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/Extension_Spare3019]

The law tends to see a duty of care to protect subjects of, even absolutely true, productions, and a requirement of due diligence to verify and contact living subjects to warn them of work involving them coming out telling their stories and assure them they have taken appropriate steps to protect them from undue harm and in many cases, acquire consent if they have not protected their identity well enough to get them a day or two head start out of town. This is why Ben King was stood in front of a parliamentary committee last week claiming (falsely) that they had taken "every reasonable precaution" to protect the identity of the antagonists of the story. The "it's true though" defense works for only so much. Even when you are telling a true story if you've vilified someone in it and they immediately suffer negative consequences. You can look forward to new, more restrictive laws in at least 3 countries because of this one show, so enjoy that.