George Zimmerman, who was arrested earlier this month on an aggravated-assault charge, won't be prosecuted, a Florida state attorney said.
Zimmerman, who was famously acquitted of the 2012 killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, was accused of throwing a wine bottle at his girlfriend. But State Atty. Phil Archer told the Orlando Sentinel that the woman recanted her initial statement.
"While it is clear that the officers had probable cause to arrest Mr. Zimmerman, which was affirmed by the circuit court judge at initial appearances, the subsequent recantation by the victim of her initial statement along with new documents provided by the victim and her attorney precludes my office from proceeding further," Archer said.
Zimmerman's shooting of 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, Fla., touched off protests and a national debate on racial profiling. Zimmerman served as a neighborhood watch volunteer in the apartment complex where he shot Martin.
Since his acquittal, he has had multiple brushes with the law, including being accused of smashing an iPad during an argument with his estranged wife and being pulled over three times for traffic violations.
One case against him was never pursued because of lack of evidence; in another, prosecutors did not pursue the case because his girlfriend at the time did not cooperate with detectives.
Staff writer Samantha Masunaga contributed to this report.
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