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George Zimmerman Lawyers: 'Withdrawing As Counsel; Lost Contact With Him'

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Source: Reuters

'He has not returned phone calls or emails since Sunday.'

Speaking on fundraising website now: 'We learned that he called Sean Hannity directly.'

'We heard today that George contacted the prosecutors office directly. We were a bit astonished...'

Attorneys for Martin shooter Zimmerman withdraw from case

By Tom Brown
Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:03pm EDT

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The lawyers representing George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin but has not been arrested, on Tuesday said they have withdrawn from the case after losing contact with Zimmerman.

Attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig said they were concerned that Zimmerman had telephoned the special prosecutor probing the case directly, set up a legal defense fund website and may have spoken with Fox Television commentator Sean Hannity, all without their knowledge.

"We have lost contact with him," attorney Craig Sonner said at a press conference outside the Seminole County Courthouse.

George Zimmerman’s Attorneys Withdraw From Case

(CBS4)
ORLANDO, Fla. (CBSMiami) – George Zimmerman’s lawyers met the press on Tuesday and said they are withdrawing as his defense council because of lack of communication from their client.

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George Zimmerman Lawyers: 'Withdrawing As Counsel; Lost Contact With Him' (Original post)	Hissyspit	Apr 2012	OP
EDT? nt	grasswire	Apr 2012	#1
Eastern Daylight Time	obamanut2012	Apr 2012	#118
Thanks. This is probably predictable but it'll be interesting to see anyway. nt	gateley	Apr 2012	#2
Sounds like an all out PR campaign	drm604	Apr 2012	#3
The lawyers are setting him up for insanity defense.....nt	Evasporque	Apr 2012	#150
Talking Points memo reports its his legal team rather than he himself... n/t	LanternWaste	Apr 2012	#4
What channel?	senseandsensibility	Apr 2012	#5
Go to the link above. n/t	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#8
Nothing happening yet. CNN says conflicting information.	Hissyspit	Apr 2012	#11
Is he going to surrender and plea guilty?	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#6
He'd have to be charged with a crime first	slackmaster	Apr 2012	#24
You don't have to be charged to confess to a crime. nt	sudopod	Apr 2012	#31
OK, OK, I did it!	slackmaster	Apr 2012	#49
Ha...ha? nt	sudopod	Apr 2012	#68
funny, my reaction was Is he leaving the country?	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#59
Wrong tense... Question is when did he leave the country? nt	Xipe Totec	Apr 2012	#73
We should have a low-speed chase now,	murielm99	Apr 2012	#88
quite possibly. I guess they dont even have photos in the airports, because there is no warrant.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#109
That might not be so foolish.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#119
I don't think he should be charged if there is insufficent evidence against him.	Vattel	Apr 2012	#128
He should be charged in my opinion.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#137
I hope he endorses Romney	lame54	Apr 2012	#7
LOL!!	JoePhilly	Apr 2012	#29
Bwah! Although, a lot of those Republicans probably admire Zimmerman. nt	gateley	Apr 2012	#41
Maybe he's on the "short list."	TahitiNut	Apr 2012	#66
ROFL, wait for it.... wait for it.....	harun	Apr 2012	#76
So far he hasn't shown up...just a phalanx of microphones in an empty park....	rfranklin	Apr 2012	#9
Yep. Just guys doing Mike checks.	drm604	Apr 2012	#13
His lawyers are resigning becuase they can't find him...	rfranklin	Apr 2012	#16
He's apparently been a fugitive from reality for years... Along with his dad.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#53
And his brother...	Auntie Bush	Apr 2012	#86
I am watching, but nothing happening yet.	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#10
His lawyers say he is not showing and they are withdrawing counsel. n/t	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#22
I think its time to stop kidding ourselves...	Boabab	Apr 2012	#12
i don't believe that.	barbtries	Apr 2012	#62
I hope you're right, but am highly suspicious	Boabab	Apr 2012	#71
Has the autopsy report been published? If so, where?	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#120
The autopsy results have not been made public, nor has it been leaked.... yet.	Boabab	Apr 2012	#142
If he skates, there will be millions of angry americans in the streets.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#110
