Fiona Harvey accuses streaming company of defamation, negligence and emotional distress in lawsuit over hit series
filed on Thursday in the US district court for the central district of California, Fiona Harvey accused Netflix of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, gross negligence and violations of her right of publicity.
Should Baby Reindeer’s creator have written about his alleged stalker? I did the same thing – and it helped me heal | Paul BurstonIt follows the phenomenal success of the series released this year, starring 35-year-old Richard Gadd, a Scottish writer and actor whobeing a stalker, as well as claims that she sent Gadd 41,000 emails, hundreds of voice messages and 106 letters., “I don’t think I sent him anything. There may have been a couple of emails, jokey banter, but that is it.
It went on to add: “Netflix, a multi-national billion dollar entertainment streaming company did literally nothing to confirm the ‘true story’ that Gadd told. That is, it never investigated whether Harvey was convicted, a very serious misrepresentation of the facts. It did nothing to understand the relationship between Gadd and Harvey, if any … As a result of Defendants’ lies, malfeasance and utterly reckless misconduct, Harvey’s life had been ruined.
Harvey is seeking at least $50m for actual damages, at least $50m in compensatory damages for “mental anguish, loss of enjoyment and loss of business”, at least $50m for “all profits from ‘Baby Reindeer,’” as well as $20m punitive damages.“It’s very emotionally true, obviously: I was severely stalked and severely abused. But we wanted it to exist in the sphere of art, as well as protect the people it’s based on,” he said.
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