# George Zimmerman - In the news again

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**Created:** [July 31, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480 "2014-07-31T13:26:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1311 "2019-12-05T14:44:25Z")

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This lawsuit is likely the result of the work of investigative reporter Joel Gilbert who wrote “The Trayvon Hoax That Divide America.”

In it he claims that Diamond / Witness #8 / Bae was not Rachel Jeantel who we all saw testifying about her cell phone conversations with Trayvon but a person named Brittany Diamond. His evidence is phone records and other social media. Brittany Diamond and Jeantel are related and according to Gilbert often switched identities.

This is quite a bombshell if true.

> **[The Trayvon Hoax That Divided America Is About to Be Exposed](https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/the_trayvon_hoax_that_divided_america_is_about_to_be_exposed.html)**
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> On Monday. September 16, Joel Gilbert will preview his new documentary, “The Trayvon Hoax,” in the 500-seat Ballroom of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The screening begins at 1 p.m. Admission is free, and Gilbert is encouragi...

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