As they should be	gopiscrap	Apr 2012	#121
yep. and that tends	barbtries	Apr 2012	#140
Yah he will. DA has an easy case now, getting easier by the day.	harun	Apr 2012	#77
Suddenly there are so many people on DU who are trying to discourage people. Telling us to give up.	drm604	Apr 2012	#79
Here's the relevant part of the leak. Its from Infowars	Boabab	Apr 2012	#87
If, as I have read, the clock starts ticking as soon as he is formally charged, then it is better	tblue37	Apr 2012	#99
What clock are you talking about?	former9thward	Apr 2012	#112
The letter that Zimmerman supposedly wrote? The one that no one heard about until last week?	csziggy	Apr 2012	#136
there was a you tube video of this beating	MsFlorida	Apr 2012	#139
Perhaps you could provide a link to your posits.	cliffordu	Apr 2012	#114
Nothing left for this story but damage control & PR spin	Blaze Diem	Apr 2012	#134
His two lawyers are withdrawing as his counsel	XanaDUer	Apr 2012	#14
He's suspending his Presidential Campaign.	Pilotguy	Apr 2012	#15
With Frothy out, there's now room for someone to come into the race from the Right. He has the NRA.	leveymg	Apr 2012	#72
there's now room for someone to come into the race from the Right.	AlbertCat	Apr 2012	#106
Attorneys are withdrawing as counsel for Zimmerman. Have lost contact with him.	maddezmom	Apr 2012	#17
I wonder if Bill O'Reilly's legal team have taken him on. Or Rupert or Inshanity's	freshwest	Apr 2012	#57
Whoa!	drm604	Apr 2012	#18
LOST CONTACT!?! Or did the SOB slip out of the freaking country?!	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#19
Attorney said he is in the country. n/t	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#38
BUT they have not physically seen him. And I wonder IF he is going to slip out of the country.	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#40
Since there is no warrant for his arrest, I guess he could just leave, period.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#63
His Mom is Peruvian....wonder if he has some family there willing to hide him...	Pachamama	Apr 2012	#83
They are withdrawing as counsel due to "lost contact"!	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#20
Or merely lost control of the walking time bomb...	freshwest	Apr 2012	#58
Zimmerman's Gone Rogue.	Pilotguy	Apr 2012	#21
...	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#32
From his domestic assault records on the net, he went rogue years ago. Like Mad Dog rogue.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#60
no contact with Zimmerman since Sunday	maddezmom	Apr 2012	#23
has called Sean Hannity and the Prosecutors office without legal counsel	maddezmom	Apr 2012	#30
And Sean, the poster child for The Boys From Brazil will take care of him, alright.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#64
Hannity defended the guilty cop who assaulted Abner Louima, so it's a natural fit	Adenoid_Hynkel	Apr 2012	#74
Yeah, that's right. Vermin stick together. Until they get a better deal.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#92
Called Sean Hannity.	drm604	Apr 2012	#25
I wonder if he's left the country	XanaDUer	Apr 2012	#26
One attorney said that he was still in the country and didn't know where he was,	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#44
Yeah that stuck out to me, too.	calimary	Apr 2012	#103
Left the state?	HooptieWagon	Apr 2012	#141
global grind says he's gone from Florida but not the US	Pat Riot	Apr 2012	#149
Zimmerman's legal team says they are withdrawing as counsel. Details.	Akoto	Apr 2012	#27
His Attorney just said he's been talking to Hannity	Thrill	Apr 2012	#28
He talked to Hannity on the air?	senseandsensibility	Apr 2012	#33
He didn't.	Akoto	Apr 2012	#35
Did I hear correctly the PAYPAL site on Real George Zimmerman is going DIRECTLY to George?!	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#34
I believe they said it was going to his father. n/t	Akoto	Apr 2012	#36
I thought the orginal one set up with these two was set up with his father BUT the one on the George	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#37
that is how I heard it as well	maddezmom	Apr 2012	#51
Withdrawing lawyers think that Z may have cracked up.	amandabeech	Apr 2012	#39
For people who claim to no longer represent him	drm604	Apr 2012	#42
It'll pay off for them.	Mariana	Apr 2012	#82
After watching multiple	xxqqqzme	Apr 2012	#138
He says he doesn't know where Zimmerman is	drm604	Apr 2012	#43
Anyone else think this whole thing sounds fishy?	drm604	Apr 2012	#45
I don't know	sakabatou	Apr 2012	#47
fishy	stonecutter357	Apr 2012	#55
