“In legal filings, Smith claimed that a man named Stewart contacted her on September 21, 2016, to do some wedding design work for him and his fiancé, Mike. On Thursday, the
New Republic reported that the request was bogus—they contacted Stewart and he said
he is straight, married to a woman (and was even in 2016), and
never contacted Smith. And the timing is also suspect: Stewart’s purported request came in less than 24 hours after Smith
first filed her lawsuit in state court.”
Stewart’s name, phone number, email, and website are listed on the 303 Creative inquiry form cited in filings, including at the Supreme Court. Stewart, whom the
New Republic is identifying only by his first name,
told the outlet, “If somebody’s pulled my information, as some kind of supporting information or documentation, somebody’s falsified that.” He continued: “I wouldn’t want anybody to…make me a wedding website? I’m married, I have a child—I’m not really sure where that came from? But somebody’s using false information in a Supreme Court filing document.”
In fact, her lawyers did not mention “Stewart’s” request until months later. It first came up in February 2017, when her lawyers wrote in response to defense motions, “Notably, any claim that Lorie will never receive a request to create a custom website celebrating a same-sex ceremony is no longer legitimate because Lorie has received such a request.” Smith said in a sworn statement that “Stewart” made a request through the contact form on her site.
All of this information is public. It has been mentioned in multiple articles. This article was just the first one in my search. I hope Stewart sues the hell out of her.
