Woman sues Netflix over Baby Reindeer character

A woman who allegedly inspired the character Martha in the hit Netflix drama Baby Reindeer is suing the streamer for defamation, negligence and privacy violations. Fiona Harvey, a UK lawyer who says Martha is based on her, argues in a lawsuit filed in a California court on Thursday that Netflix told "Brutal lies" about her to over 50 million viewers around the world. The lawsuit seeks over $170m in damages for Ms Harvey, who claims the Baby Reindeer series falsely depicted her as a convicted criminal who spent time in prison for stalking. Ms Harvey's lawsuit alleges that Netflix "Did literally nothing" to confirm that Mr Gadd's story was true before creating the series. Martha, the Baby Reindeer character, is a convicted stalker who is later arrested after Mr Gadd's character reports her to police.

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