“Steve” Lives Near Cooper’s Corridor

As most of you already know, another fake blogger has been ratted out. Where there’s one, there are probably five more. Perhaps if there was a blog like this one–maybe “The Jo Tales”–some people would not have been so easily fooled.

Very similar stories: Blogger garners sympathy by writing about sickness and/or death; steals other people’s photos and claims them as his own; has correspondences with REAL people based on this false identity; makes plans to meet these REAL people in person and stands them up every single time.

Interestingly, a lot of “Steve’s” current commenters/supporters/enablers were among those deceived by this Nicky character. Some of them were even “shocked” and “outraged.” Hopefully they won’t be so gullible with all of Steve’s lies in the future. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me–right?

The major difference between “Nicky” aka Jo and “Steve/Joshua/The_Gay_Dude” aka Mark Whitecotton is that Jo finally admitted what she did and (we hope) is seeking help. Mark, on the other hand, has never admitted ANY wrongdoing and continues to blog as this “Steve” character, with occasional appearances in his comments from his other fake personalities.

Jo has even gotten some sympathy because of her obvious issues. But that’s only happening because she was honest for once–at least to some degree.

As far as we know, Jo never concocted another vicious blog to trash the real people who dared question the authenticity of his outrageous claims. “Steve Rebooted” did just that using his other persona “Joshua” (again, located on the left side of his brain, above the ear). That blog–in which he tries to squirm his way out of lie after lie after lie, while disparaging real people–is still LIVE. Nice guy, huh?

I’m glad Jo came clean. If only Mark had enough balls and respect for himself and his readers to do the same thing. Perhaps then, there would be no need for this blog, either. But until that magical day…we offer The Whitecotton Tales.

“Steve’s” New Home

Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about everyone’s favorite fake blogger. We’ve just been bored with him as of late. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t been lying the past few months. His posts just haven’t been worth the time to write about. I mean, he’s only been pistol-whipped and abducted ONCE since we last spoke! The rest of his drivel has included such “hilarious” and thought-provoking posts about taking a shit. He’s the gay, off-his-meds Sinbad!

The good news is his vicious personality “Joshua” (located in the left side of his brain, above the ear) has “stopped” blogging. We’ll see how long he can suppress that personality from assaulting us again from his keyboard. We’re guessing he will be back, similar to The_Gay_Dude coming back from the dead and managing a Starbucks by the harbor.

“Steve” has supposedly moved to the DC area for a four-month stay before he packs up his lies and releases them onto Seattle. I think we all know where his temporary residence will be in Washington, DC.

A Fact About “Steve”: He Can’t Stop Lying

We told you a month ago, “Steve’s” clean slate would be a sham. He can change the name to Steve Rebooted all he wants, but he can’t stop lying.

First off, his name is still not Steve. It’s Mark Whitecotton or Marc Whitecotton, depending on how close the FBI is onto his trail.

The past couple of weeks “Steve” has polluted the Internet with FOUR additional blogs:

http://steveentertainment.wordpress.com/
http://stevegetsnsfw.wordpress.com/
http://stevemessageboard.wordpress.com/
http://stevesprofilepage.wordpress.com/

I’m sure he’s created other fake blogs recently that we haven’t identified yet. Why does he do this? He does it to lead even more innocent people down his dreary road of deceit. I guess having a profile on his main fake site wasn’t enough. He HAD to create another blog specifically for his profile.

And those are all under his Steve moniker, which is hilarious since it’s not even his real name. He even admits it! Using the right side of his brain, his evil personality “Joshua” whines:

“As I stated before, Mark Whitecotton was a fucking username.  Just like Joshua Luetkemeyer is a username, and Steve Pulignani!” 

Who uses real names as “usernames”? That’s right, liars do.  See, the problem Mark, is when you call yourself Steve on your blog, or in your emails using Steve Pulignani, or when you talk on the phone with someone and refer to yourself as Steve — people might believe your name is Steve and not realize that its really just some harmless, bizarre “username”.

Let us assist you Mark in coming up with more appropriate actual usernames for your blogs. How about “liebag” or “IProbablyWillNeverBeHonest” or “Baltimore Britney” or “Sleazy Cymbalta” or “The_Gay_Douche”? Take your pick. If you insist on using someone’s real name as your username, we suggest OJ Simpson or John Wayne Gacy. No one will ever know.

