US | George Zimmerman George Zimmerman: I Have No Job, No Assets, Owe $2.5M Man acquitted in Trayvon Martin case does have public defender to help with new stalking charges By Jenn Gidman Posted May 24, 2018 8:37 AM CDT Copied In this Sept. 13, 2016, file photo, George Zimmerman testifies in a Seminole County courtroom in Orlando, Fla. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool, File) George Zimmerman is back in the legal system, apparently a little poorer this time around. CNN reports public defender Blaise Trettis has been assigned to Zimmerman—the Florida man acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin—after Zimmerman told a Seminole County court that he has no job, is $2.5 million in debt, and has no assets to speak of. Zimmerman is facing stalking charges after he was accused of threatening a private investigator working on a Jay-Z documentary about Trayvon Martin. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Trettis has filed a not-guilty plea on Zimmerman's behalf and asked for a jury trial for his client. Read These Next Meet the Oscar winner who says the award injured her career. Researchers jumped in car to investigate cow tools. Elon Musk just made a big donation to a pro-Trump candidate. Study suggests out who's paying for tariffs: Americans. Report an error