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. 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.
READ MORE IN TV 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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