Friday, December 06, 2019

George Zimmerman files $100 million lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s family - New York Daily News

George Zimmerman files $100 million lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s family - New York Daily News
Justice for Trayvon"More than seven years after he fatally shot their unarmed teen son, George Zimmerman is coming after Trayvon Martin’s parents — for millions of dollars.
The neighborhood watch volunteer is suing Martin’s parents and others for $100 million in a proceeding filed Wednesday in Polk County, Fla.
Zimmerman was acquitted of a second-degree murder charge in 2013, but the suit contends the only reason he was charged in the first place was due to testimony from a “fake witness” — Rachel Jeantel, who at one point was identified as Eugenia Diamond, a nickname — but who the lawsuit alleges are in fact two people.
See the source imageBoth names are listed as defendants in the suit.
In addition, he is suing Trayvon’s parents — Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin — family attorney Benjamin Crump, Crump’s book publisher and prosecutors who tried his case for the killing of the 17-year-old in Sanford, Fla.
...Zimmerman’s suit claims the so-called fake witness had been coached to testify that she was Martin’s girlfriend and that they had been on the phone just before he was shot. 
Neither of these things were the case, the lawsuit alleges..."
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