Netflix is publicly responding to the lawsuit from the alleged inspiration behind Child Reindeer.

Fiona Harvey, who says she is portrayed as Martha (performed by Jessica Gunning, pictured listed right here) in the constrained sequence, has filed a $170 million defamation lawsuit from the streamer and how they are portraying the character in the collection developed by and starring Richard Gadd.

In the go effectively with, Fiona statements Netflix is “defaming her by way of statements in the display that she’s a 2 times-convicted stalker who was sentenced to five several years in prison for sexual assault,” THR stories.

On Friday (June 7), Netflix responded to Fiona‘s lawsuit.

Hold reading to uncover out more…“We intend to protect this issue vigorously and to stand by Richard Gadd‘s proper to notify his story,” Netflix shared with Sky News.

Newborn Reindeer follows possessing troubles comic Donny Dunn’s (played by Gadd) warped partnership with his lady stalker and the impression it has on him as he is in the lengthy run forced to facial region a deeply buried trauma.

In the series, Martha is demonstrated as possessing served time in jail for stalking Dunn and but one more girl, as appropriately as verified stalking a policeman and sexually assaulting Dunn.

Fiona says that she has hardly ever been convicted of a criminal offense, and denies stalking or assaulting Richard Gadd.

Just just lately Fiona Harvey gave a Tv set job interview and opened up about what she thinks is genuine in Newborn Reindeer and what’s not.