you're right. Why would they even speak about it if they withdraw as counsel?	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#65
Because they don't want to be associated with the guy.	harun	Apr 2012	#78
Defending him in front of the cameras for 40 minutes	drm604	Apr 2012	#91
you can't buy publicity like that..	frylock	Apr 2012	#111
oh it sounded to me like they are begging him to come back.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#107
Because they want keep his "business"?	99th_Monkey	Apr 2012	#105
I'm with you. they entioned the apyapl account and that the moeny is going to george, when it was su	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#108
He sure is proving he does not do what he is told. And for him to	appleannie1	Apr 2012	#46
Some of his best friends are black.	drm604	Apr 2012	#48
They say they no longer represent him	drm604	Apr 2012	#50
Attacking the press now.	drm604	Apr 2012	#52
The attorney is using all the old talking points in Zimmerman's defense.	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#54
Now defending the SYG law.	drm604	Apr 2012	#56
45 minutes of vociferously defending someone he "no longer represents".	drm604	Apr 2012	#61
just when this story had almost run out of twists	Blue_Tires	Apr 2012	#67
Zimmerman lost contact	TahitiNut	Apr 2012	#69
Why attorneys continue to talk in front of cameras?	jeanmarc	Apr 2012	#70
Arrest him! Arrest his father, his "friends", all of them...	SamG	Apr 2012	#75
How could you arrest his father and friends?	drm604	Apr 2012	#84
don't question irrational statements on here...... it just causes trouble...	IamK	Apr 2012	#97
Wouldn't be an arrest. It would be lying in court if it gets there. They're lying in public now.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#152
Can't wait for Hannity to be subpoenaed as a witness!	SunSeeker	Apr 2012	#80
That would be something else!	freshwest	Apr 2012	#93
this is now moving into the realm of the truly strange	arely staircase	Apr 2012	#81
It's so stupid, it has to be an intentional charade. No one is that clueless.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#94
I don't know which is worse --	coeur_de_lion	Apr 2012	#146
It's been so bizarre, that without the footage from the police station, I'd doubt he ever existed.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#147
I think you are right about his father's influence	coeur_de_lion	Apr 2012	#151
Let me guess. They didn't take his gun - or his passport?	polichick	Apr 2012	#85
Probably right on both counts	Boabab	Apr 2012	#89
The local police actually did take in his gun as evidence the night of the shooting.	amandabeech	Apr 2012	#100
Zimmerman Can Buy Another Gun If He Wants	AndyTiedye	Apr 2012	#129
Thanks for the post. I hadn't thought of that.	amandabeech	Apr 2012	#131
I am Afraid the Rethuglicans Might Want Exactly That	AndyTiedye	Apr 2012	#135
typical repuke coward.	Javaman	Apr 2012	#90
There will be a line of Jose Baez' vying for the chance.	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#115
Why would Z not contact his lawyers but decide instead to call a talk show host?	DCBob	Apr 2012	#95
..because he no longer needs his counsel, because they already know he won't be charged	Blaze Diem	Apr 2012	#101
I dont think so.	DCBob	Apr 2012	#104
This man killed a child in cold blood. It is not up to us to determine why. Race doesn't matter.	earcandle	Apr 2012	#96
Right. The case is about one man and one teenager and what happened on	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#122
Sure looks like an admission of guilt	GreydeeThos	Apr 2012	#98
long	marshall gaines	Apr 2012	#102
"Color" zimmerman gone....He left the country before Easter	solarman350	Apr 2012	#113
Accomplices to what?	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#116
Just saw on TV, special prosecuter to hold news conf within 72 hrs	rainbow4321	Apr 2012	#117
They probably disagreed with the website	Catherine Vincent	Apr 2012	#123
He doesn't need a lawyer...they are letting him go	Redford	Apr 2012	#124
Yup, he's walking. Justice has left the building. nt	Boabab	Apr 2012	#143
He might be in Peru (his mom's Peruvian)	SunSeeker	Apr 2012	#125
ding ding ding nt	Evasporque	Apr 2012	#144
That would make sense. n/t	Ganja Ninja	Apr 2012	#145
Not surprising	Canuckistanian	Apr 2012	#126
Yes, and the website and media contacts--	janx	Apr 2012	#127
He's acting very much like a guilty person.	tabasco	Apr 2012	#130
He's a 2016 GOP hopeful.	Beartracks	Apr 2012	#132
I have been listening to all the MSNBC shows tonight and the lawyers may say they are quitting	jwirr	Apr 2012	#133
His Attorneys are just muddying the waters ... ...	bayareaboy	Apr 2012	#148
??Zimmerman to be charged this p.m. ????	Smilo	Apr 2012	#153

