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Does anyone have specifics on the sexual battery claim against Martin?


Does anyone know exactly what is meant by the claim that Martin Lawrence sexually harassed and sexually battered Tisha? What were the specifics of said battery and harassment?

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http://lebeauleblog.com/2013/11/23/what-the-hell-happened-to-martin-la wrence/4/

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@areyouhim

Thanks for the response. I would like to hold forth on something even though probably no one will see it since this board gets almost no traffic.

I don't believe the claims of Tisha Campbell in that article. I just find it extremely hard to believe that a man who has his very name on his own show, a reputation to maintain that is connected to earning power, and had a successful show that such actions could jeopardize and destroy, would do such stupid things.

Even more hard to believe is that a man would commits such criminal acts in public in front of coworkers. I don't want to call or imply that Tisha Campbell is a liar but I don't believe her claims. I would believe them automatically though, if such sexual harassment was corroborated by Tichina Arnold, or Carl Payne, or Thomas Ford.

Tisha stayed there for 2 seasons before finally doing something about the harassment? If these claims were true, why wait that long? If Martin was guilty of all these rages, why didn't the rest of the cast members walkout or complain or boycott? If he humiliated and abused Campbell in front of the entire cast and crew on so many occasions that it reached the point where she needed to be hospitalized due to the stress he caused her, why didn't Thomas, or Tichina or Carl also walk out or refuse to work with Martin?

If he really did this stuff, how and why would other actresses work with him in the future. Wouldnt they fear he would do the same to them? And wouldn't they refuse to work with him in self righteous outrage for how he treated another fellow female? How does one account for Lynn Whitfield working with him? What, did she not give a crap, and worked with him anyway?

I don't know if this is true or not. It could be. But it seems very suspicious, the silence of the others, unless I just don't know about what they said.

What seems just as plausible, is that right around the time Tisha claimed all these accusations, she was getting married to, or being involved with, or had as her fiancee, Duane Martin, who might have been jealous of Martin Lawrence's success and either put Tisha up to doing it, or Tisha might have done that to sully and tarnish Martin Lawrence's reputation so he wouldnt be so much more bigger and successful than her husband.

Now, I'm not saying that is a fact. I don't know. That may even be way the hell off, but until I get informed of some corroboration from cast members that Martin really did that nasty stuff, I don't believe it.

Does this look like the behavior of a woman going through all that harassment and abuse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrM1j-SYRms

Look at the above video from 6:02 to 6:20

She's laughing deeply at what he said, holding his arm or hand and even leaning on him affectionately. Those are the actions of a women that was going through all that? I don't think so. At least I don't think so based on common sense. That was from the episode "He say She say", which was from season 4.

Yet Tisha Campbell was talking about Martin was doing all these rages and humiliating her and abusing her by the third season. Come on now. Something don't add up about those allegations.

Oh, and anther thing that makes me think the allegations are not true, even though they could be, is that I heard that Martin Lawrence and Tichina Arnold have remained good friends to this day. If Martin did all those horrible things to the cast and to Tisha, if would be crazy for Tichina to still be friends with Martin, especially since I think her and Tisha were like best friends in real life.

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Tichina and Tisha are close in real life (not so sure now). And I believe they grew up together. First movie I saw them in together was Little Shop Of Horrors.

Martin and Tichina have maintained a close relationship since the allegations. Tichina even being in a few of his movies.

If my memory serves me right, Tisha was just getting married to or about to marry Duane Martin in the final season of filming. The "Allegations" came out in season 4. Just looked it up. She got married in August 96. That means that she got married while still filming Season 5. The allegations came out during season 4 and Tisha per the Judge's order was to do no scenes involving intimacy or whatever. Which is EXACTLY why you don't really see Gina and Martin in alot of scenes together unless it's Shenehneh or something.

If you REALLY think about it, it seems to be that a "certain" husband to be didn't want his "wife to be" doing intimate scenes. A little suggestive suggestions and viola. No more intimate scenes and solo screen time together and Tisha finishes her contract. But Martin and Tichina are still close friends. Hmmm....

One more easter egg. Season 1 DVD I believe, the outtakes. Gina was all over Martin just as much as he was all over her. Sexual harassment?? Lol OK!!

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I think that's the general consensus. She didn't start tripping until she married her husband.

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The one thing I'm certain of, you'll/we'll never get to find out what really went down for they both probably have totally different versions,.. but my money is on:

Martin and Tisha probably had a thing (from back when they did House Party) and it was probably an Off-On thing through the show,...EXCEPT she found a husband later and probably let Martin know those "F-Friends" days are over?

But Martin was real Big Time back then, loaded with both $$$s and as it looked Drugs, he probably held it against her that she wasn't "Available" (to him) anymore and didn't change his behavior and or it got worse because of the $$s, Fame, DRUGS,...

BTW, season #1 (probably)-season 3 or 4 it was like that. "Gina was all over Martin"

What I don't believe, she just made it up or was out to get him?

I think he just became a Habitual Line Stepper:):):) and it got way out of hand with her.

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But Martin was real Big Time back then, loaded with both $$$s and as it looked Drugs, he probably held it against her that she wasn't "Available" (to him) anymore and didn't change his behavior and or it got worse because of the $$s, Fame, DRUGS,...

BTW, season #1 (probably)-season 3 or 4 it was like that. "Gina was all over Martin"

What I don't believe, she just made it up or was out to get him?

I think he just became a Habitual Line Stepper:):):) and it got way out of hand with her.


