A judge decided the Emmy-winning Netflix limited series 'Baby Reindeer' is 'not a true story,' giving a woman the green light to sue the streaming giant.
" is "not a true story," giving the show's so-called "real Martha" the green light to sue the streaming giant., saying "there are numerous similarities" between Harvey and the show's character, Martha Scott.
violently attacked a man in a pub, smashing a glass bottle over his head and gouging his eyes with her thumbsWhile Harvey was accused of stalking, she was never criminally charged or sent to prison, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges the streamer did nothing to determine whether the stalking, assault, and convictions were accurate, nor did it do anything to understand the actual relationship between Harvey and the show’s creator, Richard Gadd, who also stars as the protagonist, Donny Dunn.The seven-episode series premiered on Netflix in April. It is based on a one man-stage show in which Gadd describes being stalked, sexually abused, along with other emotional struggles.
“It’s a true story based on my early twenties, where I went through a lot of pretty crazy things,” he said in the teaser., but she wasn't criminally prosecuted or sent to jail.
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