Fiona Harvey – “Is afraid to leave home” Fiona Harvey – “Baby Reindeer”
The woman who claimed that Richard Gadd defamed him in his story about being stalked, has revealed the extent of her pain.
Fiona Harvey said to the Daily Mail that she was afraid to leave home after being identified as the inspiration behind the drama about an ailing comedian (Gadd, playing himself) who befriends a lonely woman Martha. Martha then bombards him with text messages, emails, and visits to his pub of work.
Harvey said, “I’m afraid to go out in case I am attacked. I don’t leave my apartment some weeks. “I suffer from constant panic attacks, nightmares and anxiety, as well as depression, nervousness, nausea, insomnia, and stomach pains.”
Richard Roth, her lawyer, told The Mail that the disparate treatment they receive and their world is evident. Richard Gadd has won multiple Emmy awards, thanks to Netflix’s fictional ‘true’ story, but she still suffers.
Harvey and her team filed a $170 million lawsuit against Netflix in May. They claim that she was defamed at a scale and magnitude without precedent. She is also suing Netflix for negligence and gross negligence.
In her claim, she highlights the disparities between both stories. While Martha is a stalker who has been jailed twice, Harvey in reality does not have any stalking convictions.
Gadd had previously claimed that the “real” Martha sent him over 40,000 emails and more than 350 hours of voicemails. But Harvey said Piers Morgan, on his Uncensored talk show, this was not true.
It is fictionalised and is not intended to portray actual facts.”
It is fictionalised, and not meant to depict actual facts.”
Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix, reiterated his belief last week that there was no case to answer. He told The Times of London that he was proud of the show, and how Richard handled the story.
Sarandos stated that the show was labelled as a “true tale”.
It was not the intention of anyone to use an arbitrary label. This is Richard’s real story. You’re watching it on TV, so you know that some of the story was dramatised or fictionalized. “I’m surprised it’s still a debate.”
