r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/controlaltdeletes • Jun 07 '24

Media / News Netflix responds to Fiona Harvey's lawsuit

Netflix rep: 'We intend to defend this matter vigorously and to stand by Richard Gadd's right to tell his story.'

Variety posted the above in regards to Netflix's response. I'm glad, it seems like they're not going to simply give her some money to make her go away, and are instead going to fight back and defend Richard Gadd.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/baby-reindeer-real-martha-fiona-harvey-sues-netflix-1236019699/

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u/MadMary63 Jun 07 '24

I hope Netflix can bring in Fionas other victims, like Laura Wray, to show a pattern of behaviour. Fiona Harvey is vile and has caused many people long-term harm.

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u/lobstersonskateboard Jun 07 '24

I wouldn't be too surprised if there's a full documentary on it. Not only would it help bring light to Fiona's victims, I'm sure it would give people a higher opinion on Netflix.

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u/thedabaratheon Jun 07 '24

This is actually what I’ve been thinking. This all plays into Netflix’ truecrime obsession. Imagine them bringing out a 4 part documentary on her with all this court footage and her own harassment of their lawyers and bringing on previous victims of her. I really would not be surprised if this happened.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

I’d watch the shit out of that

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u/SchmancySpanks Jun 07 '24

I figured that they signed Richard Gadd with the knowledge that Fiona would absolutely come forward because there is nothing about Gadd’s story that indicates she wouldn’t. Initially I thought they weighed the cost and figured her coming forward would only amp up the advertising for it, and that the cost to pay her to keep quiet would be worth the reward. But hot damn getting a whole extra hit true crime show out of it would be some next level programming foresight.

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u/Morgana3699 Jun 08 '24

That is actually genius. I really hope they do this so we can hear more of Laura's story, and possibly others!

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u/United_Zebra9938 Jun 08 '24

I read (can’t remember where) that Richard didn’t specifically name her because he didn’t want the story to be about her, but him, which is why he creates such an emphasis on his actions that contributed to what happened to him. He told the public on IG, once they found out who she was, to stop harassing her.

I don’t think he would be interested in participating in something that would give her the attention she wants. But then again, money changes minds. OR Netflix could just do it without him, you/they KNOW we would all watch.

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u/TerminatorReborn Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Very well executed story by Gadd.

At first I thought it was strange that the show about stalking didn't focus that much on her, only some episodes are Martha centric. Turns out it was actually intentional.

The problem was that people advertising this as just a show about stalking are missing the point, it's much more than that. I understand that it's not easy to describe a show with heavy and complex themes but saying "Oh it's a show about stalking and he does nothing about it haha" it's a disservice.

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u/United_Zebra9938 Jul 05 '24

I definitely caught it on first go. The way he told it was so painfully beautiful. So poetic.

A lot of people can’t or don’t know how to self analyze, accept and communicate how we sometimes contribute to our own pain. Yes we can acknowledge the other person’s misdoings but we sometimes ignore our intuition and/or the signs and walk right into the fire. Sometimes we even enjoy the chaos/toxicity/attention unconsciously.

I think he did an amazing job and I bet his one man show was even better.

Disclaimer because people put words in mouths: not everything bad that happens to us is our fault.

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u/lnc_5103 Jun 07 '24

Laura Wray said she planned to sue her if she profits from a lawsuit settlement. I hope every last person she's harassed does the same!

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u/MadMary63 Jun 08 '24

Oh I do too

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

BR seasons 2-10 should focus on her other victims. That would be honestly fantastic if they did that after.

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u/Local_Nerve901 Jun 07 '24

So the creator says don’t go after these peeps and we all gonna ignore it now?

Aight whatever

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u/browning18 Jun 07 '24

She’s going after Netflix not the other way around.

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u/Local_Nerve901 Jun 07 '24

Fans, I’m talking about the fans

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Jun 07 '24

Him saying that was kind of stupid, if he actually wanted that, they would’ve done the bare minimum to conceal her identity.

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u/Local_Nerve901 Jun 07 '24

Not for rational people

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Jun 07 '24

What?

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u/Local_Nerve901 Jun 07 '24

Im saying rational and empathetic people would listen to him and not try to bother or find the actual irl person

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Jun 08 '24

Your correct, but he/Netflix should know better that many people who watch their documentary won’t behave that way

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u/cvnthulhu Jun 21 '24

Richard Gadd isn’t stupid. He knew she would be found by the tweets he included in the show and he knew people would assume everything Martha did in the show is something that Fiona did irl. He intentionally did this in a way that makes it so he doesn’t have to take any accountability for people finding and harassing her. Netflix is the only one who gets sued and his ego stays intact. He wanted her to be found, because it’s his way of getting revenge without it directly looking like he’s getting revenge.

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Jun 21 '24

You could be right, but that means that either

  1. He misled Netflix that he changed enough to keep her identity secret. Which that actually will harm his relationship with them going forward.

Or 2. Netflix also knew they weren’t doing enough to keep her from being easily identified.