By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel

1:22 p.m. EST, June 18, 2012
In a half dozen phone calls between a locked-up George Zimmerman and his wife, the couple talk about their love for each other, their confidence in the future and how to move around money, recordings released this morning reveal.
Prosecutors allege the six phone calls prove that Shellie Zimmerman lied when she told a judge that the couple was broke.


The recordings reveal that Zimmerman, from his jail cell, gave his wife step-by-step instructions on how to change a password and clear security questions so that she could move money from one account to others, gave her orders to withdraw specific amounts of money and directed her to pay the bills.
Prosecutors allege the couple was moving money out of an Internet PayPal account that was being flooded with donations for Zimmerman, who's charged with second-degree murder in one of the most racially-charged criminal cases in the country.
However, they spoke in code, according to prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda. In the calls Zimmerman makes repeated reference to "Peter Pan", an apparent reference to PayPal.
And neither he nor his wife ever refer to more than $100,000, talking instead about amounts generally totaling "10" and "20". Prosecutors say those were references to $10,000 and $20,000.
Prosecutors allege the couple had access to at least $130,000 in mid-April, just before Zimmerman was freed from the Seminole County Jail on $150,000 bond.
Prosecutors also today released the couple's bank statements. They show numerous transfers between the PayPal account, George Zimmerman's bank account and his wife's.
On April 16, the same time prosecutors say the Zimmermans were talking in code on the phone about money transfers, records show several transfers out of Zimmerman's account.
They also show the couple was careful to keep the transfers under $10,000.
Defense attorneyMark O'Marawas not immediately available for comment.
The calls also reveal the human side of Zimmerman, a few details about his life, temperament and marriage.
Neither he nor his wife say anything angry, ugly or racist. They make no direct reference to Trayvon Martin or to the criminal charge Zimmerman faces.
He also does not complain about being in jail or its conditions.
In a call April 12, the day after his arrest, Zimmerman says he is thrilled by all the money and support his website has generated.
"Oh, man, that feels good," he tells his wife, "… that there are people in America that care."
"Yeah they do," she answers. So many tried to log onto his website the day of his arrest, she says, it kept crashing.

A few moments later, she says, "After all this is over, you're going to be able to have a great life."
"WE will," he corrects her.
"Yeah, we will."
"I'm excited," he says.
Three days later, they talk briefly about how much they love each other.
"O.K., I love you," Zimmerman tells his wife.
"I love you more, Babe," she says.
The couple also talks about their safety. They make references to a "safety counselor," someone who's apparently giving them advice on how to stay hidden and safe.
They also discuss how to get him safely out of jail. Shellie says one possibility is having someone drive him to an airport parking garage.
"We could have two cars, we could have two rented cars," Zimmerman replies.
As for hiding him inside the vehicle, "Well, I have my hoodie," he says, a possible joke, referring to the hooded sweatshirt Trayvon Martin wore the night Zimmerman shot him in Sanford, Feb. 26.
During one conversation, Zimmerman asks his wife to get a vest for him, her and O'Mara, a likely reference to bullet-proof vests.
They also discuss a five-bedroom house that they hoped to lease for a month.
In the past two weeks prosecutors had released a good bit of information about the jailhouse calls and the money transfers. That's because they used them to convince Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. to lock Zimmerman back in jail and to charge Shellie Zimmerman with perjury.
Lawyers in the office of Special Prosecutor Angela Corey allege that Shellie Zimmerman knew she and her husband had access to $155,000.
But when she was asked about it April 20 at his bond hearing, she said the couple was broke.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office typically records inmate phone calls. In fact, each of the calls released today starts with a warning that spells that out.
On Friday, Corey's office announced it would release today 151 Zimmerman calls, but after O'Mara complained, they slashed the number to six.
In a blog posting Friday, O'Mara wrote that he would today file a motion, asking the judge to prohibit the release of any Zimmerman jail phone call that are not related to the defendant's bond.
That, O'Mara wrote, would compromise the privacy of family members and friends who have done nothing improper.
Zimmerman's next court date is June 29, another bond hearing. O'Mara's witness list includes two bail bondsmen and no family members.
[email protected] or 407-650-6394. [email protected] or 407-420-5151.