Christy Martin Wins - The Trial of Jim Martin - Domestic Violence - Rewatch and Attorney Analysis

Although the movie "Christy" failed to garner box office success, the story of what Christy Martin endured and survived in her 20-year marriage to Jim Martin, her former boxing manager, deserves to be told. The trial of Jim Martin for the attempted murder of Christy shows how anyone - even a world championship boxer - can be psychologically broken down in a domestic violence relationship.

Part 1 starts with the opening statements, where we hear each side's theory of the case. The prosecution tells us the case is about control, but the defense tells us it's about credibility.

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0:00 Introduction
10:33 Prosecution's opening statement
13:12 The public persona vs. the true person
16:08 At its essence, the case is about a man losing control
20:06 The day of the incident
24:54 Corona joins
26:35 Denial is a hallmark of abuse
31:31 Reviewing the charges
38:11 Andrea discusses the State opening
40:01 Defense opening
41:39 Credibility is the issue, and the integrity of boxing
45:26 Andrea's thoughts about the Laila Ali fight and whether Jim protected his fighter
51:31 Christy's cocaine use is very important to the defense
53:31 Financial abuse and how it pressures women to stay
58:14 Trying to get out ahead of Jim's smear campaign but the passive voice is a giveaway
1:00:50 Christy felt threatened and told everyone Jim was going to kill her
1:06:55 Poor Jim passes out in the neighbor's shed and only wakes up a week later
1:08:29 All Jim wanted was in Christy's best interest, whether she liked it or not
1:11:33 Andrea discusses the Defense opening
1:13:58 Why Christy's story is important