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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING -- Zimmerman's lawyers PUBLICLY DISCLAIM him
I don't know what this means WRT to the Special Prosecutor's impending announcement -- but the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that GZ's lawyers are no longer in contact with him, that they don't agree with his personally contacting the Special Prosecutor and that they would not have counseled him to go on Hannity.
If it turns out that the SP intends to press charges, this would seem to me to be a pre-arrest meltdown.
If it turns out the the SP intends NOT to press charges, this would seem to me to be fix-is-in bout of cockiness. I'm hoping and betting on the first option.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-10/news/os-trayvon-martin-zimmerman-press-conference-20120410_1_press-conference-attorney-cnn
Trayvon Martin: Attorneys say Zimmerman contacted prosecutor, Sean Hannity
6:35 p.m. EST, April 10, 2012|
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel
The two men who have been George Zimmerman's most outspoken defenders, attorneys Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner, said today that they're off the case. "On Sunday, we lost track of George, in that he would not return our calls," attorney Uhrig said. Said attorney Craig Sonner, "I've lost contact with him at this point."
The lawyers had been publicly representing Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, in the media as calls for his arrest continue to grow. But they said Tuesday that Zimmerman who, they say, has left the state has stopped answering their phone calls, and has made a series of decisions that the two lawyers would not have advised.
The lawyers said Zimmerman called Sean Hannity of Fox News without consulting them. He also called the special prosecutor in the case, something the attorneys said they'd never have told him to do. "We were a bit astonished," Uhrig said. He praised Special Prosecutor Angela Corey's office for declining to speak with Zimmerman without legal counsel.
Asked about Hannity's interactions with Zimmerman, a Fox News Channel spokeswoman said the issue "will be addressed on Hannity's show tonight." The show, "Hannity," airs at 9 p.m.
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That the SP declined to speak to GZ without legal counsel indicates that they're leaning toward charging him (edit to say, "IMHO" .
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rocktivity
grasswire
(50,130 posts)George did not deliver to them the agreement to retain counsel and the promise to pay the retainer when/if the case goes to trial. It was supposed to be in the mail today. It didn't come. Then the lawyers bailed.
George has played them.
I wonder if he has gone rogue from his daddy, too.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)they're not a star team. they need GZ or else it's back to whatever non-televised casework they may (or may not have had) prior to GZ.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)until charges have been filed. I watched the news conference.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)something is seriously wrong. he's not been charged. he's likely not in the country. there is a definite possibility that if, somehow, the SP comes back with charges, that he won't show.
plus, if GZ's daddy has anything to do with it i'm sure he could afford a legal team with more poise than these guys.
former9thward
(32,077 posts)The stepped into the case for the publicity. They never met with their client. You can't be a lawyer for someone in a case like this and not meet with them. It was all BS.
demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)kryptonite. I would love to know what is really going on. I wonder if he set up the donation website to get traveling money
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)Jose Baez, others rip George Zimmermans ex-attorneys
George Zimmermans former attorneys were getting nasty reviews for their performance at a strange news conference Tuesday.
Even Jose Baez, who represented Casey Anthony, castigated lawyers Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner.
Its unbelievable that you would get on television and talk about your clients mental state, Baez told CNNs Anderson Cooper. Its reprehensible.
Attorney Mark Geragos, another guest on Anderson Cooper 360, asked Baez: Jose, what do they have in the water down there in Florida? I dont understand what theyre doing. This is just absolutely the worst thing I think I can remember seeing any lawyer do in regards to their client. I thought some of the previous interviews were train wrecks. Those things were toy cars compared to what this is.
Festivito
(13,452 posts)No mention of them not getting phone calls returned.