Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd Claims ‘Martha Scott Is Not Fiona Harvey’ Amid Her Lawsuit Against Netflix | Baby Reindeer, Fiona Harvey, Netflix, Richard Gadd, Television | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Child Reindeer creator and star Richard Gadd helps Netflix of their protection in opposition to Fiona Harvey, a girl who claims to be the true life “Martha Scott” from the hit restricted sequence.

Harvey beforehand filed a $170 million defamation lawsuit in opposition to the streamer and the way they’re portraying the character within the sequence.

Richard created the sequence and stars as Donny Dunn, a personality impressed by himself and the precise expertise he went via whereas being stalked by an older lady.

Now, Richard has submitted a declaration of assist for Netflix, and particularly wrote, “Martha Scott isn’t Fiona Harvey.”

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He then defined additional: “The sequence is a dramatic work. It’s not a documentary or an try at realism. Whereas the sequence is predicated on my life and real-life occasions and is, at its core, emotionally true, it isn’t a beat-by-beat recounting of the occasions and feelings I skilled as they transpired. It’s fictionalized, and isn’t supposed to painting precise details.”

“All through the method of writing the Child Reindeer play and the sequence, I deliberately didn’t check with Harvey by identify in any approach. When viewers started speculating in regards to the real-life inspirations for varied characters, I urged them to cease. I by no means supposed the sequence to establish any actual particular person as Martha Scott, together with Harvey. Martha Scott isn’t Fiona Harvey. Like all characters within the sequence, Martha is a fictional character with fictional character traits which might be very completely different than Harvey’s.”

Richard additionally referenced Fiona Harvey‘s Piers Morgan interview.

He wrote, “I used to be shocked that Harvey appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Although I’ve solely watched sure segments, I perceive she claimed that she was the inspiration for the Martha character, and that she by no means despatched me 1000’s of emails nor left me any voicemails. She harassed and stalked me over a number of years, and since her interview…different people have contacted me via my brokers and publicists and mentioned they had been additionally harassed by Harvey, however all had been too frightened of her to come back ahead.”