Samantha Scheiebe, George Zimmerman's girlfriend, is asking a judge to lift an order that blocks her from seeing him and she wants charges against the former neighborhood watchman dropped.
"I am not afraid of George in any manner and I want to be with him... I believe that the police misinterpreted me and that I may have misspoken about certain facts in my statement to the police," she said. "I do not feel that the arrest report accurately recounts what happened," Scheibe wrote in the affidavit, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
"I do not want George Zimmerman charged. I make this decision freely, knowingly and voluntarily, without any intimidation or undue influences," Scheibe also wrote in the affidavit.
Zimmerman was arrested on November 18 at Scheibe's Florida after a domestic dispute with Scheibe who reportedly told cops that he broke a table with a shotgun and then pointed it at her "for a minute," CNN reported.
However in a signed affidavit, Jayne Weintraub, Zimmerman's attorney said that he "never pointed a gun at or toward my face in a threatening manner," according to Scheibe's statements. Scheibe said she was pressured by police.
Zimmerman had been charged with aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of domestic violence battery and criminal mischief. He was released on $9,000 bail while entering a non-guilty plea in the case.
"All I can tell you is that from what I see, I would hope that the State Attorney's Office takes pause, takes a step back, exercises its discretion and declines prosecution," Weintraub said.
"When I was being questioned by police, I felt very intimidated," she said. "I was not allowed to call an attorney nor was I allowed to eat or drink anything for a very long time."
Heather Smith, a spokeswoman for the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, denied that claim.
"As you know, we provided media with the 911 call from Ms. Scheibe, which occurred prior to deputies responding," Smith said.
"Apparently, Ms. Scheibe may have misspoken about the facts of her interview as she had access to her phone and was provided with food."
The November incident came four months after Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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