The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the State of Florida and Harpercollins Publishers are also named as defendants in the case. Harpercollins is being sued over its publishing of a book by Crump that Klayman claims contains “false, misleading and defamatory statements” about Zimmerman.
Zimmerman’s lawsuit states that he has endured constant death threats, including an attempted shooting in 2015, and that he has “suffered severe loss of reputation, goodwill, and past, present, and future loss of income, earning, and other financial damage” as a result of the murder charges against him.
His suit also notes his inability to date, with him having been “kicked off of several dating websites.”