Petra Martin wants to coach again.
Nine months after an NJ Advance Media investigation revealed allegations of abuse in the Rutgers women’s swimming and diving program, Martin proclaims her innocence and insists she’s not the bullying coach that was ousted following a meeting with university officials last November. She hired an Iowa-based labor attorney who has successfully sued other universities in wrongful termination cases.
“I did try to get my job back in the days after and the last several months as well,’’ Martin told NJ Advance Media in a lengthy interview, her first public comments since her ouster on Nov.