Woman identified as Baby Reindeer stalker sues Netflix for $175 million

Fiona Harvey is a Scottish lawyer who was depicted as a stalker in the Netflix hit, Baby Reindeer.  She’s denied the claims and is suing the streaming giant for $170m. 

The program depicted Harvey – via a character named Martha – as a serial stalker who bombarded the British comedian Richard Gadd with tens of thousands of emails and text messages.  She says it never happened. The show said she was convicted of stalking and spent nine months in prison. Harvey says it’s nonsense.   

In this episode of The Briefing, we take a deep dive on Harvey’s motivation to sue – and what her chances are of beating a streaming behemoth like Netflix. 

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