Response to Hissyspit (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 04:25 PM

grasswire (36,879 posts)

George Zimmerman Lawyers: 'Withdrawing As Counsel; Lost Contact With Him'

1. EDT? nt

118. Eastern Daylight Time

2. Thanks. This is probably predictable but it'll be interesting to see anyway. nt

3. Sounds like an all out PR campaign

150. The lawyers are setting him up for insanity defense.....nt

4. Talking Points memo reports its his legal team rather than he himself... n/t

5. What channel?

8. Go to the link above. n/t

11. Nothing happening yet. CNN says conflicting information.

6. Is he going to surrender and plea guilty?

24. He'd have to be charged with a crime first

31. You don't have to be charged to confess to a crime. nt

49. OK, OK, I did it!

68. Ha...ha? nt

59. funny, my reaction was Is he leaving the country?

73. Wrong tense... Question is when did he leave the country? nt

88. We should have a low-speed chase now,

109. quite possibly. I guess they dont even have photos in the airports, because there is no warrant.

119. That might not be so foolish.

128. I don't think he should be charged if there is insufficent evidence against him.

137. He should be charged in my opinion.

7. I hope he endorses Romney

29. LOL!!

41. Bwah! Although, a lot of those Republicans probably admire Zimmerman. nt

66. Maybe he's on the "short list."

76. ROFL, wait for it.... wait for it.....

9. So far he hasn't shown up...just a phalanx of microphones in an empty park....

13. Yep. Just guys doing Mike checks.

16. His lawyers are resigning becuase they can't find him...

53. He's apparently been a fugitive from reality for years... Along with his dad.

86. And his brother...

10. I am watching, but nothing happening yet.

22. His lawyers say he is not showing and they are withdrawing counsel. n/t

12. I think its time to stop kidding ourselves...

62. i don't believe that.

71. I hope you're right, but am highly suspicious

120. Has the autopsy report been published? If so, where?

142. The autopsy results have not been made public, nor has it been leaked.... yet.

110. If he skates, there will be millions of angry americans in the streets.

121. As they should be

140. yep. and that tends

77. Yah he will. DA has an easy case now, getting easier by the day.

79. Suddenly there are so many people on DU who are trying to discourage people. Telling us to give up.

87. Here's the relevant part of the leak. Its from Infowars

99. If, as I have read, the clock starts ticking as soon as he is formally charged, then it is better

112. What clock are you talking about?

136. The letter that Zimmerman supposedly wrote? The one that no one heard about until last week?

139. there was a you tube video of this beating

114. Perhaps you could provide a link to your posits.

134. Nothing left for this story but damage control & PR spin

14. His two lawyers are withdrawing as his counsel

15. He's suspending his Presidential Campaign.

72. With Frothy out, there's now room for someone to come into the race from the Right. He has the NRA.

106. there's now room for someone to come into the race from the Right.

17. Attorneys are withdrawing as counsel for Zimmerman. Have lost contact with him.

57. I wonder if Bill O'Reilly's legal team have taken him on. Or Rupert or Inshanity's

18. Whoa!

19. LOST CONTACT!?! Or did the SOB slip out of the freaking country?!

38. Attorney said he is in the country. n/t

40. BUT they have not physically seen him. And I wonder IF he is going to slip out of the country.

63. Since there is no warrant for his arrest, I guess he could just leave, period.

83. His Mom is Peruvian....wonder if he has some family there willing to hide him...

20. They are withdrawing as counsel due to "lost contact"!

58. Or merely *lost control* of the walking time bomb...

21. Zimmerman's Gone Rogue.

32. ...

60. From his domestic assault records on the net, he went rogue years ago. Like Mad Dog rogue.

23. no contact with Zimmerman since Sunday

30. has called Sean Hannity and the Prosecutors office without legal counsel

64. And Sean, the poster child for *The Boys From Brazil* will take care of him, alright.

74. Hannity defended the guilty cop who assaulted Abner Louima, so it's a natural fit

92. Yeah, that's right. Vermin stick together. Until they get a better deal.

25. Called Sean Hannity.

26. I wonder if he's left the country

44. One attorney said that he was still in the country and didn't know where he was,

103. Yeah that stuck out to me, too.

141. Left the state?

149. global grind says he's gone from Florida but not the US

27. Zimmerman's legal team says they are withdrawing as counsel. Details.

58. Or merely lost control of the walking time bomb...

64. And Sean, the poster child for The Boys From Brazil will take care of him, alright.