The State of Florida vs George Zimmerman: The Trial

UPDATED: George Zimmerman's girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, has refused to appear on camera until she gets a paid national interview, WKMG-Channel 6 reported Wednesday night.

WKMG's Erik Sandoval broke the story of Scheibe's personal details about her relationship with Zimmerman in a report at 11 p.m. Tuesday.

"I did actually speak to her at noon today after our story aired last night at 11," Sandoval said at 6 p.m. Wednesday. "She wants to make it absolutely clear. She says that she and her daughter did not set Zimmerman up for what happened on Monday at her home in Apopka."
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WKMG's report that the women were seeking money for interviews with national news organizations was confirmed to the Sentinel by one such organization.

WKMG legal analyst Luis Calderon said the pursuit of that interview could help Zimmerman's case. "The defense could make it out to be nothing more nothing less than her doing this for some financial motive or some publicity," Calderon said.

“He was a calm, chill, loving person who loved his family, definitely his mother,

BTW the $9k was paid by a friend, and I presume also all of the other costs associated with his bail, which are significant. so much for the storyline that he is all alone, has driven everyone away.

I think I might go a bit bat **** crazy too if everyone I touch was trying to make their bones on my life, trying to make it pay off.

I think Taaffe, who had offered on TV to post the full amount, only wound up putting in $1,ooo

Well, unlike you, I am concerned about unstable and mentally ill individuals having access to assault rifles and handguns and shotguns, and Zimmerman displays considerable evidence of instability, poor impulse controls, mood problems, and impaired judgment.

While these things were apparent before he killed Martin, the stress of that event, and ensuing events,
may well have caused further decompensation of his personality and functioning.

I can't believe that any responsible gun owners would support someone, with clear indications of volatility, instability, poor judgment, and impaired impulse control, continuing to have legal access to firearms. And when that individual feels he has nothing further to lose, it's a tragedy waiting to happen.

In its Tuesday report, WKMG shared text messages between the station and Scheibe and her mother, Hope Mason. The women had been talking to Sandoval for three weeks about an interview.

When do texts constitute news?

"If you say something newsworthy," said WKMG news director Steve Hyvonen. "They knew Erik was a reporter. They gave him a lot of information that was pertinent."

Did the two women know they were always on the record?

Yes, Hyvonen said.

Sandoval had been talking to Scheibe and Mason almost every day for the past few weeks, and they wanted to talk frankly about Zimmerman, Hyvonen said.

"The interview was set up and put off, set up and put off," Hyvonen said. "We're sitting on newsworthy material."

WKMG's website presented the story with the headline "George Zimmerman's girlfriend speaks to Local 6." The story quotes Scheibe as describing Zimmerman "as alone, depressed and fascinated by guns in the days after his acquittal on charges in connection with the death of Trayvon Martin."

This passage from WKMG's online report stood out:

"Mason said Scheibe’s daughter received a text message from George Zimmerman. Mason said that message was a still image from an intimate home video of Scheibe and Zimmerman."

WKMG updated the story at 5 p.m. Wednesday with the headline "Intimate Details."

Scheibe told WKMG that her relationship with Zimmerman was "so intimate ... that they took intimate videos of themselves," Sandoval said. When the relationship cooled, Scheiber said Zimmerman took an image from a video "and texted it to her young daughter," Sandoval reported.

Scheibe and her mother stressed that Scheibe "did not hunt down George Zimmerman to create a relationship," Sandoval reported. Rather, Scheibe said she had known Zimmerman for years, grew close to him when his marriage faltered and stayed with him to help him.

WKMG still hopes to get an interview with the women. "We decided to report on what they told us," Hyvonen said. "It's no different from a person telling a reporter something newsworthy."

WKMG's report that the women were seeking money for interviews with national news organizations was confirmed to the Sentinel by one such organization.

WKMG legal analyst Luis Calderon said the pursuit of that interview could help Zimmerman's case. "The defense could make it out to be nothing more nothing less than her doing this for some financial motive or some publicity," Calderon said.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-george-zimmerman-when-emails-become-news-20131120,0,2252808.post

George Zimmerman, OJ Simpson And The Art Of Getting Away With Things
By Rick Sanchez
November 21, 2013
Fox News Latino

Here we go again. It’s like reliving the OJ Simpson saga all over again. I’ve always believed that George Zimmerman and Simpson had much in common, but it became crystal clear this week when I heard his girlfriend tell 911 operators that “he knows how to do it, he knows how to play the game.”