Since you stole Ard Hoyt’s pictures to pretend you looked like him, why don’t you make the identity theft complete and call yourself Ard Hoyt?

Let’s take a look again at Ard Hoyt:

You remember using these photos on your blog, don’t you? It was always amusing when people would comment about how good looking you were in these photos and you would respond with a “Thanks!” or maybe a “Spanks!” and then include a cute little smiley face next to it. There was never a mention of “That’s not me! I’m just using it as a placeholder for when I have enough courage to show people what I really look like:

But “Steve” wants to “move on” from getting caught in that major lie. He has rebooted and is starting fresh. Forget all those silly lies, peeps! Let’s focus on the here and now. So we will…

A Fact About “Steve” #1, March 2008:

“Steve” would like everyone to congratulate him for receiving his 10,000 comment! A boy can dream, right? Your blog, Defying Reality, was launched a year and a half ago around the time you killed off your other personality via cancer, Marc/The_Gay_Dude. 10,000 comments would equal 22 comments every single day. Honey, you’re no Joe.My.God. Please do the math. Anyone can review your site to see that you’re not even close to 10,000 comments, not even half that. Besides, half of your comments were written by the other twisted personalities in your head so they are null and void. Try again.

He has not received 10,000 comments. He is still lying to everyone.

A Fact About “Steve” #2, March 2008:

Occasionally “Steve” puts on a dress with shoulder pads, sits down at his computer, rolls his eyes back into his head, and channels a female personality he calls “Erin.” He usually does this when he’s desperate for comments or to prove he and his other personalities are actually different people and can corroborate fake events, if necessary. This month we saw the Return of Erin in his comments:

There is so much going on here. Please note the first comment is by his other personality “Gary“. Then “Erin” tries to make “Steve” seem real by referencing the “drama” and invoking the name of Mark Whitecotton’s evil persona “Josh“. Even Sybil would roll her eyes and say, “I can’t comprehend this madness.” But Mark Whitecotton can! He’s become a pro at it through the years before someone finally called him on his bullshit, thank you very much.

To summarize, “Erin”, “Gary”, “Joshua” and “Steve” are all the same crazy Mark Whitecotton. He is still lying to everyone.

A Fact About “Steve” #3, March 2008:

“Steve” lied about a murder last July and the subsequent trials he had to attend to generate sympathy for himself. When he got caught in the lie and couldn’t prove that such an event took place, he for the most part, stopped talking about it. Instead of telling his readers where or when the trials and murder took place, he ignored it, hoping it would go away; however, realizing he had several gullible people who still believed his fake story, he knew he would have to allude to it occasionally. And, lucky for us, he did!

Now he’s bringing his family, friends and neighbors into the mess he fabricated. So sick. You can read all about this fake murder and its aftermath in our investigative report here!

“Steve” is still trying to pretend he was involved in a murder trial that never happened. He is still lying to everyone.

A Fact About “Steve” #4, March 2008:

A gentleman with the USERNAME photogreg recently commented the following on one of “Steve’s” awful blogs, but it’s “Steve’s” response that made us vomit:

“damn…i’m disappointed. i thought the youtube video was going to be of you and D! i’m sorry you never had an Easter basket. my mom created amazing ones when i was a kid. except i was always pissed when my chocolate rabbit was hollow!”

Steve says, “Unlike some people who feel a need to broadcast their lives beyond words, I’m not one of them I’m just not that self-absorbed not that there’s anything wrong with narcissim, it’s just not my thing). Although a video would’ve been cool, if I had such equipment. Not so much for blogland to see, but for my own personal memories. So, maybe I’ll have to repeat the song, and see if I can get it on video? If so, I guess I’ll share? Anyhow, I love cadbury easter eggs. In fact, I’m gonna go buy one now!”

Poor photogreg must still believe “Steve” looks like this if he wants to see him and his imaginary boyfriend do it on film:

But as we all now know, he doesn’t look a thing like that. More proof that using Ard Hoyt’s photos have led many astray.

Let’s review again what “Steve” said: “Unlike some people who feel a need to broadcast their lives beyond words, I’m not one of them I’m just not that self-absorbed (not that there’s anything wrong with narcissim, it’s just not my thing). “

Could he be a bigger douchebag? If someone is going to use photos to represent himself, DON’T FUCKING STEAL SOME OTHER GUY’S PHOTOS!!!  And he IS broadcasting his life all over the Internet, but it’s a completely false representation of who he really is, even the most mundane shit he lies about!!!

