A woman alleged to be the inspiration for the stalker in hit Netflix series 'Baby Reindeer' is suing the streaming platform for $170 million (€156 million). A woman who claims she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the center of is suing the streaming giant for defamation and is seeking at least $170 million (approx. €156 million) in damages.
Fiona Harvey, 58, a Scottish attorney living in England who says the character Martha is clearly based on her, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles that also alleges that Netflix was negligent, intentionally subjected her to emotional distress and violated her right to publicity. On the British black comedy based on a one-man stage show by Richard Gadd, Gadd plays Donny, who offers Martha a cup of tea in the pub he works in. From that one cup of tea, things spiral wildly out of control as Martha becomes a stalker who sends him tens of thousands of emails, tweets at him hundreds of times, and ends up sexually assaulting him.
None of this actually happened, according to the lawsuit. “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,” the lawsuit says. “Defendants told these lies, and never stopped, because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories made money.
” Netflix responded with a statement saying, “We intend to defend th.