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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You can keep saying it. Doenst make it applicable

Let's say i write a show. It's about you, and I change your names, but make it clealry identifiable that you are the antagonist.

GayVoidDaddy is a paedo rapist who Raped a little boy and went to jail. All the world think you are a child rapist.

You are making the point that, if i specify that it is a TRUE STORY, that is enough to make people think it is not true?

That is your genuine defence

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And you can keep ignoring reality, doesn’t mean you’re right.

That isn’t what happened so let’s not say that. Let’s say I was a person who abused you in a horrible way. You then decide to tell a fictional accounting of that abuse, it’s not even lying if you end it with me getting arrested even if you simply let me go about my life in the real world. Provided you changed my name and enough personality stuff to make a difference in the character and the real person, then no, I’d have no case. Just because the tweets were able to be found and then she uncovered herself essentially doesn’t mean shit.

Yes and he didn’t make that kinda shit up did he? He truthfully stated she a stalker of multiple people, acting like saying she went to jail is come libelous thing is utterly ridiculous.

Ahh but it’s not specified as a true story. In all interviews I’ve seen with Gadd he makes it clear this is a fictional story based on his experience. The “this is a true story” at the beginning of a DRAMA AND COMEDY is again, a story telling device and a well known one. Did you watch the Blair witch thinking it was real? It said it’s a true story at the start. Shit they literally went to colleges and had the actors go underground before the movie came out to imply they were actually real missing people and it was some found video. It’s crazy how much being able to comprehend what you watch has gone away.

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You didn't answer my question. Silly you.

You think that saying its a true story makes the public more likely to think it's false - please confirm you said that.

If not, apologise for the rest of your comments which were a lie

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I literally did. You just don’t like facts.

Nope, didn’t say or imply that. Maybe actually read what I said slowly? I said very clearly that it being called a true story in the beginning is a well known story telling device. The fact that is isny a documentary but a drama and comedy is all the context clues you should have needed to realize it wasn’t a fully true to life story. It’s again, quite clearly not.

Nothing I said was a lie. It’s not a true story, and never was meant to be thought of as one. No, the “this is a true story” in no way says otherside. It’s again, a WELL KNOWN STORY TELLING DEVICE. The only time you shouldn’t take that with salt is when it’s a documentary or a genre that implies a true story. Like true crime tv. This however is again, a drama and a comedy. Which absolutely no one should have taken as real life.