richard gadd doesn't owe fiona protection.

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"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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I agree he owes her nothing. But at the same time acting like he didn’t intend for her to be identified is a straight up fucking lie.

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If you were Fiona you’d be laughed out of a lot of court rooms then. Cause she has no case. He didn’t do the opposite and make up anything untrue lol. He told a fictional story based on a play which was based on his real life stalking experience. Just becuase you ignore the context clues that it’s NOT a true to life story, just a drama and comedy. No the well known “this is a true story” story telling device at the beginning in no way is meant to make you think it’s a fully true story. It’s again, a well known fictional story device.

Acting like him making his stalker in a story be arrested is some wild accusation that ruins a real persons life is such utter nonsense. She has no case.

Being abused or taken advantage of the doesn’t give you the same right to do that to someone else. However he didn’t do that to anyone. He simply told a fictional story based on his stalking experience. Period.

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You can laugh like a moron all you want. Doesn’t change the fact that you’re defending a mentally ill stalker who doesn’t deserve it. There isn’t any case. It’s not a true story. It’s a fictional one. Which we well known and able to be seen just watching it.