George Zimmerman is an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American boy, in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. In July 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in Florida v. George Zimmerman. After his acquittal, Zimmerman was the target of a shooting, and the perpetrator was convicted of attempted murder. Since then, Zimmermans life has been filled with domestic disputes, lawsuits, and controversy. Here are some key events that have happened to George Zimmerman:

• 2013: Two months after his acquittal, Zimmermans wife, Shellie, who had filed for divorce, called 911 to report Zimmerman had assaulted her father and threatened her with a gun. Zimmerman was not arrested after police said they couldnt find enough evidence to press charges. In separate incidents, he was accused of threatening or pointing a gun at his estranged wife and girlfriend, respectively, but the charges in both cases were dropped after the women recanted their accounts.

• 2015: Zimmerman was under investigation by the Department of Justice to determine if hed violated Trayvon Martins civil rights. But in 2015, the federal agency said the evidence did not meet the high standard for a federal hate crime.

• 2018: Zimmerman faced more criminal charges. He was accused of stalking a private investigator who was helping with a documentary on the Trayvon Martin shooting. Zimmerman eventually pleaded no contest to the stalking charge and got 12 months probation.

• 2019: Zimmerman filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Trayvon Martins parents, which was dismissed in 2022.

• 2022: Zimmerman was charged with stalking a private investigator who contacted him about a docuseries, and he served 12 months of probation after pleading no contest to the charge.

Despite these events, Zimmerman has continued to make headlines for his controversial actions and statements, including retweeting a photo of Trayvon Martins dead body and reportedly selling the gun that killed him for $250,000.