Baby Reindeer’s ‘real-life stalker’ Fiona Harvey’s lawyers demand thousands of texts & emails for £135m Netflix lawsuit

LAWYERS for Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha are demanding the release of thousands of texts and emails for a £135million lawsuit against Netflix.

Fiona Harvey, 58, accuses the streaming giant of the “biggest lie in TV history”.

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Internet sleuths say she inspired the character Martha, played by Jessica Gunning, who harasses a comedian based on the show’s creator, real-life comic Richard Gadd.

Ms Harvey claims the show, which is billed as a true story and has been watched by 50million, defames her by wrongly portraying her as a twice- convicted stalker.

The legal documents, submitted in California, also say Netflix has made no effort to ascertain the accuracy of the “true story” claim.

Harvey, is seeking at least £40million damages, £40million for “mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life and loss of business”, £40million from show profits, and £15million punitive damages.

Netflix said: “We intend to defend this vigorously.”

Mr Gadd, who is not a defendant, has not commented.

Baby Reindeer by numbers

The Netflix series has become quite the breakout smash hit...

• 7 Number of episodes in the series
• 30 Number of countries the series has topped the Netflix chart in
• 64 Percentage increase in viewers the show earned in its second week, compared to its first
• 97 The show's percentage score on industry bible Rotten Tomatoes
• 41,071 Amount of emails Richard claims he was sent by the real life Martha
• 13.3 million Number of viewers who tuned into the show during its first week