Jun 2, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from Atlantic Weekly: An Orlando judge revoked George Zimmerman’s bond yesterday and ordered him to return to jail. Prosecutors alleged Zimmerman, along with his wife Shelley, misled the court over their financial situation during a bond hearing. ThinkProgress obtained the prosecutors’ motion that shows exactly how the Zimmermans deceived the court, and how their phone conversations while he was in jail busted them.
The motion shows that Shelley Zimmerman testified on April 20 that she didn’t know how much money was raised through Zimmerman’s paypal donations, and “to [her] knowledge” they wouldn’t be able to afford a bond payment. In transcripts from recorded conversations that took place while George was still in jail a week before, George instructs Shelley to go to the bank and take control of his account. In another call, Shelley is at the bank and the teller takes the phone to get a security code from George so he could authorize Shelley’s control of the account. Shelley even says at one point, “Not going to say any personal information since it’s recorded.” It does appear that the Zimmermans did speak in some kind of “code,” like the prosectors said yesterday. Bank statements show the family had access to $135,000 in cash on the day before the bond hearing, but their conversations never speak in denominations over $100.
In regards to Zimmerman’s passport mix up, the motion uses state department records to prove the existence of a second passport.
