George Zimmerman 's estranged wife said Thursday that while she respects the jury 's not guilty verdict in his second-degree murder trial , she now has doubts about his innocence . `` I believe the evidence , but this revelation in my life has really helped me to take the blinders off and start to see things differently , '' Shellie Zimmerman told NBC 's Matt Lauer on the `` Today '' show . Zimmerman was referring to the couple 's struggles since the verdict , including an ugly spat earlier this month that resulted in police being called -- and headlines being made . `` I think anyone would doubt that innocence because I do n't know the person that I have been married to , '' she said . George Zimmerman was acquitted on July 13 in the death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin . Zimmerman told police he shot the teen in self-defense . Despite her doubts about her husband 's innocence , Shellie Zimmerman said she believes he did not profile the teen , who is black . `` So had Trayvon Martin been white , you think the night would have ended in the same tragic fashion ? '' Matt Lauer asked . `` Yes , I do , '' she said . Shellie Zimmerman called 911 just days after filing for divorce , claiming her estranged husband punched her father in the nose , took her iPad out of her hands , smashed it and cut it with a pocket knife . She also said the former neighborhood watch volunteer threatened her and her father with a weapon . She stands by that story , despite police saying they never saw or confiscated a gun at the scene . `` I did not see a gun , but I saw -- I know my husband . I saw him in a stance and a look in his eyes that I have never seen before , '' she said . `` His shirt was halfway unbuttoned and he was putting his hand in his shirt and saying , 'Please step closer , please step closer , ' so I think that logically I assumed he had a gun on him . '' Shellie Zimmerman has not pressed charges but police are still investigating the case . They say it could take months to recover video evidence from the damaged iPad . While she stood by her man through his trial and the months of living `` like gypsies '' in the woods leading up to it , she said everything changed after the verdict . `` He just kind of treated me like I was disposable ... after standing by him , '' Shellie Zimmerman said . `` He kind of left and I guess kind of went on a victory tour without me , and I thought that I was living a life with him and that we were going to kind of rebuild after all of this , ( but ) he had other plans for me . ''
Recent events have `` really helped me to take the blinders off , '' Shellie Zimmerman says . She was referring to the couple 's struggles since the verdict . The Zimmermans are now trying to move on with their lives and raise a family of their own.