A bachelor who sued 50 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’ house in Los Angeles at 10:45 p.m. and returned days later at 8:45 p.m.
CCTV footage from the property appears to show him filming or taking photographs with his mobile phone.
Gibbons had never met Murrey in person and had only exchanged messages with him on the dating app Hinge.
Stewart Lucas Murrey, the Los Angeles bachelor who unsuccessfully sued 50 women for exploiting his womanizing habits
Kelly Gibbons, one of the women who spoke to Murrey on Hinge, says she never gave him her address.
Stewart Lucas Murrey at the Gibbons house with a friend
Gibbons captured his visits to his home with a Ring camera
But he tracked her down and showed up unannounced to serve her documents in a defamation lawsuit he filed against her in a Los Angeles court.
In an email, Murrey claimed that he was the one who blocked Gibbons for his “heavily leaked images.”
He defended showing up at her home late at night to file legal papers.
Murrey said: ‘A couple of defendants have attempted to evade notification, even claiming they were not notified when in fact they were.
“Process servers are very expensive when it comes to evasive defendants and those were obviously the hours she was available to receive video evidence.”
Murrey and Gibbons communicated via Hinge and via text messages for three weeks in 2022.
Gibbons, a 32-year-old artist and writer, told DailyMail.com that the incident was “disturbing” and left her deeply anxious to return home.
Gibbons is one of 50 women Murrey, a self-described “academic,” sued over her 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 “emotional distress,” post-traumatic stress disorder, and “mortification.”
It seeks $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 legal documents, and the rest are in the process of filing their own motions to have the case dismissed.
“As I navigate this complex case involving multiple defendants in various roles, I am taking advantage of opportunities to find procedural remedies arising from the deficiencies (of Valdes’ case being dismissed),” Murrey told DailyMail.com.
‘In all processes there are ups and downs. But the power should belong to the public in the form of a jury trial.”
Gibbons told DailyMail.com that he messaged Murrey on Hinge and texted him for three weeks in 2022, but it went nowhere.
“When he was texting me, it seemed more logistical than I’m used to when it comes to establishing a connection,” she said.
The pair had a flirtatious exchange on Hinge and were preparing to meet up when she backed out.
‘It didn’t seem like a casual chat about where you’re from, what you do. He was very persistent in pushing Facetime and meeting in person.
“I dragged it for a couple of weeks longer than I should have to try to figure it out.
‘There were no less than 10 or 11 requests for a date, at least five requests for Facetime.
“He went overboard with compliments about my appearance, which made me feel uncomfortable.”
Text messages between Gibbons and Murrey show him saying, “I like your pretty hand” and “I like your vibe.”
At one point he called her “beautiful, sensitive, intriguing, calm, funny” and “beautiful Kel.”
In a text message, Murrey asked her if she was free that night, but she responded that it was “a bit of a quick notice.”
Things got ugly on the day they were supposed to see each other for the first time.
Gibbons said: ‘Then he called me, an audio call. We had never spoken on the phone before.
‘We chatted for a minute and then he phoned his ‘lawyer’. I thought it was really strange.
“He was fine, I’ve never spoken to him, he calls me at 11 in the morning. As soon as that happened, they started talking to each other as if I wasn’t on the phone. I excused myself from the conversation.
‘I went to Hinge to check his profile again and noticed that his profile no longer matched me.
“I was surprised, see you tomorrow, he had no reason to differentiate me.”
In a text message, Murrey tried to make light of it, saying, “It’s crazy too many women lol.”
When Gibbons told her she was “a little nervous about meeting you for some reason,” she responded, “What’s your Insta?” I’ll send you a private message.
His next message was: ‘Actually, it’s okay, I’m not interested in this anymore, you’re too erratic.’ “I don’t like silly games.”
When Gibbons bid him farewell and said she hoped he “finds what you’re looking for,” he responded, “Enjoy congratulating yourself if others don’t lol.”
Shortly after, Murrey texted her again, telling Gibbons he had “violent mood swings” and threatened to block her.
Another woman received these messages from Murrey, who insists the women are trying to smear him.
A few months later, Gibbons discovered the message “Are we dating the same guy?” Facebook group, which was created to allow women to warn other women about men they have bad experiences with on dates or dating apps.
Her post read: “I’m curious to see if anyone has met ‘Lucas’ in person (not sure if that’s his real name).
The post went viral and dozens of women posted their experiences with it.
Gibbons said: ‘In my post I didn’t say anything about him. It’s not, “This is a man who did this.” I didn’t want to make any assumptions. I have 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 to the day they sent the first text message, Gibbons received a Whatsapp message from Murrey.
Murrey sued 50 women for defamation, claiming they had lied about him. The case was dismissed
In an apparent reference to the Facebook group, he said he had “evidence of her conspiracy to defame me” and told her she was being sued, adding that her behavior was “disgusting.”
In December of that year, Gibbons came home and found some legal documents on his back porch. He asked the building manager to check the CCTV and saw Murrey standing there at 10.45pm.
“I wasn’t there at the time,” Gibbons said. ‘She appeared 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. She went out of her way to locate where I live. It’s disturbing.
‘The second time my roommate was home and told me that someone was knocking on the door but they didn’t answer.
‘He’s holding his cell phone pointed at my house, my doors and windows.
‘It’s alarming. Anxiety around safety increases… They asked me if I had put up a no trespassing sign, and I did.
‘You’d rather not think about how your man spent so much time looking for me to file this baseless lawsuit because his ego is bruised.
“If someone is going to go that far over hurt feelings, it’s unpredictable.”
Murrey insists he was the victim throughout the entire process.
Another of the women sued by Murey was Valdes, but her case was dismissed under California’s anti-SLAPP legislation, which is designed to combat nuisance lawsuits.
Her text messages with Murrey show that he became upset because she had a friend in one of her profile photos.
He wrote: ‘Why is there a boy in your photo, genius?’
When she responded that she’s “amused that you think you know me well enough to talk to me like one of your friends,” he replied, “It’s fun to watch you burn lol.”
Valdes told him he was “reporting your ass” and told him to “stay away from women and get help.”
Murrey responded: ‘Good Vanessa Loser, I’m quoting your idiotic ‘report’ and possibly suing you for defamation. Does it bother you that he didn’t break any laws, just like it’s legal for you to be an idiot? By the way, really decent women love me lol.
Another message read: “I’m sorry you’re so jealous when you get rejected.”
Gibbons said he accepted Murrey’s lawsuit notice even though it was done improperly to prevent him from returning home again.
He called the case against him “frivolous” and “baseless” and said he planned to file his anti-SLAPP motion soon.