Prosecutors: George Zimmerman talked in code during calls from jail
George Zimmerman on the stand during his bond hearing on April 20, 2012. Credit: George Zimmerman on the stand during his bond hearing on April 20, 2012. (Getty)
Prosecutors released six phone calls between a jailed George Zimmerman and his wife Monday that they say prove Shellie Zimmerman lied when she told a judge they were broke.
The couple is accused of speaking in code while discussing how to handle money donated to Zimmerman through a website he created after being arrested for gunning down Trayvon Martin. Prosecutors say the couple had access to at least $130,000 just before Zimmerman was freed on $150,000 bond.
During one conversation, Zimmerman also asks his wife to get a vest -- possibly a bulletproof one -- for him, her and defense attorney Mark O'Mara.
The two also discussed how to get him safely out of jail in a rented car.
As for hiding him inside the car, he said, "Well, I have my hoodie," a possible joke referring to the hooded sweatshirt Martin wore the night Zimmerman shot him.
Prosecutors hope to use the calls to convince a judge to lock Zimmerman back in jail and to charge his wife with perjury.
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'I don't know what the big brouhaha is all about' Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman plan to deputize gun-owning county residents is progressing, with some having completed training. Opponents call the plan "flagrantly illegal." NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.
