Spike Lee is going back to court again for the tweet that cannot be un-tweeted!
After the Trayvon Martin shooting, Spike Lee retweeted a tweet that supposedly listed a George Zimmerman’s address in Sanford, Florida.
Only it turned out to be a 70 year old couple with no connection to the case. Spike Lee later apologized when he figured it out. But, it seems hard to take back what you do or say on social media nowadays. Now the couple, David and Ealine McClain are suing Spike Lee, saying he is responsible for the harassment, and being forced to move temporarily out of their home:
“A Sanford couple have sued movie director Spike Lee for a tweet he posted that falsely claimed that their address was where George Zimmerman lived.
After Lee disseminated the tweet last year to his more than 240,000 Twitter followers, Elaine McClain said she began receiving hate mail and she and her husband, David, had to temporarily move out of their home because they were being harassed.
The McClains settled with Lee on March 29, 2012. Lee also tweeted an apology.
However, the lawsuit contends that other people continued to tweet and retweet the address afterward, causing them “substantial injury.” Lee, the suit claims, negligently encouraged “a dangerous mob mentality among his Twitter followers” and the public.
The lawsuit claims the couple still have trouble sleeping and are anxious and fearful. It also alleges that the market value of their home has dropped because of the publicity.
They are seeking more than $15,000, the standard in cases filed Circuit Court, where the suit was filed in September. The case was transferred in October to federal court.”
Well, Spike Lee paid them $15,000 for damages. But, the same 70-year-old couple says it is not enough.
Hey, maybe we should expect another kickstarter to help out Spike Lee for lawyer fees, because it seems this one Sanford couple is not letting go.
