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The reindeer games continue. Fiona Harvey, 58, the woman who is the alleged “real Martha” from the Hit Netflix show “Baby Reindeer,” has sued the streaming giant, seeking monetary damages of at least $170 million. The suit was filed Thursday in U.

S. District Court for the Central District of California. “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,” her complaint reads , adding, “Defendants told these lies, and never stopped, because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories made money.



” Series creator and star Richard Gadd isn’t named in the suit. Harvey is alleging defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and violations of her right of publicity. Based on events from creator-star Richard Gadd’s life, “Baby Reindeer” (now streaming, with nearly 60 million viewers tuning in for its first month) is a thriller following Donny (Gadd), a struggling comedian who meets Martha (Jessica Gunning) while he’s working as a bartender.

When he shows her a moment of kindness, that backfires. Soon, Martha turns into an obsessed stalker — doing acts such as sending him over 41,000 emails. Gadd initially said that although the show is based on his life, he didn’t want viewers trying to sleuth out who the real Martha was.

“That’s not the point of our show.

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