mr. sonner since you were with his father. is that information you heard from his father or from another family member? information that george zimmerman had said to you or simply your impression of george zimmerman is suffering from that mental state? >> i'm not going to make any comments as to whether -- that's just speculation of what he's going through because of everything he's endured at this point. the primary thing was that all of a sudden things went dark. he wasn't contacting me anymore. he wasn't calling by phone. he wasn't sending e-mails. he wasn't sending text messages. on saturday i talked with him. there was some little thing we had to resolve and everything seemed fine on saturday. then something happened on sunday and of course we learned that there was a website that was set up. which was fine that he set it up. i had lined up a website designer to do it and we'd set up a bank account because i didn't think he was going to be able to do it. but it was better that he was able to do it himself. it keeps me fro

mr. sonner was employed to the bank by mr. zimmerman's father to hopefully pay for a defense and make a web site. we went to great lengths to see that his father had the signature control rights, not us, so there could be no claiming that we were doing anything untoward about that. mr. zimmerman was aware that we were doing that. his father signed the cards. we left with the expectation of getting that site up in time to announce it for national media. we did, in fact, make that site's name known to the national media and it was publicized to some extent. although for technical reasons, it didn't get posted up in time. on sunday we lost track of george in that he would not return our calls and we couldn't get ahold of him. we had no reason at that time to believe there was anything suspect. but on monday we began fielding questions about did we know anything about the -- on the real george zimmerman or the georgezimmerman.com web site. and our original response was that's probably bogus. george hasn't talked to us about that,

mr. sonner was accompanied to the bank by mr.her for the purpose of setting up a website by which people might make donations in order to help support him and hopefully pay for a defense. we went to great lengths to make sure that that website was set up in a way that the paypal account paid directly into an account on which his father had the control and signature rights, not us. so there would be no possibility of anybody claiming that we were doing something untoward about that. mr. zimmerman was aware that we were doing that. his father signed the cards. we left with the expectation of getting that site up in time to announce it for the national media. we did, in fact, make that site's name known to the national media and it was publicized to some extent. although for technical reason, it didn't get posted up in time. on sunday we lost track of george in that he would not return our calls and we couldn't get a hold of him. we had no reason at that time to believe there was anything suspect, but on monday we began fueling ques

mr. sonner was accompanied to the bank by mr. zimmerman's father, for the purpose of setting up a website by which people might make donations. we went to great lengths to make sure the website was set up in way to which the paypal was set up for his father to receive the pay rights. we couldn't get a hold of george. we had no reason to believe it was anything suspect but on monday we began fielding questiones about, did we know anything about the, i'm the real george zimmerman or george zimmerman.com website. our initial thought was, that is probably bogus. josh george hasn't talked to us about it. so we started inquiring and confirmed that he through friends or family had in fact set that site up. >> the lawyers also talked about zimmerman's state of mind. >> this has been a terribly corrosive process. george zimmerman, in our opinion, and information to us, is not doing well emotionally, probably suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome. we understand he may have lost a lot of weight. when he has professionals working as

mr. sonner, do you think your case is going to get indicted? >> at this point we don't know. there's not really -- no, i can tell you the possibilities of things. i mean, it could go to the grand jury and they could indict and the state attorney can file charges or they can no bill it. those are the possibilities that can happen. without having all the details it's hard to say what's going to happen. >> that's where the story end, we don't have the details yet. i look forward to another opportunity to speak with you. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, let's bring in mark geragos and former federal prosecutor sunny hostin. sunny, some of the new developments that you have been age to listen in on the witness, as she says what she thinks she saw. she feels she saw the larger man of hispanic description on top of the boy and after the shot, he walks toward her. yet, it's too dark to determine if that's any blood or injury on the injury. >> well, you spoke to her, i spoke to two other witnesses and they both described the same thing, ashleigh. they both d

mr. sonner, has been in contact with both him and the family, able to draw some conclusions about maybe his mental state, or emotional state, perhaps is a better way to say it. and frankly, his actions here recently don't speak of someone who's completely doing very well. you've used the term that we're dropping him. i'm not sure that's the fair way to characterize it. let's say that we're simply announcing that the relationship no longer exists based on learning from the special prosecutor directly that he had contacted them, when they said we won't talk to you without your lawyers, he said, well they don't really represent me now, they were just my legal advisers, so i can come in and talk to you. >> it's interesting you talk about this announcement, because you, of course, know that some people in your profession are criticizing the two of you for making this announcement so public. you're on television this morning. you were last night. and that you're making this announcement while also casting aspersions, essentially, on your former client's mental acuity. i mean -- or ability -- or i

. >> reporter: attorneys craig sonner and hal uhrig say they can no longer speak for george zimmerman. >> we are withdrawing as council for mr. zimmerman. we lost contact with him. up to this point we lost contact every day. he has gone on his own. >> reporter: the two lawyers say the neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shout martin in self-defense has ignored their phone calls and legal advice. >> we had contact as of, i believe, sunday. in the last couple of days he has not returned phone calls or text messages or emails. >> reporter: the attorneys had set up a website to help raise money for zimmerman's defense. but over the weekend, george zimmerman set up his own website. the real george zimmerman. on it, he calls the... the night he shot 17-year-old martin a life-altering event. >> you can't imagine what it's like hiding in a room trying to save your life. perhaps the pressure of that pushed him a little over the edge. he reached a point where he said i'm going to take care of this myself. >> reporter: this dramatic shift comes just one day after special prosecutor angela corey announced she would by- pass a grand

craig sonner and hal are george zimmerman's attorneys. nice to have you both here. mr.urig, let me start with you. when do you expect to meet with mr. zimmerman face to face, and are you getting closer to the point where you think it would be beneficial to have him tell his story publicly? >> well, two things. number one we expect to meet with him very soon, perhaps this week. in terms of the timing for when he's going to be able to tell his story, we're constrained. we've got a special prosecutor who's still in the process of completing an investigation. the last thing we want to do is get sideways with her or do anything that would compromise her decision-making process. so we've got a little problem with that. as soon as he is either dismissed, or they decide not to charge him, or if he's eventually vindicated he'll come out. if they charge him, then you're not going to hear from him until it's over. >> what do you think they're looking at, the special prosecutor? where is the real focus of the investigation? will it be on this stand your ground law and whether that'

mr. zimmerman. we've lost contact with him. up to this point we've had contact every day. >> reporter: craig sonner and hall uhrig say sunday was the last time they heard from their client, george zimmerman. >> he's not returning my messages, my texts, e-mails. he won't even give me a collect call. >> reporter: benjamin crump, the attorney for trayvon martin's parents, are worried no one knows where zimmerman is. >> we're concerned he may be a flight risk. nobody knows where he's at. he can get in contact with you but he can't get in contact with him. >> reporter: dropping lawyers was the most unusual move by zimmerman. over the weekend he set up his own website to collect donations, updating is yesterday by saying, i'm attempting to respond to each and every one of my supporters personally. zimmerman also apparently upset his legal team by placing an off the record phone call to fox new's sean hannity, who confirmed the call but little else on his show last night. >> he reached out to me. we spoke on the phone about his case. and i agreed not to report on the contents of that conversation. that's it. i don't -- i know nothing