Now that the criminal case against his client has closed, George Zimmerman’s attorney said Monday that he will move “ASAP” in a separate case against NBC News for allegedly editing audio of Zimmerman’s 2012 call to the police in a way that portrayed him as a racial profiler, the Washington Post reported.
The suit against NBC was stalled pending the outcome of the criminal trial.
“We’re going to start in earnest asap, we just have to get the stay lifted which is a ministerial act,” Zimmerman’s attorney James Beasley, told the Washington Post via email. “This verdict of not guilty is just that, and shows that at least this jury didn’t believe that George was a racist, profiling, or anything that the press accused George of being. That probably doesn’t get you that much but it’s simply time for us to start the case and hold accountable anyone who was irresponsible in their journalism.”
