Spike Lee settles with couple after retweet blunder

(CBS/AP) SANFORD, Fla. - Spike Lee has reached a settlement with the elderly couple who said they had to leave their Florida home after the director help spread a tweet listing their address as that of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26.

The couple's attorney, Matt Morgan, said Lee called them to apologize for retweeting their address. Specifics of the settlement weren't disclosed.

Elaine and David McClain are in their 70s and say they have a son named William George Zimmerman, who lived in their Sanford area home in the mid-1990s.

"At this point in time, we have come to an agreement with Spike Lee and his attorneys, and at this point, the matter is fully resolved," Morgan said. "Spike has agreed to compensate the McClains for their loss and for the disruption into their lives. He's taken full responsibility."

The director retweeted what he thought was Zimmerman's address to his 256,000 followers. It resulted in the couple erroneously receiving death threats and hate mail.

Lee apologized for the mistake on Twitter:

"He was really kind," Elaine McClain said of Lee, who personally called the couple. "And when he called us, you could just tell he really felt bad about it. And it was just a slip, and I just know that he really, really has been concerned."

The killing has touched off widespread protests around the country and expressions of outrage - including from Lee and other celebrities - because Zimmerman was not arrested. The neighborhood watch volunteer has said he acted in self-defense.