A Deadly American Marriage on Netflix: Where is Molly Martens now?
A Deadly American Marriage tells the real life story of the killing of 39 year-old Irish father-of-two, Jason Corbett, in his home in North Carolina in 2015.
Jason's wife, Molly Martens Corbett, and his father-in-law, Thomas Martens, were both found guilty of second degree murder in 2017. However, their convictions were later overturned on appeal and, following plea bargains, the murder charges were dropped and Molly Martens pleaded no contest to a charge of voluntary manslaughter while Tom Martens pleaded guilty to the same charge.
Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Martens were both released from prison in 2024.
The case was widely covered at the time by The Irish Mirror. In fact, award winning Irish Mirror journalist, Nicola Donnelly, exclusively revealed in early December 2023, that prison records showed both Molly Martens Corbett and her father, Thomas Martens were set to walk in that month - after only serving a month behind bars- as our front page on Monday, December 4, 2023 showed.
On seeing both their prison records showed Thomas was to be released on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 and Molly on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, The Irish Mirror contacted the Department of Adult Correction in North Carolina who confirmed the release dates were correct.
But hours later, red-faced prison officials admitted to a mix up due to 'human error' and reversed their embarrassing error on their release dates which then prevented the pair from walking free.
Molly Martens is now 41 years-old and in 'A Deadly American Marriage' she insists both she and her father were fighting for lives the night Limerick father-of-two, Jason Corbett died.
'I was going to save her life or die trying and I have no regrets," said Thomas Martens.
In the lead-up to the premiere of 'A Deadly American Marriage', Molly's brother Connor Martens told WBIR-TV in Knoxville Tennessee, that his sister was "doing really well" and she was close to finishing a university degree.
Connor said his father was also 'doing really well' and was 'just so grateful for all the small things in life".
"Molly definitely has elements of that but it's harder for her. She's in kind of the thick of her life and she's not retired, and there's been a lot more media scrutiny and harassment and she struggles a little bit more with the trauma, but overall I think she's really grateful and she's doing really well, all things considered," he said.
'A Deadly American Marriage' is currently streaming on Netflix.
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