The drama between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife Shellie is starting to take a turn for the surreal as Shellie held a press conference on Wednesday that members of the media are calling "bizarre," according to the Orlando Sentinel.
On Monday police Shellie made a frantic 911 call claiming that her husband was threatening her and her father with a gun. When police arrived at the scene there was no gun to be found and Shellie would later recant her story. Police are hoping to retrieve a video from an iPad that was allegedly destroyed by George during the altercation hoping that it can give them a clear indication of what went down and whether or not they should be pressing charges.
Shellie Zimmerman filed for divorce recently and has publicly said that her husband has changed since being acquitted of second-degree murder after the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was accompanied by her lawyer, Kelly Sims, on Wednesday to discuss Monday's fight and the divorce.
"Shellie Zimmerman wants this relationship to end with a whimper and not a bang," Sims told reporters. "That's what she wants. She doesn't want there to be this kind of drama, she doesn't want to be here."
Sims told reporters that he was at least partially to blame for the altercation that occurred because he told Shellie that she didn't need to be accompanied by police when she returned to the house. Sims also addressed criticism Shellie has received for saying there was a gun on the 911 call when one wasn't present by referencing Zimmerman's notoriety, according to NBC News.
"Anybody in the world who knows that their husband is always armed, has his shirt worn differently and has a brand new holster and he's inviting some trouble would know that he's probably armed," Sims said. "If Clint Eastwood is playing a bad guy in a movie and he's resting his hand on the butt of his gun and he says, 'Are you feeling lucky, punk?' Does he have to pull the gun to make you scared, worried and upset?"
George Zimmerman's attorney for the Trayvon Martin case, Mark O'Mara, will not be representing him during the divorce. When O'Mara showed up at the house where the altercation took place on Monday he was having visible difficulty hiding his anger at his client. In a later press conference O'Mara was asked if he had some advice for Zimmerman. "Pay me," was the lawyer's response, according to ABC News.
"Shellie has been on a strange ride the last couple of years," Sims said. "It's like she's been on the Tower of Terror and she's freefalling. These folks need to be on opposite sides of the country, the world, if possible."
