Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd driving beat up £500 Skoda Fabia despite success of Netflix stalking drama
BABY Reindeer star Richard Gadd is still driving a beat-up banger — despite hitting the big time with the Netflix stalking drama.
Fresh from collecting a string of awards at the Emmys in the US — including an Outstanding Lead Actor gong — the Scot was seen heading out in the knackered £500 Skoda Fabia.
The motor was missing hub caps and its petrol cap, while its rear bumper and wing mirror were held together with gaffer tape.
Gadd’s rundown runaround in North London comes despite the Scot, 35, being set to rake in millions after recently signing a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix.
Baby Reindeer has been watched by more than 50 million worldwide since its launch on Netflix in April.
Based on his autobiographical one-man show, the series was also written by Gadd, with him playing the lead role of Donny Dunn.
Billed by Netflix as a “true story”, it tells of pub barman and comedian Donny being stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted by a woman called Martha, played by Jessica Gunning. She also picked up an Emmy — one of six the show won.
However, Netflix has been hit with a £127million lawsuit by the “real-life” Martha — Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey, 58.
She sued the streaming giant in California in June, claiming Baby Reindeer “literally destroyed” her life and saying she has received death threats after being made to look like a “head-smashing rapist”.
Ms Harvey, from Fyvie in Aberdeenshire but living in London, said the show made her identifiable and subject to “brutal lies”.
In July, Netflix asked for the case to be thrown out. But on Friday, a judge ruled it can go ahead.
In the show, Martha is shown being convicted of stalking Donny — but Ms Harvey was never convicted of such an offence against Gadd.
The judge said: “There is a major difference between stalking and being convicted of stalking and likewise between inappropriate touching and sexual assault.”
A date for a two-week jury trial was set for May next year.
However, on Monday Netflix filed to appoint a neutral, third-party mediator, which could prevent the need for a federal trial in LA.