I was under the impression that by that time the trust has been opened. Clearly that would change the availability of those funds. But now I'm wondering if what is being said is that the Paypal account was perhaps not under George's control at all. It may have been been the brothers account.
There's still the issue of the funds supposedly having been already transfered to Credit Union account prior to the bail hearing. That's the stinker.
Since George was in hiding, the PayPal account may or may not have been in the exclusive control of his brother. We should find out more at the June 29th hearing.
Yes, it would appear from the (possibly edited) transcripts from the jailhouse phone records that at least some of the money had been transferred into George and/or Shellie's account before the bond revocation hearing on June 1. I don't remember the details. And I also don't trust the prosecution's transcripts, since they edited Shellie's testimony at the original bail hearing to remove her offer to get the brother-in-law on the phone to confirm the PayPal account.
Since Judge Lester did not give GZ or MOM the opportunity to prepare for the bail revocation hearing, we have no way of knowing what was going through GZ or SZ’s minds. Since they solicited the money for legal fees and living expenses, they may have thought it would be fraud to use the money for bail. Who knows? Hopefully, we will find out more on June 29th.