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George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, has been suspended from Twitter.
Twitter took down Zimmerman’s account, @TherealGeorgeZ, on Thursday after multiple sources report he posted topless photos of a woman he said was his ex-girlfriend, and shared what he claimed were her email address and phone number.
“She cheated on me with a dirty Muslim,” Zimmerman wrote in one tweet. “She’ll sleep with anyone.”
He also accused the woman of stealing cash and a gun.
Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman, confirmed to The Huffington Post in September that @TherealGeorgeZ, is authentic.
The tweets came at around 1:45 p.m. Thursday, and by about 3:15 p.m., Twitter had suspended his account, Mediaite reports. A Twitter spokesperson told The Huffington Post that Twitter doesn’t comment on individual accounts, but noted, “I can share our policy against posting another person’s private and confidential information.” The policy notes that posting private, personal email addresses and phone numbers is prohibited, as is posting “intimate photos” without the subject’s consent.
Though revenge porn is what ultimately did Zimmerman’s account in, it’s hardly the first reprehensible thing he tweeted. Here are some Zimmerman Twitter low points:
The Time He Re-Tweeted A Photo Of Trayvon Martin’s Body
Zimmerman retweeted a photo showing Trayvon Martin — the teen whom he shot and killed in 2012 — lying dead in the grass. The photo was originally posted by Twitter user @SeriousSlav, who included the caption “Z-man is a one man army.”