The kicker is “I’m just not that self-absorbed.” HILARIOUS. He just launched four other blogs about himself. Could he be any more self-absorbed?!?

“Steve” has rebooted and started fresh with several more lies. You’re off to a great start, “Steve”!

Mark is a narcissistic, delusional, deceitful, sick man who needs be locked up in a rehab — away from ALL computers — until he can get his mind right. We all know, he’s too far gone to acknowledge that.

If anyone out there has actually met the REAL Mark Whitecotton aka Steve/Joshua/Gary/Erin/The_Gay_Dude, please email us with info at whitecottontales at gmail dot com.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Yes, a childish title. But when dealing with Mark Whitecotton, sometimes you have to stoop to childish behavior.

 Let’s look at his most recent entry, and examine the lies or plain stupidity.

1). Mark Whitecotton bitches that The Whitecotton Tales is blocked on the Way Back Machine internet archive. For his information, there is a six month delay before the website shows archived pages. Whitecotton Tales is only four months old.

In any case, when the address was put in, this is what the search engine said:

Whitecotton Tales suggests that Mark (AKA “Steve” “Josh” and “Gary”) wait a couple of months to enjoy the archived website. Or, since only minor editorial changes have been made to the site since it was created, he can enjoy browsing through all of the interesting entries chronicling his various blogs and lies.

2). Whitecotton Tales did not mention that cute usage of Ard Hoyt’s photo inside the television (so clever!). In discussing the disappearing Ard Hoyt’s photographs, it was the Twitter and MyBlogLog websites that were clearly being referred to (and screen captured). Also mentioned was the lengthy use of Ard Hoyt’s two photographs as profile pictures stretching back to at least June 2006 up until February 29, 2008. 

“Steve” used the two photographs in many different places. Here’s an example, on February 28, 2008, Mark Whitecotton, as “Steve,” left a comment on a very well read (and respected!) blog. The screen capture, presented below, clearly shows that “Steve” was using Ard Hoyt’s picture as his avatar. on that date.

Granted, many people use illustrations or cartoons as avatars. However, the use of the photograph in “Steve’s” profile on his website, on the Twitter page, and so on, all point out one thing. FRAUD.

3). Lastly, but certainly not leastly, the most ridiculous statement, presented in the following screen grab:

Oh yeah, the “I was hacked” explanation. Uh huh. Right.

So Mark Whitecotton, you still haven’t explained why you were using Ard Hoyt’s pictures and claiming they were your own. They were displayed on your blog for over a year-and-a-half. And your “Josh” personality (what a douche, in our editorial opinion) and your “Gary” personality (whatever happened to that dullard?) have never explained how they could read your ‘blog’ and not ask you what was going on, especially since “Josh” supposedly lived in your house for such a long time.

But again, “Steve,” “Gary,” and “Josh” (and don’t forget not-dead-Marc) are all the same person, so there you have it.

Mirth and weirdness.

Mark Whitecotton’s “Steve” persona writes: “I was half-asleep when my  boyfriend whispered in my ear, “I love you.”  Frequently, it’s the little things, bringing so much mirth. “

 Actually, Whitecotton Tales suspects he said, “I love you Ard.”

 So “Steve’s” boyfriend of seven or eight months never asked “Steve” why all of his online profiles used Ard Hoyt’s photos?  That’s super weird. Most boyfriends wouldn’t put up with that sort of thing. Especially since “Steve” directed viewers to the profiles from his website and those pictures only disappeared on the day someone pointed out the true identity of the person (another super weird moment).

And how come “Joshua” never bothered to notice that “Steve” used someone else’s pictures? They were on “Steve’s” blog for a couple of years. The same “Joshua” who used to claim he was a “seeker of truth” on his profile (third super weird thing).

Well, so difficult to keep track of lies. Best way to solve that is to alter past entries or make them disappear completely. So smart to have printed out every single entry from The Way Back Machine. And all of those damn screen captures catalogued by fake blog and date (sometimes three or four for the same entry!) (fourth weird thing).

 Best way to prove that some one is a multi-personality liar is to document every little thing. And just sit back and wait for the e-mails to slowly trickle in saying things like, “Maybe you should search for an author named Ard Hoyt” or “Look at the bizarre comment string on this blog.”

