Shellie Zimmerman: George snubbed me
Shellie Zimmerman said on national television Thursday that her husband snubbed her after he was acquitted of murdering 17- year- old TrayvonMartin in July.
“He just kind of treated me like I was disposable,” Shellie Zimmerman said on the Today Show. “He went on a victory tour without me.”
Shellie Zimmerman appeared with her attorney, Kelly Sims, discussing the trial, her divorce and the domestic dispute that erupted Sept. 9 in Lake Mary when she called 911 and told police George Zimmerman was threatening her and punched her father.
“In hindsight, I should have pressed charges,” Shellie Zimmerman said.
She told Matt Lauer that she didn’t see a gun but felt threatened after George Zimmerman kept gesturing toward a holster on his hip and saying “step closer.”
“I absolutely standby my story,” Shellie Zimmerman said. “He had a look in his eyes I’ve never seen before.”
She said she didn’t press charges because police
“He had a look in his eyes I’ve never seen before.”
Shellie Zimmerman, Estranged wife of George Zimmerman
made it very clear to her that if she did they would all be going to jail but she would be the only one staying in jail.
That’s because Shellie Zimmerman is serving a year of probation after taking a plea deal in a perjury case.
Shellie Zimmerman had been charged with felony perjury but negotiated a deal to plead guilty to misdemeanor perjury Aug. 28 after she lied during her husband’s April 20, 2012, bail hearing.
Her perjury has led to a “credibility issue” with the public, she told Lauer.
Shellie Zimmerman said she doesn’t think George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon, as many alleged, before the shooting on Feb. 26, 2012.
Zimmerman said he acted in self- defense.
In the interview, Shellie Zimmerman noted she has lost 40 pounds since the trial and is working on ways to improve herself.