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.
She
pleaded guilty last week 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."
During her appearance on "Good Morning America," Zimmerman refused to say if she and her husband were still together.
She added that she "wants to have children and stay married."
"With George?" the interviewer asked.
"That's something I'm going to have to think about," Shellie Zimmerman replied.
Earlier
this week, her 29-year-old husband was ticketed for speeding in Lake
Mary, Fla. Police say he was going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone.
In
the interview, she also revealed she wasn't at their home the night of
Martin's shooting in their gated community outside Orlando because she'd
had a fight with her husband.
"I was staying at my father's house," she said. "We had gotten into an argument the night before and I left."
Shellie
Zimmerman says that while she believes her husband's version of the
events leading to the shooting, "I can't tell you how many nights I've
gone or laid awake at night just thinking that I wish to God the
circumstances had been different."
She says the couple lived in hiding while awaiting his trial.
"We
have pretty much lived like gypsies for the past year and a half. We've
lived in a 20-foot trailer in the woods, scared every night that
someone would go and find us and that it would be horrific," she said.
Shellie Zimmerman admitted she did not tell the truth during the bail hearing.
"I can rationalize a lot of reasons for why I was misleading, but the truth is that I knew I was lying," she said.
She said she plans to do her community service with a Christian ministry.
"I've made mistakes and I want to own them right now," Shellie Zimmerman said.
She
also told ABC she is deeply sorry for the Martin family's loss. "I
can't even begin to understand the grief a parent experiences when they
lose a child," she said.
