The hidden and unsavory habits of Jim Irsay were revealed in an ESPN the Magazine article discussing the Indianapolis Colts owner’s drug addiction and personal life. Most of the article talks about Irsay’s addiction to pain/prescription pills — something that came to light during the owner’s OWI arrest in March — but a lot of it also dealt with Irsay’s romantic relationships.
Jim Irsay married wife Megan in 1980 and divorced in January, though they were legally separated for a decade. Outside the marriage/separation, Irsay had a relationship with a woman named Kim Wundrum, who died in March of a drug overdose. Even though Jim and Kim had a relationship for around eight years and he bought Kim three properties, Irsay kept their relationship hidden.
From ESPN:
But he kept himself at arm’s length. He wouldn’t take Kim to a movie unless it was a matinee, or risk a restaurant unless they were out of town, and even then it had to be with a group. Jim would leave her at the luxurious home they shared to go to Colts charity events and pose with his wife, Meg, from whom he was legally separated.
Despite whatever relationship he had with wife Megan and girlfriend Kim, Jim started a fling with a married woman named Jami Martin in 2011.
The relationship between Irsay and Martin (pictured above), who has three children and is from Martinsville, Indiana, began over Twitter. A look at Jami’s Twitter account shows that she used it in January and February, 2011, almost exclusively to tweet at Irsay. The tweets seem to have been in response to the numerous ticket giveaway contests Irsay ran through his Twitter account.
Jami’s husband, Greg, says the relationship between Irsay and Jami began when Irsay responded to Jami with a direct message to set up a meeting. By September, Greg knew about the affair.
He used a Twitter account to tweet at Irsay, accusing the owner of being a home wrecker. You can see all the tweets below.
Was it from the movie home wrecker by Jim Irsay
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 21, 2011
Whatever home wrecker
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 24, 2011
So i can meet a home wrecker in person
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 24, 2011
Ok perv
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 26, 2011
On our way up there jimmy. You might want to tell her to leave
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 27, 2011
Home wrecker by jim irsay
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 29, 2011
Quit blowing your money on woman and you would be ok
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 29, 2011
Can i win and take my wife
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) September 30, 2011
Get the married woman out of them and they would not be. Maybe God is trying too tell you something
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) October 3, 2011
Oops. Did you have a good time last night hmwrcker?
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) October 8, 2011
@JimIrsay A better person???? You make me laugh. Loser!
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) October 31, 2011
@jimirsay like talking to a homewrecker. No morals at all. What a loser. Karma? I think so!
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) November 10, 2011
@JimIrsay: Did you wreck their home too?
— Greg Martin (@martin_assoc) November 25, 2011
There is no word on the status of the relationship between Irsay and Martin, but it seems like things are ongoing. Greg and Jami apparently are in divorce proceedings, because ESPN says Greg wants Jim to testify in a custody battle about whether he’s a negative influence on the Martins’ children.
