|
• ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- George Zimmerman's wife filed for divorce Thursday, less than two months after her husband was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin and a week after she pleaded guilty to perjury in his case.
• Shellie Zimmerman made the decision because of "disappointment," her attorney, Kelly Sims, wrote Thursday in a short email to The Associated Press. The 26-year-old Zimmerman told ABC's "Good Morning America" last week that she was having serious doubts about remaining married.
• The interview came just after she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying during a bail hearing following her husband's arrest for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Her husband, who was acquitted on second-degree murder and other charges in July, wasn't in the Sanford, Fla., courtroom as she was sentenced to a year's probation and 100 hours of community service -- even though she supported him and lied about their finances.
• ABC first reported the divorce filing. Email messages and phone calls to Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, were not immediately returned.
• Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, wrote on Twitter: "Pray 4 them."
•
Today in History
The Associated Press
•
• Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2013. There are 116 days left in the year.
•
• Today's Highlight in History:
• On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL'-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. (McKinley died eight days later; Czolgosz was executed on October 29.)
•
• On this date:
• In 1861, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant occupied Paducah, Ky., dur (Continued on page 31)
|
|
