06-04-2012, 05:17 PM
i bet O'Mara would dump Z if there wasn't going to be so much free publicity.
can't wait to see if Z's wife is charged with perjury.
Orlando Sentinel
Defense attorneys for George Zimmerman issued a statement today, explaining that their client made a "mistake" when he failed to tell a judge about thousands of dollars he'd raised through his website.
"We feel the failure to disclose these funds was caused by fear, mistrust, and confusion,"
says the statement, posted on the defense team's blog. "The gravity of this mistake has been distinctly illustrated, and Mr. Zimmerman understands that this mistake has undermined his credibility, which he will have to work to repair."
Zimmerman's lawyers plan to file a motion today asking Judge Kenneth Lester for a new bond hearing in the case. Lester revoked Zimmerman's bond last week, after prosecutors alleged that Zimmerman and his wife conspired to lie to the court about the money.
Zimmerman turned himself in to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford on Sunday. He faces a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
He was released from jail in April after posting bond, but state prosecutors on Friday told Lester that Zimmerman's wife lied about the couple's finances while under oath during his April 20 bail hearing.
Zimmerman had collected thousands in donations online through a PayPal account, prosecutors said, but his wife told the judge that they were basically indigent. Lester granted $150,000 bail.
According to the defense's new blog post, of the original $204,000 raised by Zimmerman's fund, about $150,000 was moved to defense fund his attorneys helped establish, and $30,000 "was used to make the complicated transition from private life in Sanford, FL to a life in hiding as a defendant in a high-profile court case."
About $20,000, the lawyers say, "was kept liquid to provide living expenses for the first several months." living well! Neither Zimmerman nor his attorneys have direct access to the defense fund, the post says.
"While Mr. Zimmerman acknowledges that he allowed his financial situation to be misstated in court, the defense will emphasize that in all other regards, Mr. Zimmerman has been forthright and cooperative," the post says.
The statement notes that he "stayed in ongoing contact" with law enforcement, gave "voice exemplars for comparison" and "has twice surrendered himself to law enforcement when asked to do so."
"At the point of the bond hearing, Mr. Zimmerman had been driven from his home and neighborhood, could not go to work,
his wife could not go back to a finish her nursing degree, his mother and father had been driven from their home, and he had been thrust into the national spotlight as a racist murderer by factions acting with their own agendas. None of those allegations have been supported by the discovery released to date, yet the hatred continues."
can't wait to see if Z's wife is charged with perjury.
Orlando Sentinel
Defense attorneys for George Zimmerman issued a statement today, explaining that their client made a "mistake" when he failed to tell a judge about thousands of dollars he'd raised through his website.
"We feel the failure to disclose these funds was caused by fear, mistrust, and confusion,"
says the statement, posted on the defense team's blog. "The gravity of this mistake has been distinctly illustrated, and Mr. Zimmerman understands that this mistake has undermined his credibility, which he will have to work to repair."Zimmerman's lawyers plan to file a motion today asking Judge Kenneth Lester for a new bond hearing in the case. Lester revoked Zimmerman's bond last week, after prosecutors alleged that Zimmerman and his wife conspired to lie to the court about the money.
Zimmerman turned himself in to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford on Sunday. He faces a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
He was released from jail in April after posting bond, but state prosecutors on Friday told Lester that Zimmerman's wife lied about the couple's finances while under oath during his April 20 bail hearing.
Zimmerman had collected thousands in donations online through a PayPal account, prosecutors said, but his wife told the judge that they were basically indigent. Lester granted $150,000 bail.
According to the defense's new blog post, of the original $204,000 raised by Zimmerman's fund, about $150,000 was moved to defense fund his attorneys helped establish, and $30,000 "was used to make the complicated transition from private life in Sanford, FL to a life in hiding as a defendant in a high-profile court case."
About $20,000, the lawyers say, "was kept liquid to provide living expenses for the first several months." living well! Neither Zimmerman nor his attorneys have direct access to the defense fund, the post says.
"While Mr. Zimmerman acknowledges that he allowed his financial situation to be misstated in court, the defense will emphasize that in all other regards, Mr. Zimmerman has been forthright and cooperative," the post says.
The statement notes that he "stayed in ongoing contact" with law enforcement, gave "voice exemplars for comparison" and "has twice surrendered himself to law enforcement when asked to do so."
"At the point of the bond hearing, Mr. Zimmerman had been driven from his home and neighborhood, could not go to work,
his wife could not go back to a finish her nursing degree, his mother and father had been driven from their home, and he had been thrust into the national spotlight as a racist murderer by factions acting with their own agendas. None of those allegations have been supported by the discovery released to date, yet the hatred continues."