Alycia Martin

Recently a T-Shirt was put up for sale on the internet. It purports to be directed at Thomas Athans (since no one would even know who Alycia Martin is otherwise) however, Thomas Athans is not mentioned, depicted in picture, or otherwise referenced, on the shirt. This is because Thomas Athans was never charged with any crime stemming from the events of February 26, 2008. This remarkable lack of prosecution and fodder for the media (and this T-Shirt company) is a direct result of the "special...Read Full Story

Tuesday, October 21, 2008Woman arrested in sex sting asks judge to end caseJennifer Chambers / The Detroit NewsTROY -- The woman arrested in a prostitution sting involving the spouse of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has no money to comply with the terms of her probation and is asking a judge to close her case.Alycia Martin is unemployed, receives no financial support from her family and has no money to pay for drug and alcohol screens, monthly probation fees for her case or for the gasoline to...Read Full Story

Alycia Martin was sentenced on August 12, 2008, on the Troy City ordinance violation of trespassing. Judge Bolle of the 52-4 District Court granted Alycia's attorney's Motion to have her sentenced her under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, which allows a defendant to be assigned "youthful trainee" status if the offense was committed before the Defendant's 21st birthday. Alycia was given six months and cannot leave the state other then to attend her father's wedding in Las Vegas, NV. She must...Read Full Story

People of conscience should speak out about what occurred in the case of The People of Troy v. Alycia Martin. There is a famous poem which is on point:"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist; And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew; And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was...Read Full Story

Alycia Martin is pictured at right in a photograph with children of a close friend in the Commonwealth of Massachusett before losing herself to the falsehoods. Alycia loves children and hopes to start a family of her own after reuniting with a former boyfriend and veteran of the U.S. Navy and Iraq War. Alycia wanted to thank the residents of Troy which have stepped forward, emailed, wrote to the local newspapers, and written their City officials about her case, and women similiarly situated...Read Full Story

November 4, 2008 - Voting in her First Presidential Election Just Around the CornerOn November 4, 2008, Alycia Martin is the day that Alycia Martin appears before the 52-4 District Court Judge on her Motion to Modify Sentence. Alycia is asking the Court to reduce her sentence to time served or convict her on the reduced trespassing charge and end her probation.November 4, 2008, is also election day. Thanks to having her Michigan drivers license, and hence voter registration, Alycia is able to...Read Full Story

Unfortunately the reality, often forgotten by people in the media and "media buffs" which follow certain cases they consider salacious or "newsworthy," is that people like Alycia caught up in the "news cycle" are real people, with families and lives. The circumstances of Alycia Martin's arrest and criminal case, when put into this perspective, are not really that important. Despite all the issues of the past, and lost contact, her relatives still made contact with attorney Cusumano. Alycia's...Read Full Story

Julianne Cusumano, Attorney Cusumano's wife of 18 years attended every hearing in support of Alycia.Julianne is protective of Alycia and when Alycia was being hounded by the media and actually struck with a micophone to the face, stepped in shield Alycia from the assault. Julianne is a unique woman, "one in three billion" with whom Attorney Cusumano has four daughters and one son. Julianne has given advice and counsel to Alycia, and just as important, has talked with her about everyday issues...Read Full Story

Woman in prostitution case gets 5 days in jailBY KORIE WILKINS • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • February 6, 2009In tears, the Westland woman accused of accepting money for sex from the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., began serving five days in jail Thursday for violating the terms of her probation.Alycia Martin, 21, was sentenced in August to 6 months of probation on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after she was arrested in a prostitution sting in February 2008 at a Troy hotel...Read Full Story

Troy police indicated (under oath) that Thomas Athans was threatened with charges and forfeiture. View the pictures and you decide whether this rings true. Pay particular attention to the final frames where the police officer actually shakes Athans' hand.Read Full Story