By the time of that September incident, Shellie had filed for divorce, and George Zimmerman had started dating Scheibe. Zimmerman eventually moved into her home. But soon, Scheibe said her relationship with Zimmerman decayed as he fought bouts of depression. She said she feared him, but said she stayed with him because she thought she could help him.
By the end of October, Scheibe said she demanded that Zimmerman get professional help for depression. She claims that in response, Zimmerman moved all of her furniture, clothes and food out of her Seminole County home. “She’s scared is the bottom line,” Scheibe’s mother, Mason, wrote in a text message.
Scheibe and her mother started to seek interviews with national media outlets. Mason said she hoped by Scheibe doing the interview, she would force Zimmerman to get help - and the attention would keep Scheibe safe. “Things have gotten hotter on her end. He has shown up two times already today to her house, so we need to make a move sooner than later so she stays safe,” Mason wrote in a text message. But soon after, Scheibe said she and Zimmerman apologized to one another, and he moved the furniture back in.
But Scheibe said the relationship continued to be volatile. She said at times she feared for her life, and other times “everything was fine.” After one argument with Zimmerman, Scheibe said she went to her mother’s house to get away from him. While there, Mason said Scheibe’s daughter received a text message from George Zimmerman. Mason said that message was a still image from an intimate home video of Scheibe and Zimmerman. “He’s now threatened her in writing and even sent a portion of the video to her baby girl,” Mason wrote in a text message.
But still Scheibe stayed with Zimmerman and the couple reunited. Just last Thursday, Mason was still seeking a national interview. But this time she was promising both George Zimmerman and Samantha Scheibe.