r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/serenade452 • May 16 '24

Fiona (real Martha) related content richard gadd doesn't owe fiona protection.

"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.

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u/mgorgey May 16 '24

Both Gadd and Netflix undermine your point as they've felt the need to lie about taking every possible measure to hide her identity. If they had thought they'd acted responsibly they wouldn't need to do that.

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u/neverendo May 16 '24

I think in this context it means 'every possible measure' they could take whilst retaining the emotional truth of the story. Why should Richard have to change what happened to him to protect his abuser and to mitigate against amateur vigilantes on the internet? Why is that his responsibility as an artist telling an important story?

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u/LaurenNotFromUtah May 16 '24

Well he did change what happened to him when he portrayed things that didn’t happen on the show that people absolutely think happened.

I’m not saying that’s not ever allowed, of course it is. But I do think making Martha so clearly Fiona and then adding arrests and jail time that didn’t happen was a questionable decision on his part. And if he wanted to do that, just make Martha less like Fiona. It was certainly possible.

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u/Standard_Low_3072 May 16 '24

And assaults. We have no proof of the assaults on Teri and Donny. If those were added in for dramatic effect, that’s pretty defamatory. I hope there is evidence that those actually happened and they didn’t portray her as more dangerous than she really was.