The wife of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is filing for divorce.
On Thursday, Shellie Zimmerman's lawyer announced that she is ready to walk away from her six year marriage to George, 29. She presented documents to court officials on Friday in Florida's Seminole county, reports The Guardian.
Shellie stood by her husband throughout the ordeal that began in Feb. 2012 after her husband shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager. In July, George, a white Hispanic, was cleared on all charges by an all-female, predominantly white jury. The verdict sparked national protests and debate over gun laws, racial profiling and self-defense laws. Now, less than two months later, Shellie says their marriage is "irrevocably broken," according to court documents.
In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America," the 26-year-old nursing student confessed that she never "really knew him at all."
"I stood by my husband through everything and I kind of feel like he left me with a bunch of broken glass that I'm supposed to now assemble and make a life...It's just heartbreaking," said Shellie.
She continued: "I have a selfish husband. And I think George is all about George."
She added that he was verbally abusive and hurt her "emotionally, but never physical[ly]."
"I think I'm realizing that I have been married to a person for almost seven years, and I don't think that I ever really knew him at all," she said.
In addition, Shellie said her husband not only drives too fast, referring to the two recently incidents in which her husband was been pulled over and ticketed for speeding, but also living too fast since his acquittal. Shellie says she believes the not guilty verdict has left her husband feeling "invincible" and since then has been "making some reckless decisions."
Watch a clip of Shellie's interview with GMA below:
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