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Judge Tosses Out Part of Zimmerman v. NBC Universal Libel Suit


June 19, 2014 | WMFE, Orlando - Lawyers for NBC and George Zimmerman were in court today regarding a civil case from 2012.

[Photo of George Zimmerman by Seminole County Sheriff's Office]

Circuit Judge Debra Nelson tossed out one of four allegations in the George Zimmerman versus NBC Universal libel suit. 


In court documents, Zimmerman claims that NBC portrayed him as a racist by airing an edited clip of a 911 call he made just before he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. 


Zimmerman’s lawyers say the network edited his call in a defamatory manner. But NBC claims that shooting Trayvon Martin made the former neighborhood watch volunteer a public figure, and that there is no evidence showing the network acted with actual malice. 


Judge Nelson also presided over Zimmerman’s criminal case in 2012.

 

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