Yes, the best thing is just to sit back and wait, because you never know what will turn up next. That’s when the real mirth starts.

Check this out: Vintage “Joshua” Freakout

Marc Whitecotton’s least likable personality in his head “Joshua” has apparently been torturing other bloggers with his typical non-sensical, long-winded rants for years. A gracious reader just tipped us off to these two posts from a blog in Germany in which “Joshua” is going apeshit in the comments section. The blogger eloquently dissects “Joshua’s” insults and accusations like a pro. It’s a must-read!!!

http://www.elmada.com/2006/12/ooops_i_did_it.html

http://www.elmada.com/2006/12/thick_and_thin.html

Now compare that meltdown with his most recent ridiculously long rant where he insists the bloggers who exposed him as a fraud apologize to him and a number of other imaginary people for all the damage we caused for telling the truth to the world about this pathological liar. It’s so insane! You can read it here on “Joshua’s” “protest” blog (as he calls it). If you don’t want to infect your computer by visiting his incoherent vomit, here are just a few of his hilarious demands:

“You will apologize for harassing Steve, me, and all the other bloggers that you’ve accused of being us since this drama began?”

“You will apologize to Steve’s neighbors who had to deal with the crazies that showed up at his doorstep – thanks to you guys – whenever he wasn’t home?”

You will apologize to my Sister-in-Law, who in a moment of grief visited our blogs to see you once again accuse Steve of lying.  You know when you harassed us, trolling our comments on our blogs stating that my Sister-in-Law’s other half did not die, and that Steve and I were big fat liars?

You’ll apologize for all the lies you’ve told to ‘prove’ that we’re frauds?

That’s like Milli Vanilli asking for an apology for being outed as a fraud — and girl, you know it’s true, we exposed you!

The audacity and insanity of these silly demands do not require a response. We proved he was a complete fraud here, here, here, here, and oh, here, too, so we know who owes who an apology, and the list of those duped by his bullshit is quite extensive. We will never apologize for exposing the truth.

The only crazies showing up at your residence are the ones screaming in your head. But it would be a hoot if Baltimore offered Marc Whitecotton Bus Tours of the Insane, so people could get a glimpse of the infamous Internet troll and the place where he concocts his deceitful stories.

If anyone finds more evidence of his imaginary personalities harassing others or going apeshit, or if anyone has a photo of the real Marc Whitecotton, please email it to whitecottontales at gmail dot com or leave a comment. We think it’s only fair to send Ard Hoyt his photo so Ard can use it in any way he pleases.

Pity Party of Many.

Pathological liars, like notorious fake blogger Mark Whitecotton, dribble out the drama bit by bit. He thrives on the attention and pity after he posts an outlandish story, and when it dies down, a new drama is developed.

 The faked mugging/murder incident of July 2007 evolved into a trail/preliminary hearing in August 2007, then a pair of trials in January 2008 (were the teenagers convicted?), and now it has become an episode of  Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit- “Liar.” Note to Mark, it is impossible to acquire HIV through a ficticious event.

“Where’s the proof it didn’t happen?” Mark Whitecotton’s “Steve” persona or his “Joshua” troll or maybe his “Gary” queen will say. Well, ficticious events don’t leave paper trails, therefore there is no proof. But you can examine data collected in newspaper archives and county criminal courts and determine that no little girl was murdered on July 17, 2007. And since no murder ever happened, why should anyone believe that “Steve” was mugged and raped? If it truly happened, “Steve” could provide the name of the victim (he supposedly attended her wake and met her parents at the first trial/hearing) and clear up the whole “misunderstanding.” But since the event never happened, Mark Whitecotton as “Steve” will never provide that one tidbit of data.

Considering all of the other lies- the death of “Marc” and the use of Ard Hoyt’s pictures on the “Steve” blog and numerous online profiles, why do a small handful of people still believe that Mark Whitecotton’s blogs are real people? That’s certainly a wonder, but then many people also believe in Santa and Satan during some phases of their life.

Marc Whitecotton’s Nose Grows Longer Every Day

Marc Whitecotton is the Fox News of blogging. And while there is Crooks & Liars to keep Fox News in check, there is The Whitecotton Tales to reprimand Marc Whitecotton on all his MANY fibs.

