Here's the key point of the article. The reporter believes this was a potential bombshell...Jason as aggressor.
"In this latest trial-of-the-century, the ink in the case just might have been injected by prosecutors in disclosing 11th-hour medical information about Jason Corbett.
According to records acknowledged Tuesday, a physician’s assistant who had seen Corbett had noted signs of depression and said that Corbett, who had been treated for a thyroid condition, had discussed a few weeks prior to his death that he had been angry for no real reason.
It was a surprise admission, one that dovetailed with — and potentially could help explain — the defense’s account that Corbett had been the aggressor.
While not a last-minute smoking gun worthy of a television courtroom drama, it was nonetheless a surprise that seemed to run counter to what prosecutor Martin had just said in his opening.
Whether that’s overshadowed by the severity of the -beating — Corbett’s injuries were similar to those suffered by someone in a car crash — the spectacle of a jury member heaving into a trash can Wednesday after viewing autopsy photos or some still-to-be-disclosed evidence remains to be seen."
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As you probably already know, depression is hidden anger. So you could argue that JC is Mr Nice Guy who suppresses his anger.
What might have been making JC even more angry (or at least stressed and frustrated) in those last few weeks before he was brutally murdered?
We have been told in the media about several new things that JC might have been angry about:
1. Apparently, the company that JC worked for in US had been taken over about a month before so his future position in that company was not clear so he was organising a transfer back to Ireland. He had been missing his family and friends there and the marriage had not been a happy one for years so he was planning to move back there with the children without Molly on August 21 about three weeks after his death. Had he told Molly of his plans yet? Did he tell her during the previous week?
From my experience as a Relationship Counsellor, the only way to leave a narcissist is to not tell them of your future plans and just disappear from their life ideally without leaving a forwarding address or phone number. But when you are having to move from one country to another with two young children, this is not so easy. I usually advise my clients to book the removal van, pack everything up secretly or when they are at work and organise it for a day that you know they will not be home. But with Molly this would not have been possible.
This is only one of the seven tips on "How To Leave a Narcissist" from Psychology today:
"You are not only grieving the end of a relationship - you are grieving the person you thought your partner was. Once the narcissist's facade falls, you see the real person—and it can be quite a shock. The narcissist "love-bombed" you when you first met them—they swept you off your feet and pursued you like none other. You didn't see the real person until later into the relationship—and by that time you had already formed an emotional bond. Remember, if you had stayed with the narcissist longer, you would have had more of an emotional deterioration. Be glad you got out when you did." But for JC, he was not given that opportunity and Molly made sure of that!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201606/how-leave-narcissist-good
Does the person act as if life revolves around her?
Do I have to compliment her to get her attention or approval?
Does she constantly steer the conversation back to herself?
Does she downplay my feelings or interests?
If I disagree, does she become cold or withholding?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotional-freedom/201506/4-steps-leave-narcissist
When narcissism becomes pathological
https://www.ft.com/content/5ff67be2-b636-11df-a784-00144feabdc0
2. This is an example of narcissistic abuse from Molly to JC. Two days before he was killed, Mr Corbett left a social function in the US early after he became upset and annoyed at his wife jeering him about his weight. "They were out having dinner with some friends on the Friday before he died when Molly started fat-shaming him," said the family friend.
"Jason always took it to heart and it upset him. He left Molly there that night and went home on his own. He was mortified. She used to always call him 'fat *advertiser censored*' and he never liked it." Mr Corbett was so conscious of his weight that he had lost nearly a stone in the month before he died.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-new...ack-of-apology-from-the-martens-34348383.html
No wonder JC was depressed (hiding his anger) and it would have been building up over the years when he realised what Molly was really like. But Molly made sure he did not leave her alive! All she really wanted was his children, his house and his money and had plans to find new sources of narcissistic supply!