Sebrina Martin, the Democratic nominee for a family court judgeship in Montgomery, released a video statement to social media channels Friday defending herself in response to an APR article last week detailing how she lost custody of six children in 2013 due to “excessive corporal punishment.”
“You’ve read the article, you’ve seen what was said, but you haven’t seen the Montgomery Police Department investigation that says no criminal wrongdoing had been committed, and you haven’t seen the Department of Human Resources investigation report that says there was no abuse,” Martin said.
Martin emphasized that her side of the story had not been told, saying readers had immediately believed the allegations “without one comment from me.”
APR tried multiple times to contact Martin prior to the publication of the original article, including voicemails on Martin’s personal cell phone and at her Montgomery Divorce Law firm. Emails were also sent to Martin’s campaign email and attorney email and received no response for more than 24 hours before the article was published.
“Those statements made in the article are false,” Martin said. “After years of being abused and manipulated myself, I divorced (Michael Martin). My ex-husband told me when I divorced him that he would do everything he could to destroy me, and he nearly did when he manipulated my kids to turn against me. Because when we went to court, no one cared about the police reports or the DHR investigation that said there was...
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