George Zimmerman’s mom and dad are suing comedian Roseanne Barr over tweets she made back in March, 2012.
Robert and Gladys Zimmerman are alleging that Barr violated Twitter’s terms of service when the self-identified activist took the liberty of posting their identities, address and telephone numbers publicly – all without consent. The Zimmermans are seeking $15,000 in damages as they claim that the tweets resulted in the intentional infliction of emotional distress and an invasion of privacy.
According to the complaint obtained by FOX35 Orlando, the Zimmermans stated that:
“Roseanne Barr knew at the time of her tweets and her threat to personally come to the Zimmerman’s home that it was an open and obvious call for vigilante justice and were intended by Roseanne Barr to cause a lynch mob to descend on Robert Zimmerman and Gladys Zimmerman’s house.”
The complaint goes on to say that the Zimmermans, “suffered emotional pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, incurred additional living expenses due to an inability to live in their home and have suffered a loss in value of their home.”
There’s been no reaction from the outspoken celebrity as of yet – Barr currently has over 230,000 followers on Twitter.
