to return.
We’re now learning exactly what he’s being treated for.
“It’s depression and PTSD… which is directly related to the bullying he endured by Richie and other teammates,” a source close to the situation told Radar.
“Jonathan wants to play football again, but he absolutely can’t play for the Miami Dolphins. That said, football isn’t the focus right now. It’s receiving treatment and moving forward.”
The insider said Martin “hates all of the publicity this has gotten,” but added that when the time is right, “Jonathan will speak out about what really happened” inside the Dolphins locker room.
As we previously reported, the Dolphins have suspended Incognito while an investigation takes place — a club suspension for conduct detrimental to the team has a maximum of four weeks, per the league’s collective bargaining agreement. Incognito could appeal as well.
Last weekend, 30-year-old Incognito sat down with Jay Glazer of FOX in an effort to explain vicious voicemails and text messages he’d left for Martin.
“This is not an issue about bullying. This is an issue about my and John’s relationship. I had Jonathan Martin’s back the absolute most,” he said, in the interview.
He also claimed that Martin once texted HIM that he was going to kill “my entire family.”
It was just the way they communicated, Incognito said.
Meanwhile, the NFL formally asked Dolphins owner, Steve Ross, and the team’s CEO, Tom Garfinkel, to postpone their meeting with Martin.
“Ted Wells and the National Football League have asked that we delay our meeting with Jonathan Martin until they have the opportunity to meet with him,” Garfinkel said in a statement earlier this week.
“Out of deference to the process, we will cooperate with their request. We look forward to meeting with Jonathan as soon as possible.”
Martin is expected to meet with the Ted Wells, the special investigator appointed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the next few days, a source said.
“Jonathan’s lawyer, David Cornwell has been in constant contact with Ted. The NFL has been very supportive of Jonathan and respects that he is dealing with a very serious mental health conditions,” the source added.
Martin’s lawyer, David Cornwell, didn’t immediately respond to multiple requests for comment. [Reply]
I imagine Martin has some sort of mental defect that makes it so that he just doesn't handle things very well in general, thus the "bullying" ending up giving him PTSD-like symptoms. It also doesn't help that he is a shitty football player that was on the verge of being replaced, so I imagine that stress didn't help things. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY:
Yea, like Jonathans mother is a big time employment attorney who wrote on work place harassment. This has setup written all over it.
Why would his mother's occupation matter in this case? He's a union member. The NFLPA will protect its own.
Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY:
PTSD? Give me a friggen break. I am still not passing judgement though until we have something more than a mean text message to go off of.
Originally Posted by hometeam:
And im not going to go into it. But I have had a pretty ****ed life, especially my childhood. I promise you, unless he got ass raped, I had it worse.
I choose to try and control what I can, not sit around and be a little bitch about it.
Thats a lot of anger for someone dealing with it so well.
It's inane to compare lives. A problem that destroys someone's life is no less or greater than a problem that destroys yours. The end result is the same even if the trauma is completely different. [Reply]
Originally Posted by hometeam:
And im not going to go into it. But I have had a pretty fucked life, especially my childhood. I promise you, unless he got ass raped, I had it worse.
I choose to try and control what I can, not sit around and be a little bitch about it.
Seems to me like you're bursting at the seams to tell someone about it.
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm right.
I don't think it's a stretch though. These health care specialists have agendas like anyone else. They're running a business after all.
Agendas? Seriously? How many health care professionals do you know? Doctors, Social Workers, Clinical therapists?
I happen to know many and have known many in my lifetime. Their only "agenda" is to help people. Period.
It's always hilarious to me when people suggest doctors are only in it "for the money", as if seven years of schooling, residency, malpractice insurance and being on call 24-7 your entire life is just so easy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Why would his mother's occupation matter in this case? He's a union member. The NFLPA will protect its own.
Looks to me like you did pass judgment.
Setup
No, maybe they gang raped him or something but we need to see some real substance here. It's not like he just came back from hamburger hill without his legs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GoChargers:
Incognito is a colossal douchebag, but Martin's PTSD claims are just screaming "blatant cash grab," IMO.
Where is this cash coming from? He has a contract with the Miami Dolphins. He wasn't cut or waived.
Why would he need to fake PTSD? If he didn't want to play but wanted to continue earning his contract as a backup, all he needed to do is allow a few pass rushers to sack his QB at a critical juncture.
Originally Posted by Swanman:
I imagine Martin has some sort of mental defect that makes it so that he just doesn't handle things very well in general, thus the "bullying" ending up giving him PTSD-like symptoms. It also doesn't help that he is a shitty football player that was on the verge of being replaced, so I imagine that stress didn't help things.
No, maybe they gang raped him or something but we need to see some real substance here. It's not like he just came back from hamburger hill without his legs.