George Zimmerman’s Twitter account got suspended Thursday (Dec. 3) night after he posted semi-nude photos of his ex. Zimmerman was upset because she cheated on him with a “dirty Muslim.”
Reports New York Magazine:
The photos appeared on Zimmerman’s account along with her name, phone number, and e-mail address. He accused the woman of cheating on him with a “dirty Muslim.” His tweets violated Twitter’s policy against posting personal contact information or intimate photos without consent, so his account was shut down in short order.
A law criminalizing “revenge porn” went into effect in Florida this October, but a law professor told the Washington Post that Zimmerman’s tweets probably did not violate the law, which requires that the images depict nudity or sexual conduct according to a strict definition that would seem to exclude the semi-nude photos he posted. Indeed, he may have researched the law in order to ensure that his tweets did not violate it.
However, Zimmerman could also potentially be charged under several other state and federal laws against cyber harassment and stalking, and the woman in question might also have grounds to sue him.
Zimmerman has gotten into three altercations with women, since his acquittal in the Trayvon Martin murder. In all of three cases, he skated away without charges.
Meanwhile, Twitter has become a go-to destination for Zimmerman to do other things like retweeting Martin’s death photo.
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