Article at least explains what NBC failed to broadcast at the crap link.....
O'Mara bows out of Zimmerman v. NBC libel caseThat suit is pending but stalled.By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel
11:43 a.m. EST, February 6, 2014
SANFORD – Orlando lawyer Mark O'Mara today took another step away from his most famous client, George Zimmerman, by bowing out of a libel suit against NBCUniversal Media.
O'Mara was co-counsel for Zimmerman when the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer sued the network broadcaster just over a year ago, accusing it of falsely portraying him as racist in five reports.
At the time, Zimmerman had admitted killing Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, but had not been arrested, and the investigation was a major national story.
A few weeks later Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder, but a Seminole County jury acquitted him last year.
His libel suit has sat dormant for 11 months. Both sides agreed last February that they'd do nothing until Zimmerman's criminal case was closed.
Although his criminal trial is over, the case is still technically open. That's because O'Mara and co-counsel Don West asked Circuit Judge Debra Nelson to impose sanctions against prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda, accusing him of hiding evidence and creating delays.
Nelson presides over Zimmerman's libel case as well. She called today's hearing, saying she'd received a letter from Zimmerman's main libel lawyer, James Beasley Jr. of Philadelphia, saying there were no pending matters in the criminal case, so it was time to move forward.
O'Mara did not appear in court today, but a lawyer from his firm, Lorna Truett, took part by phone.
The judge asked her if her firm was withdrawing its motion for sanctions, and she said she was unsure.
Based on that, the judge ruled the libel case cannot move forward.
The one piece of business the judge was able to accomplish today was to remove O'Mara, at his request, as one of Zimmerman's libel lawyers.
O'Mara began distancing himself from Zimmerman a few months after his acquittal, announcing that he would not represent the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer following two separate domestic violence complaints.
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