ORLANDO, Fla. — George Zimmerman is asking a judge to set aside a default judgment for his wife in their on-going divorce proceeding, and has filed a countersuit against her.
Zimmerman made the requests in a response filed late last week.
Shellie Zimmerman filed for divorce in September and served him with a divorce papers while he was in jail on a since-dropped domestic violence case involving a former girlfriend. He says they became lost in jail and he was unable to respond until now.
Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer, was acquitted last year in the 2012 shooting of unarmed 17-year-oldTrayvon Martin.
The countersuit asks that any personal property distribution be decided by the court, and that he and Shellie Zimmerman share in any debt incurred during their marriage.