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Jailhouse phone calls reveal that O'Mara new about Zimmerman's money, said it "didn't matter."
Posted on Monday, 07.16.12
Jail call says defense attorney knew about Zimmerman’s hidden money
In one jailhouse call, George Zimmerman told a friend that his lawyer knew that donations had poured in.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/16/v-fullstory/2898502/jail-call-says-defense-attorney.html
Prosecutors released nearly 150 of George Zimmerman’s recorded jailhouse phone calls Monday, including one that suggests his defense attorney knew from the start that tens of thousands of dollars in donations had begun pouring in.
In a phone call recorded April 14 between Zimmerman and a friend named Scott, the two discuss the new defense lawyer and the attorney’s vision for an upcoming bond hearing. Zimmerman tells his friend that he told his new attorney, Mark O’Mara, that he tried to transfer $37,000 from his online legal defense fund site, but could not complete the transaction because of PayPal rules that prevent transfers larger than $10,000. He twice mentions telling O’Mara about the money.
“He said he’s going to have me declared indigent,” Zimmerman told his friend. “I told him I didn’t think that would be possible, because there was one sizable transfer I tried to make. It got stopped. You know, $37. He said: ‘Well that doesn’t matter. Right now you’re not working. You’re not providing an income for your family. You’re probably not going to be employable for the rest of your life.’”
At one point the friend asks whether O’Mara knew “the volume” of the donations that came into the PayPal account Zimmerman had set up to solicit donations from the public. Zimmerman said O’Mara knew about the attempted transfer of $37,000, but not any more than that.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/16/v-fullstory/2898502/jail-call-says-defense-attorney.html#storylink=cpy
Jail call says defense attorney knew about Zimmerman’s hidden money
In one jailhouse call, George Zimmerman told a friend that his lawyer knew that donations had poured in.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/16/v-fullstory/2898502/jail-call-says-defense-attorney.html
Prosecutors released nearly 150 of George Zimmerman’s recorded jailhouse phone calls Monday, including one that suggests his defense attorney knew from the start that tens of thousands of dollars in donations had begun pouring in.
In a phone call recorded April 14 between Zimmerman and a friend named Scott, the two discuss the new defense lawyer and the attorney’s vision for an upcoming bond hearing. Zimmerman tells his friend that he told his new attorney, Mark O’Mara, that he tried to transfer $37,000 from his online legal defense fund site, but could not complete the transaction because of PayPal rules that prevent transfers larger than $10,000. He twice mentions telling O’Mara about the money.
“He said he’s going to have me declared indigent,” Zimmerman told his friend. “I told him I didn’t think that would be possible, because there was one sizable transfer I tried to make. It got stopped. You know, $37. He said: ‘Well that doesn’t matter. Right now you’re not working. You’re not providing an income for your family. You’re probably not going to be employable for the rest of your life.’”
At one point the friend asks whether O’Mara knew “the volume” of the donations that came into the PayPal account Zimmerman had set up to solicit donations from the public. Zimmerman said O’Mara knew about the attempted transfer of $37,000, but not any more than that.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/16/v-fullstory/2898502/jail-call-says-defense-attorney.html#storylink=cpy
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