Just when the publicity started to ebb, the puppet held a well-attended press conference to announce he was suing a writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien who had complained that the spokespooch was a lame imitation of his own puppet character.
Lead defense attorney Mark O'Mara said he will try to use the evidence if prosecutors attempt to attack Zimmerman's character during his trial on second-degree murder charges, set to begin next month.