The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America
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3.9 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this stunning work of investigative journalism, filmmaker Joel Gilbert uncovers the true story of the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a tragedy that divided America.
By examining Trayvon's 750-page cell phone records, Gilbert discovers that the key witness for the prosecution of George Zimmerman, the plus-sized 18-year-old Rachel Jeantel, was a fraud.
It was in fact a different girl who was on the phone with Trayvon just before he was shot.
She was the 16-year-old named "Diamond" whose recorded conversation with attorney Benjamin Crump ignited the public, swayed President Obama, and provoked the nation's media to demand Zimmerman's arrest.
Gilbert's painstaking research takes him through the high schools of Miami, into the back alleys of Little Haiti, and finally to Florida State University where he finds Trayvon's real girlfriend, the real phone witness, Diamond Eugene.
Gilbert confirms his revelations with forensic handwriting analysis and DNA testing.
After obtaining unredacted court documents and reading Diamond's vast social media archives, Gilbert then reconstructs the true story of Trayvon Martin's troubled teenage life and tragic death.
In the process, he exposes in detail the most consequential hoax in recent American judicial history, The Trayvon Hoax, that was ground zero for the downward spiral of race relations in America.
This incredible book has the potential to correct American history and bring American back together again.
Customer Reviews
The Trayvon Hoax by Joel Gilbert
I have not yet completed the book, but the integrity & dogged focus on finding the truth should be applauded. I highly recommend reading The Trayvon Hoax. If this was in fact, the beginning of feeding the public fake news, maybe, just maybe, we could find a way to get back to true journalism, like Joel has done through his relentless pursuit of the truth.
Page Turner
I bought the book a day or two after it was released, because I recalled issues relating to the testimony of Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend. I could not put it down. Gilbert thoroughly documents his investigation into disturbing discrepancies between the “girlfriend’s” testimony and other evidence in the case. He concludes, with a lot of support, that the person who testified at trial, and at deposition, was NOT the same person who had a relationship with Trayvon and who gave an interview with his family’s lawyer. It is clear the charges should have been dropped and the trial never should have taken place. I am very interested in hearing from the people involved in the case. I highly recommend this book. You won’t be able to stop reading.