Posted on 04/27/2012 9:13:03 AM PDT by Beaten Valve
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of wrongly killing Trayvon Martin, will not immediately have to turn over donations to his website, a Florida judge said Friday.
Zimmerman collected about $204,000 in donations through the website, but did not disclose the contributions during his bond hearing last week, according to Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara.
O'Mara said he learned about the money on Wednesday and he and Zimmerman were trying to shut down Zimmerman's website, Facebook page and Twitter account to avoid concerns about possible impersonators and other problems.
"He asked me what to do with his PayPal accounts, and I asked him what he was talking about," O'Mara told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday. "He said those were the accounts that had the money from the website he had. And there was about ... $204,000 that had come in to date."
Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda asked Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. to increase Zimmerman's $150,000 bond. But the judge said he would delay ruling on the request, in part because he does not know if he has the authority to do so.
Lester said he is also concerned about revealing the names of donors.
"I'm not going to make a snap decision," Lester said.
Zimmerman's family testified last week at his bond hearing that they did not have the kind of resources that would have been necessary to meet the prosecution's suggested $1 million bond.
Zimmerman, 28, was released Monday on $150,000 bail, 10% of which his family put up to secure his release while he awaits trial on a second-degree murder charge in Martin's February 26 death.
Although Zimmerman spent some of the contributions on living expenses, about $150,000 remains, O'Mara said Friday.
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You know that oblamer and holder don’t want George to be able to pay for security and his legal defense.
They and the professional rabble rousers need to back off - we know a rail roading when we see one.
I pray that's true. They don't deserve a penny from Mr Zimmerman.
Are u a Dem troll or just naive , Legal retainers , 24-7 security PR advice to fight the Al and Jesse media assault
Yeah. I’ve been a dem troll for 12 years. If you bothered to read the article, it said he spent 54,000 prior to his arrest. If I we’re him, id buy a sailboat and put it in a bay and have food delivered.
I just drove past Crumps office and spit on his lawn.
I'm sure Judge Lester would be pleased with Z living in a transportation device...with or without the GPS monitor.
At least holders people can’t afford the device to reach him. :0) welfare doesn’t buy boats..
I’d grab a boat, too. And rearm if possible.
Here in Florida, if you go with a bail bondsman you waive bye-bye to the 10%. For GZ either he & his family paid in $15,000 cash or the bondsman is up $15K. Bond is “non-refundable”. I don’t recall reading whether he bonded out.
Just a FEW of Trayvon Martin’s family’s websites for cash donations:
https://www.wepay.com/donations/3819
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8SNLtaalck
“The Nation of Islam gave $5,000, a couple of organizations gave $500, scores of people gave $100 and then the audience walked around the church to put their donations into large buckets.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tanya-young-williams/trayvon-martin-rally-la_b_1458052.html
Washington DC fundraiser:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/stars-for-trayvon-to-raise-legal-funds-for-trayvon-martins-family/2012/04/25/gIQAwTTlgT_blog.html
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