Shellie Zimmerman: Wife of Acquitted Neighborhood Watchman Pleads Guilty to Perjury in Plea Deal (Video)

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Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of the former neighborhood watch captain acquitted in the February 2012 shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning to a misdemeanor charge of perjury in a plea deal, The Orlando Sentinel reported.

Shellie Zimmerman was sentenced to serve one year of probation under the deal, which was set up so that she would avoid any sort of a felony conviction.

During one of her husband's bond hearings, Zimmerman reportedly lied, allegedly telling a judge that the couple did not have any money when in fact they received more than $130,000 in donations from online donors who wanted to aid for her husband's defense fund.

The Zimmermans reportedly talked about the donations in recorded phone calls at the Seminole County jail, a few days before the bond hearing. During those conversations, the Zimmermans reportedly spoke in code, often referring to $10to really mean $10,000, the Orlando Sentinel also reported.

George Zimmerman reportedly instructed his wife to transfer funds between various accounts.

Four days after he was released on bond, Zimmerman transferred more than $85,500 from her account into her husband's, the records indicated.

After Shellie Zimmerman's false statements were discovered, the judge revoked her husband's bail. He was later released on $1 million bond, the Orlando Sentinel also reported.

George Zimmerman was acquitted on second-degree murder charges in July.

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