Netflix show Baby Reindeer ruled ‘libellous’ allowing Fiona Harvey to press ahead with £132m case
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.
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.