Court Tosses Zimmerman Suit Against Trayvon’s Parents

The Associated Press reports:

A judge in Florida has dismissed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman had filed against the parents of Trayvon Martin, the teen he fatally shot almost a decade ago in a case that drew international attention about race and gun violence.

Judge John Cooper in Tallahassee dismissed all counts against all defendants in the lawsuit filed by Zimmerman against Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin; attorney Ben Crump, who had represented the family; and others.

According to Zimmerman’s lawsuit, Brittany Diamond Eugene didn’t want to testify that she had been talking to Martin before he was killed. So her half-sister, Rachel Jeantel, pretended that she was talking to the teen before he was fatally shot.

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In recent years Zimmerman has auctioned off the gun used to murder Martin, sold his Confederate flag artwork, and publicly called President Obama a “baboon.”

He was represented in this suit by nutbag attorney Larry Klayman, who is also currently representing loony Laura Loomer and other far-right extremists.

In February 2020, he filed a $265 million defamation suit against Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren. Klayman also represented him in that suit, which was dismissed in December 2021.

A judge in Florida has dismissed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman had filed against the parents of Trayvon Martin, the teen he fatally shot almost a decade ago.https://t.co/VnAmgaUIth

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