Time for a new sidebar post. We have the Zimmerman divorce, The Milke case, and I believe Aaron Rodriguez has a court date tomorrow. Use the comments to keep us caught up on the latest courtroom drama. UPDATE UNDER THE CUT!
Shellie Zimmerman has filed for divorce. Last month she pled guilty to perjury for lying about the couple’s finances during George’s bail hearing. She appeared in court without her husband and said in an interview with ABC that she felt very much alone without him in the courtroom. She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and one year probation for her perjury. During the interview said she would have to think about whether she would stay married to George. It seems that she has decided to forward with a divorce and his lack of support during her case was the final straw.
Shelly told ABC ,”I think we have been pretty much like gypsies…We’ve lived in a 20-foot trailer in the woods, scared every night that someone was going to find us and that we’d be out in the woods alone and that it would be horrific.” She said she believes her husband’s story that he shot and killed Martin in self defense, and said the most hurtful thing she experienced was hearing that he was a “murderer or some sort of racist.”
UPDATE: According to TMZ,” According to divorce docs that will soon be filed by Shellie Zimmerman, she claims she’s getting $4,300 a month in living expenses from the Zimmerman Legal Defense Fund. The couple separated August 13th. In the unfiled papers … Shellie says she wants custody of Oso, a 2-year-old, 120 lb Rottweiler, and Leroy, an 8-year-old, 20 lb “Heinz 57” — aka a mutt.
In other court news:
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Debra Milke’s conviction for murdering her four year old child after 22 yearson death row . The court found that prosecutors had not turned over evidence of misconduct by a police detective who testified that Milke confessed to him in a private interrogation room. She is expected to be released on $250,000 pending appeal. Story here.
Not shocked about Zimmerman divorce. That one night changed so many lives.
the strongest evidence against milke came from the det. and the guys who actually killed her son. $5000 split between three people doesnt seem worth the risk. this is a good one to follow for arias too. Debra and jodi are both hanging out in estrella..i wonder if in the same higher security area. And as for the death penalty 22 years after she received it milke gets a new trial. Something for jodi to consider. Sept 16 jodi gets to have another hearing and most likely another delay.
She alone is getting $4300.00 a month???
Yep!
I know! I had to read that twice. I remember right before the trial, they were whining about being out of funds….
This Guzman chick who killed her mom is something else!
the civil case alleging aaron hernandez shot a guy in the face was put on hold pending resolution of the alleged murder case. TT didnt people give you a hard time about how you used the legal fund when you had your court troubles earlier this year?
Nope. Everyone was pretty nice about it from here. It was the one Sheree fan on twitter that was crazy. By the way, legal stuff with Sheree is not over…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak9hcHit-_I
Could they not have told her to smooth down her hair?
JVM is saying they found baby elainas remains in a box in the house she vanished from a while back.
How is Shellie Z. getting $4,300 from the legal defense fund and yet they are planning to sue the state of Florida for defense costs. Is this just another way to get money from the state?
Steve. I just had time to FF through that JVM episode. When you posted, I sadly could not remember which dead baby that was there are so many in the news :(. I remember NG saying that mother was loving on her baby (on the porch) and sort of believed it. Then JVM showed her TV interview just before se was arrested and it was clear she was deceptive and a bit off.
Now they find the baby in a box in the garage with no soft tissue left for the autopsy? And they suddenly have a story about a swimming pool??? Shades of Casey Anthony?
Whoever the old man is at that house is saying the box was not there when the cops did their initial search. It was placed there after (he doesn’t know when) and thinks the cops planted it.
OH and the house was too messy for a cadaver dog search? What kind of BS is that? Cadaver dogs need a clean home to sniff out dead bodies in?
the messy house would lead to the same arguement jose baez used for caseys trash filled trunk, most likely perceived as the dog hitting on the trash not the dead baby. or the house was so bad they didnt want to lose the dogs. The box was found in the garage rafters. The only way the cops could plant the remains is if the cops took the dead baby and held it for a while..that makes a lot of sense since the mom and boyfriend and family have NO idea what happened or how the baby disappeared. The boyfriend had to run outside looking at that time but not in the days following?
George Zimmerman was arrested again today for threatening his wife and her father with a gun.
He has not been arrested yet.
New story is here. http://s17948.p858.sites.pressdns.com/2013/09/09/george-zimmerman-questioned-by-police-in-domestic-violence-incident-with-shellie/
Yeah, I just saw that on the news. He was only questioned. The original report said that he had been taken into custody.