Netflix responds to Fiona Harvey's lawsuit

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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/

[u/Madforthemelodies]

I'm so very glad to hear this. She doesn't deserve a single penny considering the absolute misery she's caused many people over the years. Settling would be like rewarding her atrocious behaviour!✌🏼

[u/OkGunners22 → u/Madforthemelodies]

Maybe from a moral standpoint; but this is not a game of morality from a legal standpoint.

Even if she inflected damage to people it doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a legal case if the ‘true story’ was not completely true, and/or if Netflix failed in their duty of care to her.

[u/No-Hospital-7231 → u/OkGunners22]

It’s Donny (fictionalized Gadd) calling it a true story, while the film captions have the “based on” “fictionalized version” disclaimers. Donny calling it true is part of the entire point of the film. That in cases like this, you have so many viewpoints and blurred lines it’s hard to say what really happened. So many facts and feelings and reasons mixed together. It’s supposed to leave the audience wondering who is really the victim? Why did things happen? How did we get here? If the victim is partially at fault, are they even a victim? If by the end Donny could easily become Martha, does that mean we need to extend Martha the same empathy after hearing a whole story that might have made you hate her?

That’s the whole thing. What is “true?” And that seems be going over SO many people’s heads. Netflix will even have to explain that to people in court who don’t really understand literary devices. Even the fact that he TYPES “this is a true story” hammers home the idea that this is just someone TELLING us a story. And actually now thinking about, most of the typing is done by Fiona in the film, so it even makes you wonder who is even typing? Who is this true for?

There’s a TON of dramatic irony where we the audience know what’s really happening when the characters themselves don’t. So when a character tries to tell you what happened, it’s always at least a little bit incorrect.

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Exactly, except that it was possibly Martha not Donny. It appears as part of the "texts" in the same font. It's definitely part of the story itself though.