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Zimmerman's Celeb Boxing Match Nixed: Promoter

Damon Feldman: 'More to life than money'

(Newser) - After a planned celebrity boxing match involving George Zimmerman caused controversy—including a White House petition against it, Philadelphia Magazine notes—the match has been canceled, according to its promoter. "I'm sorry for anyone I hurt with this but this was a very big opportunity thank you,"...

Zimmerman's Celebrity Boxing Opponent Revealed

It's rapper DMX

(Newser) - If you were hoping to be the one to potentially knock out George Zimmerman , we've got bad news for you. Celebrity Boxing chief Damon Feldman has chosen Zimmerman's opponent—out of 15,000 applications!—and it's DMX, TMZ reports. The rapper was not shy in describing...

Next Up for Zimmerman: Celebrity Boxing

No word yet on who he'll fight

(Newser) - The inevitable has happened: George Zimmerman has agreed to participate in a Celebrity Boxing match. Zimmerman tells Radar he started doing "boxing-type training" before shooting Trayvon Martin (which he calls "the incident"), and that the celebrity match gives him "an opportunity and motivation to get back...

AP Tells Zimmerman to Stop Sale of New Painting

News agency, photographer call it copyright violation

(Newser) - The Associated Press has sent a cease-and-desist letter to George Zimmerman over his latest painting because it's based on one of the agency's photos. The photographer who took the original image isn't too happy, either, reports the Orlando Sentinel . The painting is of Florida prosecutor Angela Corey,...

Zimmerman's New Painting Swings at Prosecutor

Portrait of Angela Corey not exactly a compliment

(Newser) - The artist George Zimmerman has unveiled his latest painting: a fire engine-red portrait of the special prosecutor who brought second-degree murder charges against him in the Trayvon Martin case. The painting is a re-creation of the very moment Angela Corey made her April 2012 announcement of those charges, reports the...

George Zimmerman Rakes In $100K for eBay Painting

Buyer unknown

(Newser) - George Zimmerman is apparently no longer just an "artist" —he's an artist who has reportedly profited from his craft. The Los Angeles Times reports that the eBay auction for Zimmerman's signed 18-inch-by-24-inch oil painting of a blue American flag has closed as of Saturday morning, with...

On eBay for $100K: George Zimmerman Painting

Price of flag painting skyrockets within hours

(Newser) - Is George Zimmerman finally going to be able to pay his lawyers ? The Florida man has decided to try his hand at painting and the bidding price for a Zimmerman painting of an American flag listed on eBay quickly soared from $50 to just short of $100,000 with...

Zimmerman's Gal: Drop Charges, Let Me 'Be With Him'

Samantha Scheibe wants charges dropped in new affidavit

(Newser) - Breaking her furniture and sticking a gun in her face? George Zimmerman's girlfriend says it never happened. In fact, she no longer wants to press charges against him and wants to be with him again, ABC News reports. "When I was being questioned by police I felt very...

Zimmerman Search Turned Up Lots of Weapons, Ammo

He ditches public defender for private lawyer

(Newser) - Cops found a hefty cache of weapons and ammo at the home George Zimmerman shared with his girlfriend after his arrest on domestic violence charges last week, CNN reports. A search turned up three handguns, a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15 rifle, and 106 rounds of ammunition, according to court documents...

Zimmerman's Wife: He's Like a 'Pacing Lion'

Shellie Zimmerman says she doesn't recognize estranged husband anymore

(Newser) - The estranged wife of George Zimmerman said today she thinks her husband has unraveled since he was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. "I don't know who George is anymore," Shellie Zimmerman said on Katie Couric's show Katie. After his murder trial, he became...

Zimmerman Gets $9K Bail, Is $2.5M in Debt

No more $400-an-hour lawyer for Zimmerman

(Newser) - George Zimmerman was today granted bail in the amount of $9,000 in relation to yesterday's alleged domestic violence incident , the Orlando Sentinel reports. The order came with restrictions: no contacting his girlfriend in any way (meaning he can't return to the house they shared), he must surrender...

