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Witness accuses Zimmerman of sexually molesting her

MIAMI (MCT) — Despite a last-minute rush to the courthouse by the defense to keep a witness’s damaging story out of public view, prosecutors on Monday released a recorded statement from George Zimmerman’s cousin, who said Zimmerman molested her for 10 years, beginning when she was 6 years old.

Like most other witnesses in the case, the woman’s name was not released. Dubbed “Witness 9,” she is 26 and lives in central Florida. She called investigators shortly after Zimmerman was arrested in the shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin to say that Zimmerman and his family were racists. The evidence released Monday shows she also called a state attorney about three weeks later with more serious allegations.

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