JACK AND SARAH SENT: ‘ARE YOU TAUGHT TO HATE ME... LOVE MOM’
JUST hours after Molly Martens and her father were charged with murdering her husband, she sent a message to his children on Facebook, declaring that she loved and nurtured them to the best of her ability in ‘the environment we found ourselves’.
The former nanny had failed last month in her appeal to gain custody of Mr Corbett’s two children Jack, 11, and Sarah, 9, after being forced by a US court to surrender them last August.
But over the past months she has taken to Facebook making direct pleas to the children and often using pictures of them together. In one post she wondered if their ‘memories have been corrupted or polluted’ and if ‘someone has taught you to hate me’.
She wrote yesterday: ‘I have loved, nurtured and protected you to the best of my ability in the environment we found ourselves. I do not know what you will remember about our lives but I know some of the things you are being told. I pray one day you are able to remember with truth and clarity some of the events of our lives.
‘You are my heart and soul, my sunshine and my happy, and I will always love you.’
Following her post others went online to support her.
And on Monday she posted: ‘I cannot believe the level of slander, harassment, lies and absolute utter corruption. The truth does not matter. Shouldn’t the truth matter? Shouldn’t the truth prevail? Doesn’t anyone care about the truth?’
The post had been removed yesterday.
In September Mr Corbett’s parents said their grief has been ‘exacerbated’ by the social media campaign waged by Ms Martens. John and Rita Corbett said their lives were turned upside down, and the behaviour of Ms Martens and her family was ‘hurtful’.
However, she again posted a message on December 31. This was accompanied by photographs of her with the children and an
‘You loved this day, Hunny Bun’
image of a letter written by Jack.
Ms Martens’ message to the children read: ‘Some things are hard to imagine. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make them less true. It is unbearable to think of people purposely teaching you to hate the mother that has raised, nurtured, and loved you for as long as you could remember.
‘It is wrong and it is not in the best interest of anyone, certainly not you. I will love you unconditionally. If your memories have been corrupted or polluted, if you believe somehow that I was a bad person or a bad mother... Even if someone has taught you to hate me, I will love you.’
On New Year’s Eve she posted a photograph of Sarah and Jack with the message: ‘Happy New Year, Jack and Sarah, Love Mom.’
On January 1 she posted a photo of herself with Sarah, from New Year’s Eve two years ago, with the message: ‘There are no words for how much I miss you.’
And on January 2 she posted a photo of Sarah wearing a white coat with a flower and the message: ‘Five years ago... I love this shot of my daughter at this age... It captures her spirit... her character... I can see the giggle behind that smile...
‘You loved this day, Hunny Bun.’