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Netflix show Baby Reindeer ruled ‘libellous’ allowing Fiona Harvey to press ahead with £132m case
Ms Harvey said she was identifiable and subject to 'brutal lies'
TELLY’S Baby Reindeer has been ruled potentially libellous — allowing the “real life Martha” to press ahead with a £132million case against Netflix.
Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey said the hit show, watched by 50million viewers worldwide, had defamed her.
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Billed as a “true story”, it told of a stalker targeting an aspiring comedian working in a pub.
Ms Harvey, 58, said she was identifiable and subject to “brutal lies”.
She has never been convicted of stalking the show’s creator Richard Gadd, 35.
In July, Netflix filed a motion to throw out the case, but a Californian court has now ruled against it.
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Judge Gary Klausner said: “There is a major difference between stalking and being convicted of stalking and likewise between inappropriate touching and sexual assault.”
Sun writer and broadcaster Piers Morgan just tweeted: “Wow.”
The seven-parter, first aired in April, won six Emmy awards.
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Lawyer for ‘real-life Martha’ says Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd WILL end up in the witness box in court
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