Trayvon Martin’s murderer George Zimmerman is suing the teen’s family, prosecutors and others surrounding the 2012 homicide case in which Zimmerman faced charges for fatally shooting the unarmed 17-year-old, claiming that false evidence was used, according to Polk County Circuit Court documents.
Zimmerman obtained Larry Klayman to represent him in the suit. Klayman is the former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor and founder of activist groups Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch.
In the lawsuit, Zimmerman refers to a documentary called The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America, directed by Joel Gilbert, that alleges the Martin family created fake evidence and false testimony. A screening of the documentary was scheduled to take place on Thursday (Dec. 5) in Coral Gables after Zimmerman, Klayman and Gilbert were to hold a press conference.
Once controversy started to spread about the screening, the Coral Gables Art Cinema canceled the event, posting on Twitter “Coral Gables Art Cinema was not aware of all of the details surrounding this event.”
Details of the lawsuit claim that key witness Rachel Jeantel was a fake witness for the prosecution and pretended to be Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend in order to provide false statements to incriminate Zimmerman. The suit alleges that Trayvon’s actual girlfriend was Brittany Diamond Eugene, who was replaced by Jeantel when Eugene allegedly refused to provide false testimony.
Klayman sent a cease and desist letter to the Martin family’s attorney Benjamin Crump and Harper Collins book publishing citing that Crump’s recently released book Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People is damaging the reputation of Zimmerman.
Klayman goes on to say that Crump is using false narratives and inciting hate for Zimmerman by telling lies in the book. Klayman claims that law enforcement did not order Zimmerman to not pursue Trayvon.
Listen To George Zimmerman’s Call To Police In 2012
“Zimmerman was not ‘ordered not to pursue the teen’,” said Klayman in the letter. “After the non-emergency dispatcher repeatedly requested help from Zimmerman in determining where the individual who had circled his car had gone, Zimmerman left his car only to assist the dispatcher. As you know, when the dispatcher asked George if he was following him, Zimmerman said ‘yeah’, and dispatcher stated in response ‘we don’t need you to do that’ and Zimmerman said ‘okay’. He then asked the dispatcher to have an officer meet him near back his vehicle. As Zimmerman was approaching his vehicle was when he was attacked by Trayvon Martin, as all the evidence proved in court where Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013.”
Read Larry Klayman’s Letter Calling Benjamin Crump A Race Hustler
Other claims Klayman made was that Zimmerman was not told to stand down until police arrived and he did not continue to pursue the teen. Zimmerman is seeking $100 million for defamation, conspiracy, abuse of civil process and civil damages.
Hear The Police Calls The Night Of Trayvon Martin’s Murder:
In February 2012, Zimmerman followed Martin in a residential community because he looked “suspicious”. Martin was returning from the local store and on his way home. Zimmerman pursued Martin, got into an unnecessary physical altercation, and shot and killed Martin. In a few police calls, Martin is heard screaming for help in the background before Zimmerman’s gun was discharged.
Zimmerman claimed him shooting Trayvon was an act of self-defense based on Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. He was later acquitted of all charges.
Listen To A Neighbor Report Martin’s Murder:
