What did Jim Martin do to wife Christy Martin?
On Nov. 23, 2010, Christy told her longtime hairdresser that her marriage was over. She said they had agreed to keep living together until her next fight, then split the purse and separate.
“Christy looked really good and happy and peaceful,” salon owner Deana Gross testified during Jim’s trial, per ESPN. “When she left, she was walking away and she told us that she loved us.”
What Christy was doing was saying goodbye, the athlete told ESPN, recalling how that was her plan but she knew all too well that Jim might not let her go.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m. that night, as Christy later testified during Jim’s trial, she was in their bedroom putting on her shoes to go for a run when Jim, hands behind his back, said he had something to show her.
He proceeded to stab her four times in the torso and wound her in the leg, according to the police report prosecutors read from at trial. She fought back but, during the struggle, she realized that he had the pink 9-millimeter Glock she usually kept hidden under the mattress in his pocket. After getting the upper hand again, Jim shot Christy in the chest. She reached for the phone, Christy said, but Jim had unplugged it.
Then, she detailed on the stand, Jim went into the bathroom and she heard the shower running. She said she managed to make it out the front door and into the street, where she flagged down a passing car and the obliging motorist drove her to the emergency room.