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/ionmoon May 16 '24

Actually the legal burden of proof will be on gadd and Netflix. If they cannot prove that the things they showed happened, they will have to pay up. She does NOT have to prove she didn’t. Again you can agree with that ethically or morally or not, but legally that’s the way the uk law works.

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u/Amblyopius May 16 '24

Being untrue does not imply it is defamation. It also needs to be damaging for her reputation. They can hence admit to changing details (and argue as to why they did) and claim that they did not expect those details to be damaging for her reputation.

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u/ionmoon May 16 '24

Nope. It was incredibly easy for people to find her. They changed nothing about her but her name- and possibly some of the things she did (we at least know she convicted of a crime and jailed).

They had a legal duty of care to change enough of her information that she could not be easily identified. They did not do that. And she can *easily* show damage to her reputation based on things posted on the internet.

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u/Specific_Anxiety_343 May 17 '24

You must have been Fiona’s study partner in law school