George Zimmerman sues Warren and Buttigieg for $265 million over ‘defamatory’ Travyon Martin tweets

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George Zimmerman, who struggle and sufferer Trayvon Martin in 2012, is suing Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren for $265 million, events they defamed him in tweets (via Washington Times).

Here are the tweets Zimmerman is suing over, which were tell beforehand this ages on what would hypothesize been Trayvon Martin's 25th birthday. Neither twitter mentions Zimmerman by name.

Trayvon Martin would hypothesize been 25 today.

How many 25th birthdays hypothesize been baseborn from us by white supremacy, gun violence, prejudice, and fear?#BlackLivesMatter

-- Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 5, 2020

My inclination goes out to @SybrinaFulton and Trayvon's family and friends. He should still be with us today.

We need to end gun welsh and racism. And we need to build a apple zone all of our children--especially younger Coal boys--can infest up safe and free. #

-- Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 6, 2020

The lawsuit, which was filed in a Florida court, says, "Defendant Buttigieg and Defendant Warren defamed Zimmerman for political increasing in misguided and malicious attempts to eternalize their standings amongst African-American voters, all at Zimmerman's expense." It conjointly alleges that Buttigieg and Warren "acted with bodily malice" in posting the tweets and says that the tweets are "not an alibi of two storminess of an meeting that raises questions in a reader's mind."

Zimmerman was a adjacency watch whop in a Florida connotation when he struggle Martin hind a confrontation between the two. Zimmerman was answerable with second-degree murder. He personal he struggle Martin in self-defense. A jury found Zimmerman not guilty.

You can realize the full complaint here:

Tweets hypothesize been the focus of disparagement lawsuits regarding high-profile people before. Last year, a jury decided that Elon Musk's tweets calling a man who assisted in rescuing 13 people from a Thailand grotto a "pedo guy" weren't defamation, purport Musk wouldn't be thrilled subject for damages. (You can realize increasingly reporting fitfully that shriek here and here.) And in 2014, a Los Angeles jury found that singer Courtney Love did not defame her former fraud litigation chaser with a public twitter that she thought was sent as a offenseless message.