| Show Sophia Stewarts' Stewarts Stew arts arts' day in court ends with dismissal for the Mother of the Matrix Quentin Wells Contributing Writer The copyright infringement infringe infringe- ment lawsuit filed by Sophia Stewart on April 24 2003 against against the Brothers Warner Bros and others came to an end in the courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room of the Honorable Margaret M Morrow federal feder feder- al judge for the US U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on June 14 2005 The lawsuit alleged that the movies The Matrix and its two sequels and The Terminator and its two sequels on Stewarts Stewart's novella novel novel- la entitled The Third Eye Stewarts Stewart's claims against all the defendants were summarily dismissed by Judge Morrow because she and her attorneys had failed over the two year period since the case was filed to respond in a timely manner to the courts court's schedule for management of the case The facts of the case were at all in the proc proceedings pro- pro c edings ee that led to he dis- dis dis dis- missal Rather the court based its decision for dismissal dismissal dismissal dis dis- dis- dis missal on the fact that Stewart and her attorneys had not been diligent either in pursuing or in responding to discovery Despite the fact that the action had been on file for almost two years she made madeno no effort to propound any discovery to defendants until the fact discovery cutoff cutoff cutoff cut cut- off date set by the court Nor did she respond in timely fashion to discovery propounded by defendants This was consistent with the overall manner in which plaintiff has prosecuted the action missing deadlines seeking extensions and generally ignoring the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures and court orders With the dismissal Stewarts Stewart's claim that she is the Mother of the Matrix and the creator of the ideas and characters upon which that movie series as well as the Terminator series were based appears to have died without ever having been heard in an open courtroom forum Whether or not she could have substantiated her allegations allegations allegations alle alle- that The T Third ird Eye was in fact the original original nal creative concept behind the multi-billion multi dollar group of films will pr probably probably proba proba- bably ba- ba bly never be known since Stewarts Stewart's attorneys attorney's could not prove the allegations through the court process The fortune in damage awards that Stewart might have been able to secure had her claims been documented documented documented docu docu- to the courts court's satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction have vanished in inthe inthe in inthe the face of the courts court's ruling ruling ruling rul rul- rul- rul ing regarding her conduct and that of her attorneys in inthe inthe inthe the case She is now left with nothing but the expenses she has incurred in her pursuit of the matter plus the costs and attorneys fees of the defendants which were awarded to them by the court as a result of what it deemed Stewarts Stewart's failure to reasonably follow the legal procedure set in motion when she first filed her claim This case which began as asi of the in terms i one largest largest- terms of potential dam damage ge awards if successful and highest profile copyright infringement cases in US U.S. history has already had a tortured history since its inception with a staggering amount of misinformation disinformation and outright outright outright out out- right lies and libel being circulated about it on the Internet and through thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of news outlets around the world A significant significant significant amount of the reports about the Sophia Stewart v. v Andy etal case have been to an article headlined Mother of the Matrix Victorious by Martha Carter which appeared in the 28 October 2004 issue of This article written by Miss Carter following a personal interview with Sophia Stewart contained some misleading information information information tion regarding the current status of the lawsuit Although a correction was posted within 48 hours few people read this revised and Matrix Continued on Page 11 Matrix Continued from page 6 accurate description of the progress of the lawsuit Over however read the erroneous original report and unknown millions more have since read other equally equal equal- ly misleading stories based on the story without correction that have appeared on literally hundreds of other web sites around the globe Readers of the misleading information erroneously concluded that the copyright infringement trial had been held in early October 2004 and that Sophia Stewarts Stewart's assertions that the Matrix and Terminator movies were based on her manuscript manuscript manuscript manu manu- script The Third Eye copyrighted in 1981 and submitted by her in the mid- mid eighties in response to anad placed by the Brothers requesting new fi ft works In actual fact the court courT proceedings in October 2004 simply confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed that Sophia Stewart appeared to have sufficient merit in her claims and by implication sufficient documentation documentation documentation docu docu- to substantiate them to warrant a trial that would establish or refute their validity As a result of the June 14 2005 summary judgment that question will probably never be answered at least not in an objective forum with established rules of evidence and procedure Ms Stewart has given numerous interviews and widely publicized her claims on the Internet and in other media in recent months but regrettably she has not provided provided provided pro pro- vided to the defendants she was suing or to the court in which she filed her claim the factual information that would have verified her assertions that she is really the Mother of the Matrix |
