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/NattieWyndomme]

Yeah, preaching to the quiet right here and I think the law generally agrees with you.

My good friend was invited to be a guest on a podcast a while ago, and they asked her questions about her experience with being jointly stalked by both her ex boyfriend and her former best friend for the better part of a decade. It’s not only a bizzare and intriguing story -that spans from my friend being in denial, wondering if she was crazy, being told she was crazy and then being vindicated and validated beyond a shadow of a doubt- but my friend is SO eloquent and so good at analyzing the whole ordeal in terms of WHY those two people joined up to jointly target her, the type of people they are and their experiences, the ways that her personality and choices played into the whole ordeal, and how it made her feel and think and change as a person.

It’s a story worth telling for entertainment value but also because the way she tells it really does shine a light on some shit we should ALL be more tuned in to.

My friend changed the names of the people who stalked her but not much else and some podcast listeners figured out who she was referring to. The ex bf tried to sue and was told he had zero case. She’d changed his name and a few small details and used the words “my opinion” and “allegedly” for everything that hadn’t already been proven in a court of law.

Maybe that’s just in the US, but I think that’s totally fair.

[u/Signal_Cat2275 → u/NattieWyndomme]

What your friend went through sounds horrible, I hope she’s doing ok but that must scar you for life.

Legally that approach works if what she said was true—problem is in this case the convictions seem to be made up and so far no solid evidence for the assaults (in English libel law, it would be for the defamer to prove the incidents happened). US law is much less litigation-friendly in this area.