I guess maybe George shouldn’t have been spending all the donations to his “defense fund” on Ho Hos and guns.
The $2.5 million debt the broke and embattled 30-year-old owes is strictly in legal fees, his defense attorneys in Florida have revealed.
Whatever additional debts he incurred, be it housing, recent bail and cost of living — including firearms and ammunition — were not stated.
Zimmerman’s lead attorneys, Mark O’Mara and Don West, originally offered him their services at no cost but say they notified him of their intent to collect their fees two months ago, O’Mara told the Orlando Sentinel.
The change of heart follows Zimmerman and his family’s efforts to raise funds online.
In the beginning the fundraising proved successful, netting more than $400,000 for his legal defense fund, but the money proved to be not only insufficient but soon stopped coming in.
Full story HERE.