‘Baby Reindeer’s Real-Life Martha Chases Netflix With $170M Defamation & Negligence Suit

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“Sometimes you create such a web of lies that you almost forget what you started running from in the first place.” That quote from Donny (Richard Gadd) in the second episode of Baby Reindeer just might be on the mind of Netflix today after the streamer was hit with a $170 million defamation and negligence lawsuit over the widely watched black comedy “This is an action by Plaintiff Fiona Harvey (“Harvey”) against Defendants Netflix, Inc.

and Netflix Worldwide Entertainment (collectively “Netflix”), for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, gross negligence, and violations of Harvey’s right of publicity, arising out of the brutal lies Defendants told about her in the television series, Baby Reindeer,” declares the log promised filing Thursday in federal court in LA.

Sold as a “true story,” the April 11 launching Baby Reindeer details a very raw account of Gadd’s frustrated comedian character’s experience with an alleged stalker.

Jessica Gunning stars as that alleged stalker Martha, who the world learned last month is Scottish lawyer Harvey. “The lies that Defendants told about Harvey to over 50 million people worldwide include that Harvey is a twice convicted stalker who was sentenced to five years in prison, and that Harvey sexually assaulted Gadd.