It would take far too long to write about all his recent deceitful ramblings, but long story short: Marc – heeding the voice of a “well-liked and popular blogger” — has “cleaned the slate and is starting over.” In other words, he has deleted most of his blog(s) to hide all the lies we uncovered, but still he will not answer the simple question: WHY WERE YOU USING ARD HOYT’S PICTURES AS YOUR OWN?

He says, or, using his other annoying personality, Joshua, yells, “I explained all of this 6 MONTHS AGO!” Um, no you didn’t, douchebag. You told everyone you had a “manic” episode and posted the wrong link to a murdered girl’s obituary — a murder that was never reported on any news source at the time. That’s all you took responsibility for. Don’t insult all of those with real bi-polar disorder.

You never explained why you created the sickness and eventual death of Marc, The_Oh_So_Gay_Dude; you never explained why you said “Steve” was a member of the band Diamond Fist Werny;  you never explained why on earth you created such a dreadful imaginary character as Joshua Leutkemeyer; you never mentioned why you used Ard Hoyt’s photos as your own even after your identity was called into question; etcetera infinity.

He even uses a recovery scenario to explain his “clean slate.” How insulting to true recovery addicts. And what does he do immediately after penning this bullshit metamorphisis? He LIES again! He has all three of his personalities comment on this entry. Clean slate, my ass. More like, same ol’ off-his-meds Marc Whitecotton from Baltimore!

Part of his “clean slate” involved deleting all entries archived on the Way Back Machine. If there were no inconsistencies, why would someone need to contact them to do that? Oh yeah…because there were TONS of inconsistencies (i.e. LIES).

This is how he starts off his “clean slate” blog entry, “Steve Rebooted” — QUICK, read it before he deletes or edits it down to nothing!

“Hi, my name is Steve, and I’m a blogger (this is where you say, “Hi Steve, and welcome”) & today I celebrate my 1st day of reintroducing myself. “

It should say this:

“Hi, my name is “Steve,” and I’m a blogger who stretches the truth more often than Jenna Jameson stretches her vagina (this is where you say, “No. Steve is not your name. It’s Marc Whitecotton, liebag, and recovery works like this: You got to come clean if you want to get clean – ya dig?”) & today I celebrate my 1st day of reintroducing myself (Barf) because I need to cover up for all my bullshit so I’ll regain some gullible readers. 

He even drags his poor sister, Barb Whitecotton, into his web of lies by writing a bogus exchange he had with her about those scary people on the net who call him a liar and back it up with facts. He wrote this in an entry called The Sister, which he has since deleted…hmm, wonder why. No worries, we have a screenshot for you – or you can read the cached version on Google. 

Supposedly Barb yelled, “Why the hell do you give two thoughts to what a bunch of  people sitting behind a computer think of you?  I have real life problems to contend with and you’re talking to me about fantasy?  Because that’s all the net is, make-believe!  I love you, Steve, but I can’t talk about such trivial nonsense.  Some days it takes all the energy I’ve got to keep a smile on my face, for my kids.  And this shit is pure craziness.  I read your blog!  You explained yourself 6 MONTHS AGO.  The same people who attacked you on that entry are stating things as if they’ve discovered something new!  You already explained yourself!  Fuck Them!  Do you remember, Miss Nina, and how Mom dealt with her?  She made it clear that she was nothing more than a legend in her own head.  Goddamnit!  Steve, I can’t talk about this anymore.“ 

I bolded the blatant lies. First off, he NEVER explained himself, he just…um…”cleaned the slate” – and secondly, Barb, your sister, does not read your blog, because if she did, she would say very calmly, “WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU USING ARD HOYT ‘S PICTURE AS YOUR OWN PROFILE PICTURE? THAT’S FUCKING WRONG, BRO! YOU DON’T LOOK A THING LIKE HIM!” And then she would have dropped you off at the entrance of St. Elizabeths.

Oh, but he’ll say, I removed Ard Hoyt’s photo months ago. But that would be a lie again. Here is a screenshot from December 7th in which we can see a very handsome Ard Hoyt and not a Marc QuiteRotten. Nice try, liebag:

Let’s also take a gander at “Steve’s” Twitter account from LAST WEEK which was deleted (hmm, wonder why) moments after Jimbo.info posted who was really the person in those photos and avatars “Steve” used to represent himself. You can see the cached Google version here. Check out the date on his last update — just a couple weeks ago he was still pretending to look like Ard Hoyt:

SO STOP LYING!

