The female who allegedly inspired the serial stalker character at the heart of Netflix’s strike miniseries “Baby Reindeer” has sued the streaming giant for negligence and defamation.
Fiona Harvey filed a $170-million grievance Thursday in United States district court in California, alleging that Netflix and “Baby Reindeer” creator Richard Gadd informed “brutal lies” about her in an exertion to “attract extra viewers,” “make much more money” and “viciously destroy” her existence.
Harvey is rumored to be the genuine-daily life Martha Scott — the stalker performed by Jessica Gunning in the well known Television adaptation of Gadd’s a person-male clearly show. In certain, Harvey’s lawsuit will take difficulty with Netflix depicting Martha as a two times-convicted stalker who sexually assaults Gadd’s character and is sentenced to jail.
“Defendants informed these lies, and in no way stopped, since it was a superior story than the fact,” the complaint reads, “and far better stories manufactured funds.”
Associates for Netflix and Gadd did not instantly react Thursday to requests for remark.
As Harvey’s lawsuit details out, the pilot episode of “Baby Reindeer” opens with the information, “this is a genuine story.”
The demonstrate stars Gadd as Donny Dunn, a struggling Scottish stand-up comedian whose lifetime begins to unravel when a woman wanders into the bar the place he operates and develops an unhealthy obsession with him..
Although Gadd has reported that he and Netflix went to great lengths to obscure the id of his authentic stalker, Harvey says in her lawsuit that Donny and Martha’s use of the phrase “hang my curtains” as a euphemism for intercourse in “Baby Reindeer” brought about thousands of online consumers to interrogate and suspect the character was based mostly on her.
According to the complaint, the rampant speculation stemmed from a 2014 tweet by @FionaHarvey2014 that tagged @MrRichardGadd and read through, “my curtains need hung badly.”
Harvey has because spoken publicly about her alleged history with Gadd and disputed some of the plot factors in “Baby Reindeer.” She alleges in her lawsuit that Netflix “did nothing” to actuality-check out Gadd’s generation when generating the present.
Harvey is trying to find a jury trial.
Before this week, Netflix settled yet another defamation lawsuit brought by previous New York Metropolis prosecutor Linda Fairstein in excess of her portrayal in Ava DuVernay’s Emmy-successful limited sequence “When They See Us.”
Periods archivist James Kim contributed to this report.
