ORLANDO, FL — A security company claims in a lawsuit that George Zimmerman, his wife and attorney owe more than $27,000 for protection services.

Associated Investigative Services filed the lawsuit last Friday in Orange County Circuit Court. The company says it was hired in June to provide security for the Zimmerman family, but promised payments stopped after an independent trustee took over Zimmerman’s defense fund.

Zimmerman attorney Mark O’Mara says the lawsuit was a surprise and that the company was paid some $40,000.