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It’s been a busy day for George Zimmerman’s defense attorney Mark O’Mara as prosecutors released six phone calls made by Zimmerman to his wife Shellie while he was in jail.

STORY: George Zimmerman’s Jail Calls With Wife Shellie, Released! 

And now O’Mara has asked the judge in the case to keep dozens of other calls private while trying to seal the statements of witness 9 which can be damaging to his client.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, prosecutors had been set to release 145 additional calls on Monday, but delayed after learning of O’Mara’s objection however he did file a motion trying to bar the release of a second statement made by one of the witnesses.

The witness, identified as “Witness 9” in prosecution documents, has not been publicly identified as one of her two statements has been withheld from the public so far, and O’Mara argues it should stay that way.

In her first statement, Witness 9 says that she knows Zimmerman, as well as his family, saying-

“I know George, and I know that he does not like black people…He would start something. He’s a very confrontational person. It’s in his blood. Let’s just say that.”

She went on to describe Zimmerman and his family as-

 “just mean and open about it, and I don’t know what he’s capable of, but I do know things that he’s done to me that I would never, I would never talk to him about ever again.”

O’Mara said in his motion that the not-yet-released second statement “is not relevant” to the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and “would not be admissible” at trial.

O’Mara went on to argue that the reease of witness 9 statement would-

 “serve to reignite and potentially enhance the widespread public hostility toward Mr. Zimmerman.”

It looks as though witness 9 may have damaging statements against Zimmerman which is why O’Mara wants the statement to remain sealed.