Richie Incognito's attorney has released a stream of text messages exchanged between his client and Jonathan Martin that reportedly reveal each man insulting one another and speaking as if they were friends with one another.
According to ESPN, attorney Mark Schamel has released 40 pages of texts exchanged between the two dating all the way back to December of 2012. Schamel has previously told reporters the texts sent to Incognito by Martin were every bit as vulgar as the ones his client sent to his teammate that contributed to him bolting the team at midseason.
The NFL is expected to soon release findings from a subsequent investigation league officials launched probing the team's overall locker room behaviour.
ESPN reports one of the most graphic exchanges was dated Dec. 17, 2012. At one point during the conversation, Martin told Incognito, "Ima egg your house & light a bag of s--- on fire then ring your doorbell." He later added "I'm going to shoot you and claim self defense. I'm white ur black I'll walk."
In one instance, Martin reportedly answered "I'm gonna give McDonald bath salts and lock him in your house with a tranquilizer gun & a box of sand paper condoms."
Another exchange between the two came Oct. 23, when Incognito texted "F--- you!!!" to Martin, who responded with a photo that read, "I will murder your whole f---ing family."
ESPN adds the two also exchanged texts after Martin left the team in October, one of them where Incognito repeatedly asked Martin to call him and asked him if he was OK. Martin responded Nov. 1, saying, "Wassup man? The world's gone crazy lol I'm good tho congrats on the win."
The next day, Incognito again texted Martin, writing "buddy," then pleaded for his help because he was getting "killed" in the media over the emerging scandal. However, Schamel said Martin never responded.
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