As George Zimmerman’s defense continues to prepare a case in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, the defendant’s behavior seems to be cast in an increasingly unflattering light.
Zimmerman recently had his bail revoked when it came to light in court that he had originally concealed the amount of money collected via a website he set up for donations to go toward his legal defense in the case. It was also determined that Zimmerman fudged the truth when it came to the matter of his passport, which he mentioned had been lost but failed to add that a second, replacement passport had been obtained to replace the first one.
On Friday, Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester ordered that George Zimmerman be remanded into custody after a hearing in part concerning the funds collected via the internet and Zimmerman’s subterfuge. But the entire incident could be damaging to George Zimmerman’s defense, as a jury’s perception of the events the night Trayvon Martin was shot and killed on a Florida street hinge almost entirely on the defendant’s account of the evening.
As expected, Zimmerman’s attorney has already begun backpeddling to counteract that damage. Lawyer Mark O’Mara was quoted by a local news source, making a somewhat weaselly attempt (even in his own words) to “explain away” the whole lying to the court thing:
“[Zimmerman] is in custody now… He’s going to remain there until we get back before Judge Lester if and when he grants us a bond hearing. It sounded like he might consider it. But that is going to be based upon the motion itself… Again, (we are) just hoping that the judge will give us an audience so we can further explain away why what happened seems to have happened.”
O’Mara, the site explains, says Zimmerman was “confused and fearful when he allowed his wife to mislead court officials about the couple’s finances,” but probably not as confused and fearful as Trayvon Martin was the night some creeper followed him home from the store and shot him right in the chest.
It does make one wonder what else he's lying about.
Set him in a cell with a few non-whites for a while and he'll get the justice he deserves.
hE'S A GROWN ASS MAN, WHO SHOULD HAVE THE BALLS TO FACE THE LAW; LYING IN COURT IS PERJURY. YOU CAN'T PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG…..
His father is a judge. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing.
It would seem that he is a compulsive liar. To lie about things that seem so insignificant compared to the allegations of murder makes one wonder if what he said the night of treyvon's death were true. This whole situation truly is sad.
Is this a blog? It can't be a news site.
The Zimmerman haters are idiots.
It might be one thing if he didn't know or didn't converse about it, but he did. He knew; his wife knew his dad knew, and his mother knew how much money was in there without question. Zim wife wouldn't keep this information to herself. She claims her brother in law also knew… They all should go to jail don't put all the blame on his wife; which makes her none the less guilty.
Even for you TM haters, think about it if he lied about something like this, which is completely illogical, then he would "Surly" lie about the murder. He hunted him down because of what he looked "like." Don't be cute and deny it.
I am not sure if anyone else listened to the audio of a Middle Eastern man whom he used to work with who me made racial jokes and bully him to the point to this guy wanting to kick Zim. 's…
For me, the audio confirmed that he is a racist, lying bully… (Which there is complete evidence to back this claim).The audio can be google. "George Zimmerman bully coworker" etc.
Criminals like Zimmerman lie but so do State Attorneys:
http://glennhess.org/HessLyingToMedia.htm
Justin I am down with you all the way because I have read it also and he said it about the Mexicans on his my space page I just hope that people stop finding excuses for this behaviour his wife knew everything because it wasnt possible without her and he is still scheming about how to pull a fast one on the people the just should hold him until trial and i bet you the pressure will break his butt because if you are out on bail you can do things and postpone things because you are out on the street, but if you are in prison time is different and you get antsy and you want to get out and the pressure to get things rolling really work on you to the point where you start telling your lawyer to make something happen