FLORIDA — The ex-neighborhood watch volunteer who killed an unarmed black teen in Florida in 2012 has been banned from the dating app Tinder.
An emailed statement from Tinder cited users safety as a reason for removing George Zimmerman's profile.
An article by Tampa, Florida, weekly Creative Loafing, Zimmerman had a phony profile and using a fake name “Carter.”
In screen grabs captured by Creative Loafing Tampa, Zimmerman described himself as a self-employed consultant and a graduate from Liberty University.
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According to The Washington Post, Zimmerman was blocked and banned from Bumble in 2018.
Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting of Trayvon Martin on the grounds of self-defense.
He has had several run-ins with the law, including a 2015 arrest after he was accused of throwing a wine bottle at his girlfriend. The case was dropped.
In November he entered a no contest plea to resolve a charge of stalking a private investigator associated with a documentary on Martin.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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