A terrified Samantha Sheibe seemed to be shouting out what many of us had quietly come to know from watching how well Zimmerman had managed to explain away the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. It's this: George Zimmerman knows a thing or two about how to get away with things.

Why the comparison to the “trial of the century?” It’s a theme that Nicole Brown Simpson had introduced before she met her demise at the hands of either Simpson or someone he’s still looking for. She said to several friends, including Chris Jenner, “he’s going to kill me and he’ll get away with it.”

It’s eerie, isn’t it? Call it women’s intuition or call it what you will. But there’s something that Zimmerman made plain as day for us this week when he revealed himself as a man who really does “know how to play the game.”

Who would think to throw the alleged victim of a crime out of her own house and then barricade himself inside to control or possibly alter the crime scene? Ingenious.

Who would think to then call a 911 operator not to report an emergency, but rather to put out a statement that carefully refutes everything he heard her say to police on the phone? Brilliant.

Who could be composed enough to deliver such a calm monologue with perfect pitch, tone and demeanor making him sound like the consummate victim? Masterful.

George Zimmerman has walked out of jail, after a Florida judge set his bail at $9,000. He isn’t allowed to go within 1,500 feet of his alleged victim. He must wear a monitoring device and must surrender his guns and passport until his trial.

Then he gets his day in court, where once again we’ll all be treated to another Zimmerman-esque defense. Masterful no doubt, it will likely showcase his keen insight of Florida law, his astute ability to play victim to a particular demographic (blacks, women); but most of all, his remarkably convincing acting skills.

Expect nothing but the best. (Clue: think of OJ Simpson pretending not to be able to make a shrunken glove fit.) You got the picture?

There is, however, one problem for Zimmerman. Remember how even Simpson got sent away after being accused of a much lesser crime than murder?

That model does not bode well for George Zimmerman, because truth is – no matter how well he performs – he remains, like Simpson, just plain overexposed.

George Zimmerman’s problem may come down to this: we’ve seen it all before.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2013/11/21/george-zimmerman-oj-simpson-and-art-getting-away-with-things/

Who could be composed enough to deliver such a calm monologue with perfect pitch, tone and demeanor making him sound like the consummate victim? Masterful.

I wonder where George is staying now. He needed that girlfriend to shack up with. If he only has $149 in assets, he was sponging off her too.

Between you, me and the lamppost, I'm waiting for Zimmerman's next chapter....to be caught again.....Let's face it, the guy is high-profile trouble prone. Very Happy Very Happy

I think. as a child, Zimmerman not only told his teacher, "The dog ate my homework," he'd add, "And it attacked me when I tried to get it back."

Then he'd dump out a bag of shredded paper and display the puncture wounds he'd made in his own hand with a fork, knowing the dog couldn't tell his side of the story...Laughing

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I think. as a child, Zimmerman not only told his teacher, "The dog ate my homework," he'd add,
"And it attacked me when I tried to get it back."

Then he'd dump out a bag of shredded paper and display the puncture wounds he'd made in his own hand with a fork, knowing the dog couldn't tell his side of the story...Laughing

Now why doesn't that surprise me?! Zimmerman appear to be a complicated individual. There is a negativity in his facial expression, perhaps this is due to his close-knit eyes, which appear sinister.

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If any of those things were to have happened wouldn't good ol' Jantel have over heard those things and said something to the police. The only words we have reported are the "creepy ass cracker" and "get off of me". No other words before or after the "get off of me" are reported.

Look who is stretching for an explanation.

The only witness for Martin never said anything else and I think she was keeping things from the police for a reason. She heard get off of me but nothing else? No mention of a gun or anything else, just the "get off of me" comment.

That is the least of the problems with her testimony.

There is also the fact that she said the fight/shooting occurred when Trayvon was nearly home.





The fact that it occurred nowhere near where she said it did
(it happened way back at the spot where Mr. Zimmerman was advised not to pursue)
really demolishes her entire story.

There is a negativity in his facial expression...

I find him so emotionally flat it's almost inappropriate affect.