And stop taking blogging so fucking serious, Marc. It’s really not a big deal if you don’t lie all the time. Don’t fake cancer, don’t use other people’s pictures as your own, don’t pretend you’re in a band you have no part of, don’t pretend to be more than one person, and don’t fake the deaths of people. Some of us enjoy reading and/or writing blogs. We just don’t like being deceived. It’s that simple. If you deceive others, they will eventually take the time to tell the world that you are a notorious bullshitter.

You’ll never get clean, Marc Whitecotton, if you never come clean, no matter how many “do-overs” you pen and “happy fairy dust” you sprinkle. Nice try.

Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me!

A former reader of Defying Despondency was able to see through “Steve’s” bullshit & multiple online personalities and dust himself off from all the filthy lies. Congratulations, FireHorse! Welcome to the real world.

One of Marc Whitecotton’s earlier and cruelest hoaxes was that of The Gay Dude who “died” of cancer.  Many people were very upset by this event, especially after reading the sad entries created by “Joshua.” 

After he “died”, “Steve” asked people to add this image to their blogs. We’ve gone ahead and modified it some, so please feel free to add this version to your site:

An Author of Children’s Books

“Steve” used to claim on the Defying Despondency blog that his illustrations had appeared in many best-selling children’s books. This always seemed strange, since the only illustrations on his blog that he claimed to have created were of very poor quality.

Also strange are the pictures that he has posted of himself. Let’s examine each.

Photograph A is a screen capture from 29 February 2008 of his MyBlog webpage.  The screen capture was made at about 5:30 PM, Eastern Standard on that date and by 6:00 PM the photograph had been switched out with a different, non-photographic image, apparently “Steve” changed his mind about using that particular photograph.

Photo A, “Steve’s” MyBlog page.

Photo B  is a screen capture from ‘Defying Despondency’ taken for his 12 June 2006 entry.  In a later overhaul of the blog, this entry and the photograph on the right hand side were removed.

Photo B, screen capture from Defying Despondency, click on the picture to view full size.

Photo C is a close-up of the image on the right that “Steve” used on several online profiles.

Photo C, profile photograph of “Steve.”

A closeup of the photograph of “Steve” gazing at the statue is Photo D.

Photo D, image from Defying Despondency originally posted on 12 June 2006. The label on the photograph is from the original image.

Photos A and C are obviously the same person. It was the opinion of some people that Photo D appeared to be someone else, but the photo quality was so poor that this could not be determined.  

“Steve” claimed that these were his pictures. Goofy, fun-loving artistic “Steve.” Illustrator of many childrens books. Who has claimed over and over again that he is telling the truth about himself, except for those occasional manic episodes that took place after his self-reported mugging on 17 July 2007.

What is remarkable is that when you do a Google Image search for another children’s book author, Ard Hoyt, the pictures that “Steve” claims are himself are easily located.

Photo E, a screen capture made on 29 February 2008 from Google Images (searching Ard Hoyt without quotation marks, first two images).

Ard Hoyt is an author and illustrator who was born in Temple, Texas and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He lives in Bentonville, Arkansas, is married, and has three daughters. His books often include animals as characters. He currently has 16 books listed on the Library of Congress catalogue http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search%5FArg=Hoyt%2C%20Ard&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=25&PID=23087&BROWSE=1&HC=16&SID=1 and over a dozen on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/102-7146742-2641740?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Ard+Hoyt.

“Steve” AKA Mark Whitecotton has used two of Ard Hoyt’s photographs on his blog, claiming that they were of himself. These photographs were in use off and on from at least 27 June 2006 until 29 February 2008.  The pictures were in use for a full year prior to the reported mugging incident, after which he had his so-called manic episodes and self-reported that some things he wrote might have not been factually correct.

During this 2006-2008 time period “Steve” claimed to suffer from mental illness, was mugged, engaged in homosexual sex with his supposed boyfriend, was involved in a murder case, and described his childhood proclivity for making others smell his poop-covered finger.

It makes you wonder the response Ard Hoyt or his publisher Simon & Schuster http://www.simonsays.com/ would have if they were informed about this use of Ard’s photographs. Especially if screen captured images of these various events which clearly show the use of the Hoyt photographs were provided.