Zimmerman: GF &#39;Went Crazy on Me&#39;
 Zimmerman: 
 She 'Went 
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Nov 19, 2013 1:40 AM CST

Zimmerman: She 'Went Crazy on Me'

Girlfriend: 'You put your gun in my freaking face!'

(Newser) - George Zimmerman is back in jail and Florida authorities have released 911 calls giving conflicting versions of the events leading up to his arrest on domestic violence charges yesterday. In girlfriend Samantha Scheibe's call, she can be heard shouting "You put your gun in my freaking face and...

Zimmerman Aimed Shotgun at Me: Girlfriend

Trayvon Martin's killer arrested on domestic violence charges

(Newser) - George Zimmerman is in police custody once again. He was arrested today on domestic violence charges after his girlfriend said he broke a table and pointed a shotgun at her in a dispute, WFTV reports. He then pushed her outside and barricaded the door, police deputies said. But Zimmerman removed...

Couple Sues Spike Lee Over His Trayvon Tweet

He retweeted wrong address of George Zimmerman

(Newser) - An errant tweet sent out by Spike Lee in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing might end up being costly to the filmmaker. A Florida couple has sued because he retweeted their address in Sanford, Florida, in the mistaken belief it was George Zimmerman's, reports the Smoking Gun...

Zimmerman Left His Wife a Shot-Up Target: Report

Shellie said to have considered it a 'subliminal message'

(Newser) - After George Zimmerman was forced to move out of his house last month, his soon-to-be-ex-wife Shellie found something ominous nailed to the wall: A shooting range target sporting 17 bullet holes, according to a report in Radar . A source sent Radar a photo of the target, saying it was the...

Zimmerman's Wife Can't Find Him

Shellie Zimmerman talks to Matt Lauer

(Newser) - Shellie Zimmerman talked to Matt Lauer today, and some substantial soundbites are emerging: that she hasn't been able to find her estranged husband to serve him divorce papers, that she "doubts" a big claim he made, and that she doesn't know what he's capable of. She...

Zimmerman Slammed by His Own Police Chief

Lake Mary police chief agrees with angry email then backpedals

(Newser) - Apparently Zimmerman does not have a friend in his local police chief. Steve Bracknell, who heads the department in Lake Mary, Florida, where Zimmerman lives, agreed with some pretty intense criticisms of the acquitted killer contained in two angry emails he received Tuesday about Zimmerman's recent altercation with his...

Charges for Zimmerman? Smashed iPad May Tell

Police trying to look at video taken by his wife

(Newser) - The next phase of the George Zimmerman chronicles now hinges on a smashed iPad. Police investigating yesterday's domestic disturbance between Zimmerman and estranged wife Shellie say her iPad has video of their confrontation that could determine whether he (or she) faces any charges, reports the Orlando Sentinel . The problem...

Listen to Shellie Zimmerman&#39;s 911 Call
 Zimmerman's Wife 
 Not Pressing Charges 
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Sep 9, 2013 5:17 PM CDT

Zimmerman's Wife Not Pressing Charges

Despite telling cops he threatened her with gun

(Newser) - Despite calling 911 and saying her soon-to-be-ex-husband George Zimmerman was threatening her with a gun today, Shellie Zimmerman has decided not to press charges. Police in Lake Mary, Florida, say she and her father—the owner of the house where the incident took place—have signed paperwork declining to press...

Zimmerman Threatened Me With Hand on Gun: Wife

Estranged wife Shellie called police this afternoon

(Newser) - George Zimmerman's estranged wife called police to a Lake Mary residence this afternoon for a "possible domestic battery," police tell the Orlando Sentinel . The AP reports soon-to-be ex-wife Shellie Zimmerman called police from her father's house, saying that Zimmerman threatened her and her father "with...

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