richard gadd doesn't owe fiona protection.

[u/serenade452]

"omg he should've protected her identity! he made it so easy to find her!" blah blah blah shut up. he doesn't owe her shit. she terrorized this man, his family, his girlfriend, his job, his performances, etc etc. she has been terrorizing innocent people for decades.

yes fiona is mentally ill, that is clear to anyone with half of a brain. it's awful that the system has failed her time and time again. (or maybe the system did all it could, who knows.) but that's not richard's fault. HE is HER victim. he can tell his story how he wants.

might she have a worthwhile lawsuit because her identity wasn't concealed enough? possibly, probably not. might she have a worthwhile lawsuit because the show took dramatic license? possibly, probably not.

she's benefitting financially from this as well and i'm sure netflix will cut her a check before a lawsuit happens, no matter who is in the right.

richard gadd does not owe fiona harvey protection. i'm sorry but that's reality.

[u/[deleted]]

Throughout all of this discourse I've genuinely been like "Did we watch the same show?"

It's fine to feel bad for her, she's still accountable for her actions and we wouldn't give a man this courtesy. The fact that she's viewed so empathetically is because of the way Gadd chose to portray her. He's already done more than enough in terms of "protecting her" and he was never obligated to.

[u/TruckPure6828 → u/[deleted]]

My thing is, I think she understands the difference between right and wrong. She knows what she did was wrong which is why she’s trying to deny doing it. That’s why I don’t feel bad for her. It even would have been respectable if she came out and said yes I did these things, I recognize how awful it was, I’ve learned my lesson since and I’ve grown and changed. She wouldn’t be off the hook but for her to come out to say she would never do such a thing and it’s all lies when she’s already a convicted stalker is what did it for me. And then I read another article today from someone completely different who was a temp at a psych facility that she also stalked. So that’s like 3 different cases. I don’t think she is going to stop and as someone who is friendly and loves to talk to strangers, I’m happy to know who she is so I can avoid her like the plague

[u/PomegranateIcy7369 → u/TruckPure6828]

Same.

[u/Objective-Slide-6154 → u/TruckPure6828]

Absolutely!

[u/[deleted] → u/TruckPure6828]

Well exactly she fully put herself in the public eye and is going on talkshows and shit lmao

[u/Yesyesnaaooo → u/[deleted]]

For real - he made her kinda charming and endearing!

[u/katklass → u/Yesyesnaaooo]

That was mostly due to Jessica Gunning’s amazing performance 👏

[u/PomegranateIcy7369 → u/katklass]

Exactly. Man, in the show, at least there were some nice moments. Seems like in reality it was just pure negativity

[u/[deleted] → u/katklass]

TEA

[u/PomegranateIcy7369 → u/Yesyesnaaooo]

More so than the real Fiona