A bachelor who sued fifty women for calling him a bad date showed up at one of the women’s homes even though she never gave him her address.
Stewart Lucas Murrey went to Kelly Gibbons’ Los Angeles home at 10:45 p.m. and returned days later at 8:45 p.m.
CCTV footage from the building appears to show him filming or taking photos with his mobile phone.
Gibbons had never met Murrey in person and had only exchanged messages with him via dating app Hinge.
Stewart Lucas Murrey, the Los Angeles bachelor who unsuccessfully sued 50 women for exploiting his womanizing
Kelly Gibbons, one of the women who spoke to Murrey on Hinge, says she never gave him her address
Stewart Lucas Murrey at Gibbons’ home with a friend
Gibbons recorded his visits to her home with a Ring camera
But he tracked her down and showed up unannounced to file papers in a defamation lawsuit he filed against her in a Los Angeles court.
In an email, Murrey claimed he was the one who blocked Gibbons because of her “heavily filtered photos.”
He defended showing up at her home late at night to file the legal papers.
Murrey said: “A few defendants have tried to avoid service, even claiming they had not been served when in fact they had.
“Trial servers are very expensive when evasive defendants are involved and those were clearly the hours she was available to be served by video evidence.”
Murrey and Gibbons communicated via Hinge and text messages for three weeks in 2022
Gibbons, 32, an artist and writer, told DailyMail.com that the incident was “disturbing” and that she was deeply concerned about returning to her home.
Gibbons is one of 50 women who Murrey, who calls himself a “scholar,” has denounced for his treatment in a viral Facebook group called “Are We Dating The Same Guy?” in which women made unflattering comments about him.
According to his civil complaint, these posts caused him to suffer from “emotional distress,” PTSD and “mortification.”
He is seeking $2.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
This week, a judge dismissed the case against Vanessa Valdes, one of 10 women he named in the legal documents, while the rest were in the process of filing their own motions to have the case dismissed.
“As I navigate this complex case involving multiple defendants in different roles, I am pursuing opportunities for procedural remedies arising from the shortcomings of (Valdes’ case being dismissed),” Murrey told DailyMail.com
‘In all legal cases there are ups and downs. But power must belong to the public, in the form of a jury trial.”
Gibbons told DailyMail.com that she messaged Murrey on Hinge and texted him for three weeks in 2022, but it went nowhere.
“When he texted me, it seemed more logistical than I’m used to when it comes to making a connection,” she said.
The pair had a flirty chat on Hinge and were heading off to meet up when she got cold feet
‘It didn’t feel like an informal conversation: where are you from, what do you do. He was very persistent in pushing for FaceTime and in-person meetings.
“I dragged it around for a few weeks longer than I should have to trying to sort it out
‘We received no less than ten to eleven requests for a date, and at least five requests for FaceTime.
“He exaggerated the compliments on my appearance, which made me feel uncomfortable.”
Texts between Gibbons and Murrey show him telling her, “I like that you have a nice hand” and “I like your vibe.”
At one point he called her “beautiful, sensitive, intriguing, chill, fun” and “beautiful Kel.”
In one text, Murrey asked her if she was free that night, but she replied that it was “a bit of a rush.”
Things turned sour the day they were supposed to meet for the first time.
Gibbons said, “Then he called me, an audio call. We had never spoken on the phone before.
‘We talked for a minute and then he called his ‘lawyer’ on the phone. I thought it was really bizarre
“I’ve been fine, I’ve never spoken to him, he calls me at 11am. As soon as that happened, they started talking to each other as if I wasn’t on the phone. I apologized for the conversation.
‘I went to look at his profile again on Hinge and noticed that his profile no longer suited me.
“I was surprised, we will meet tomorrow, he had no reason to disconnect me.”
In a text, Murrey tried to brush it off, saying, “It’s just crazy, too many women lol.”
When Gibbons told him she was “getting a little nervous about meeting you for some reason,” he replied, “What’s your Insta?” I’ll send you a DM.”
His next message was: “Actually it’s okay, I’m not really interested in this anymore, you’re too erratic. I don’t like stupid games’.
When Gibbons said goodbye to him and she hoped he would “find what you’re looking for,” he replied, “Enjoy complimenting yourself when others don’t lol”
Soon after, Murrey texted her again, telling Gibbons she was having “violent mood swings” and threatening to block her.
Another woman received these messages from Murrey, who insists the women are trying to defame him
A few months later, Gibbons discovered the ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ Facebook group, which was created to give women the opportunity to warn other women about men with whom they have had bad experiences on dates or dating apps.
Her message read: ‘I’m curious if anyone has met ‘Lucas’ in person (I’m not sure if that’s even his real name).
The message went viral and dozens of women posted about their experiences with him.
Gibbons said: “I didn’t say anything about him in my post. It’s not, ‘This is a guy who did this.’ I didn’t want to make any assumptions. I’ve never met him.
“The way he spoke to me, I wouldn’t want my friends to be spoken to like that, so I wanted to see if anyone else had experienced something similar.”
In February 2023, almost a year after they first texted, Gibbons received a message on WhatsApp from Murrey.
Murrey sued fifty women for defamation, claiming they had lied about him. The case was thrown out
In an apparent reference to the Facebook group, he said he had ‘evidence of your conspiracy to defame me’ and told her she was being charged, adding that her behavior was ‘disgusting’.
In December of that year, Gibbons came home to find some legal papers on her porch. She asked her building manager to check the CCTV footage and saw Murrey standing there at 10:45 p.m.
“I wasn’t there at the time,” Gibbons said. “He showed up twice. December 12 and December 17, both times taking the papers out of an envelope
‘I never told him where I live, I never gave him my address. He went out of his way to find out where I live. It’s disturbing.
“The second time, my roommate was home and told me someone was knocking on the door, but he didn’t answer.
‘He keeps his cell phone pointed at my house, my doors and windows.
‘It’s alarming. It increases the fear around security… They asked if I would put up a no trespassing sign, which I did.
‘You’d rather not think about how his husband tracked me down for so long to file this baseless lawsuit because his ego is bruised.
“If someone goes this far over hurt feelings, he’s unpredictable.”
Murrey insists he was the victim all along
Another woman Murey sued was Valdes, but her case was dismissed under California’s anti-SLAPP law, which is intended to combat nuisance lawsuits.
Her text messages with Murrey show that he became upset because she had a male friend in one of her profile pictures.
He wrote: ‘Why is there a man in your photo, genius?’
When she replied that she was “amused by the fact that you think you know me well enough to talk to me like one of your friends,” he responded, “It’s fun to watch you burn lol”
Valdes told him she was “filing your report” and told him to “stay away from women and get help.”
Murrey responded, “Good Vanessa Loser, I’m summoning you to make an idiotic ‘report’ and possibly sue you for defamation. Does it bother you that I haven’t broken any laws, just like it’s legal for you to be an idiot. Besides, real decent women love me lol’.
Another message read: ‘I’m sorry you’re so jealous when you get rejected.’
Gibbons said she accepted Murrey’s lawsuit even though it was wrongly served to prevent him from returning to her home.
She called the case against her “frivolous” and “baseless” and said she planned to file her anti-SLAPP motion soon.