‘Abusive’ texts from MP Taylor Martin to Lucy Wicks referred to police

Hundreds of “abusive” text messages sent by an expelled Liberal MP have been referred to police after an independent investigator ruled they could count as criminal conduct.

Lucy Wicks with Taylor martin

Hundreds of text messages sent by now-expelled NSW Upper House Liberal MP Taylor Martin to a female former MP labelling her a “c--t” and a “pig” over a period of several years have been referred to the police after an independent investigator found they could constitute a criminal offence.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the text messages, sent to former Robertson MP Lucy Wicks, have been referred to police after former ICAC Commissioner Patricia McDonald said they could meet the criminal threshold for the offence of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.

It can also be revealed that the confidential report by Ms McDonald found Mr Martin lied to the investigator by making false allegations that a senior member of Ms Wicks staff blackmailed him.

Lucy Wicks pictured with Taylor Martin.

The report also claimed Mr Martin made “vile accusations” about Ms Wicks.

Mr Martin has said the report and subsequent expulsion was “shocking and disappointing” and he is seeking legal advice to review the report’s findings.

“I am meeting with my lawyer to review the findings … and to decide on my next steps,” he said.

The Telegraph has seen hundreds of text messages between the pair, who were romantically involved from 2017 until 2019 and continued to work together as Liberal colleagues until 2022, showing Mr Martin calling Ms Wicks a “c--t” multiple times in a single day.

In other messages, from seemingly happier times, a Snapchat account understood to be Mr Martin’s contacted Ms Wicks and told her that he missed what they had.

“I’m absolutely devastated. I will never have what I thought we had,” one message from September 2019 said.

Taylor Martin.

In another message from January 2019, Mr Martin’s account shares an image of a man lying on a bed of roses with the caption “Love you” and another from

A third message shows a cartoon version of Mr Martin saying “Pay attention to me”.

In another message from August 2019, Mr Martin said “I wanted nothing more than for it to work” while Ms Wicks said they loved each other “to the moon and back”.

Mr Martin said he could not verify the contents of the messages — sent five years ago — and said they were not put to him or event mentioned in the investigation process.

The decision to expel Mr Martin was made late on Friday by the Liberal Party — ahead of a Daily Telegraph story about another Liberal woman complaining about Mr Martin’s conduct — but the report has not been made public.

Lucy Wicks with Taylor Martin.

Mr Martin has strongly denied the second woman’s allegations, which include that he labelled her a “bunny boiler”, “psychopathic” and “dangerous” to Liberal colleagues.

“I did not use these terms, these are paraphrases of quotes from third parties involved at the time eight years ago, and they are not my description of the behaviour,” he told the Telegraph.

“I was very supportive of this person’s career from the beginning.”

Ms McDonald found that the hundreds of text messages sent by Mr Martin to Ms Wicks on WhatsApp over a period of several years, could constitute an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code — using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.

Ms Wicks was contacted for a comment.

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