Stewart Asks Company to Pay Legal Expenses

Martha Stewart is asking the company she founded to reimburse her for $3.7 million in legal expenses related to her obstruction-of-justice trial.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. disclosed the claim in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

The New York-based company and Stewart have agreed to have the claim evaluated by an independent expert to determine whether the company should pay it, the filing said.

Stewart, 63, was convicted in March of lying to authorities investigating her sale of ImClone Systems Inc. stock.