You said it. I don't believe for one second that Tisha made those allegations up. Maybe they had been dating or sleeping together at first and after Tisha got married, his actions became increasingly inappropriate and intolerable, especially for a newly wed woman. Just like any offender, you give them an inch and they will surely take a mile. Also, during that time, Martin was all over the place, acting a damn fool. He was getting arrested back to back and even when to a nut house so yes, I believe her story. Why would she lie? She's an actress and was playing a role of a woman in a relationship so of course there was going to be some onscreen intimacy between the two characters and being an actor himself, I'm sure her husband knew this, especially since she was already on the show when they met so why would she jeopardize her career and quit a very successful TV show all for a lie? It's not like she quit for another show.



All typos and misspellings courtesy of a public educational system.

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I believe her story. Why would she lie? She's an actress and was playing a role of a woman in a relationship


Because we all know the accusers NEVER lie lol.

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If you believe she was lying; what do you believe were her reasons for trying to ruin him, the show, (potentially) her career, her friends on the show,....?

And you have to consider Martin's REPORTED behavior/incidents back then too.

Regardless, I don't believe we'll ever get the truth to what actually went down.

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Personally I DON'T believe her. While it was well documented that Martin was damn near a psycho, I personally believe that if something did happen, it was blown way out of proportion by Tisha.

*Where were these assaults taking place? In a closet, under the covers of a bed? Where was the film crew, extras, Tommy, Cole, Pam? Was it taking place on the set or off? Any witnesses?

*If the allegations were true, why did Tichina continue to have a close working relationship with Martin AFTER the show ended? She stood to gain nothing from either party. To this day, she still speaks very highly of Martin whereas she has had next to nothing to say about Tisha, nor have they been in anything together since the show ended.

*Coincidence that these allegations made their way up the chain around the time she was set to get married? You and I can have a falling out. I don't like you, nor do I want to work with you anymore. I still have to finish out my contract though. Make a complaint, the courts modify our working conditions and I no longer have to see or work with you. I still finish out my contract and my significant other is happy.

We more than likely will never know. But based on the information provided, I'm leaning more towards it was made more big of a deal than it really was, if it even happened.

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"I personally believe that if something did happen, it was blown way out of proportion by Tisha."

1. I considered Pam's relationship with Martin too but it's not uncommon for others to compartmentalize other situations,..for many reasons.

2. Your POV above is fair.

And I can't remember the show or what I saw/read but I recall Ticha speaking "Well" of Martin but as a performer or it may have been about the overall show and him??

I'm a look that up,..to make sure I'm not crazy and dreamed it:):):)

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Years ago on Wikipedia, some of the sexually suggestive things that Martin said to Gina were actually up and posted. However, they have been removed for a while now. I know Wikipedia is not a very reliable source, but with the graphic things that Martin may have said, it's not wonder Gina couldn't take it.

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*If the allegations were true, why did Tichina continue to have a close working relationship with Martin AFTER the show ended? She stood to gain nothing from either party. To this day, she still speaks very highly of Martin whereas she has had next to nothing to say about Tisha, nor have they been in anything together since the show ended.


^^^This couldn't be any further from the truth. Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell have both stated, on several different occasions, that they have remained very close since the show ended and are in fact real life BFFs. As far as them never working together after Martin, that's also false. Tisha had a reoccurring role on Tichina's (actually Chris Rock) show Everybody Hates Chris.


All typos and misspellings courtesy of a public educational system.

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What I heard they had a thing going on the side for years. When Tisha was engaged/married it was Martin who wouldn't leave her alone.

That's where the accusation came from.

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There was a Lifetime Intimate Portrait on Tisha Campbell where she briefly addressed the situation. Since she and Martin are not allowed to speak on specifics, she did state that Martin is one of the most brilliant comedians she has ever worked with. And she also went on to say that she will NEVER say anything bad about Martin. You can look it up on YouTube.

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I do believe that Martin was to blame.

There was a recent YouTube interview with the guy who played Cole and he said Martin was always putting him down. When the interviewer talked about the rumours of how the show ended and how he couldn't believe them the guy playing Cole said that he should and then they dropped it.

Something clearly all went wrong between the end of Season 4 and halfway through Season 5.

Season 4 finished airing on May 2 1996. The same month was when

"On May 8, 1996, he became increasingly erratic and was arrested after he brandished a pistol in the middle of an intersection on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles"

Tisha got married in August 1996.

After that Season 5 started filming and Martin apparently made life difficult for Tisha on the set again according to the guy who played Cole.

Then about half way through the season he did something and Tisha left the show. I've heard it was because he shoved his tongue in her mouth and because he'd recently threatened his wife that Tisha quit.

Then when the Season ended he got in trouble again for punching a guy in a nightclub.

So some things might not be true but it definitely seems like Martin went off his rocker because he supposedly had an obsession with Tisha and didn't want her marrying her husband.

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Exactly! I would even go further and probably say it was Duane Martin the WHOLE time. Notice how when it was trouble in paradise with him and Tisha, Tisha and Tichina were photographed all hugged up and kissing on Martin. Like I said earlier, if someone sexually harassed you, would you ever be caught hugged up and kissing on them? I don't care if you forgive and forget and it's years later, you wouldn't be within an inch of someone who sexually harassed you, yet here she is hugged up with the guy she claims sexually harrassed her??? Nah I don't buy it. I think it was Duane who got up in her head and made her say that bogus crap.

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I don't believe those allegations either. I mean just recently she was pictured all hugged up and kissing Martin on his cheek. If someone sexually harassed you, would you be hugged up kissing on them? Not to mention after the picture came out, VOILA, she divorces her husband? Hmmmmm

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this..unfortunately there's a lot of dick riding Tisha supporters on here. it should be painfully obvious now that she's divorced from her husband she's cool with martin again what the issue was but some people (most in here) are too stupid to read between the lines.

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