Why this matters? Because Team Crump portrayed her to the media and America as a broken-hearted, traumatized minor, holding a press conference to play her unintelligible words while declaring she "blows Zimmerman's defense out of the water." He mentioned she was a minor 7 times in that press conference alone. Here is carefully worded affidavit filed in an attempt to avoid having his deposition taken.
A minor? She lists her birthday on Facebook as Feb. 1, 1994. As the defense has said, she is 19, and was 18 at the time of the shooting. Even the prosecutor mocked the defense in court for believing she was a minor.
In addition to what Smoking Gun reports, she tweets about:
Rachel doesn't appreciate suggestions she get a job. Why should she, her parents work. She gloats about her father backing down after suggesting she get a job to pay her phone bill.
Her language will be something these jurors, particularly the four women over fifty, are unlikely to comprehend.
While her Twitter feed is still active, over the past few days she's deleted quite a few or the more salacious ones. In one I didn't save, she bragged about Zimmerman's lawyers being no match for her lawyers.
As Rachel says, Bring it.. I say Shame on Team Crump and ABC News (Matt Gutman in particular) for selling America a false bill of goods on this woman. From their false statements about her age and relationship with Trayvon Martin, repeated on morning and evening news and cable shows to their broadcasting her lies about being so traumatized by the shooting she had to be hospitalized, they either refused to do even a modicum of due diligence or they did it and intentionally spread misinformation to further their agenda.
Is it possible Rachel's version of events on Feb. 26 is accurate despite the Crump/media misrepresentations of her and her less than flattering self-portrayal? Is it possible her twitter and facebook pages were hacked? Sure. But the test is reasonable doubt. Reasonable doubt is often described as one which would cause you to hesitate in matters of importance. Would you buy a home from this woman? Would you trust her to babysit your children? George Zimmerman's life is on the line. If she testifies, she'll be on her best church behavior. The jury will likely never hear about any of this. The judge will likely rule it's inadmissible. Can you imagine your fate, or the fate of a loved one, hanging on the word of a witness like Rachel Jeantel?