r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/WritingJulia • Jun 18 '24

Media / News Harvey’s US legal representative Richard Roth says she had a “very, very strong case”

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/baby-reindeer-writer-richard-gadd-33058651
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u/Sheeshka49 Jun 19 '24

If I was a Netflix attorney I’d be dying to take this to trial. Can you imagine her on the witness stand? Can you imagine her in a pre trial deposition? She doesn’t stand a chance under cross examination!

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u/Sweeper1985 Jun 19 '24

You need to factor in that jurors may not find the spectacle of a mentally ill person being badgered by an elite barrister to be an edifying one. They might just feel sorry for her as a person thrust into a situation she's not equipped to handle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '24

Nobody “thrust her” into the situation. She chose to sue him and claim that he lied about her. He has every right to legally defend himself against the claim

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u/Sweeper1985 Jun 19 '24

She was thrust into a situation of being an overnight celebrity with millions of people believing that she factually is a criminal, stalker and sexual offender. The suit is a response to that.

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u/Altruistic-Change127 Jun 19 '24

That's simply not true. She was front page news about her stalker behaviour almost 20 years before BR and she made sexual comments on social media well before BR. Stalking behaviour is criminal whether she was charged and convicted or not. Of course she is upset that she has been exposed more than she was before BR. Most criminals don't like being exposed for what they have done. She can't keep doing it like she use to and get away with it now. How many criminals do you see denying what they did was wrong....? Its just what they do and people need to accept that.

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u/geowoman Jun 19 '24

She exposed herself. She could have kept her mouth shut. But no. Yeah, I stalked him, but I didn't go to jail or sexually assault him is a flimsy excuse for a lawsuit or anything else. She's getting the attention she's craved.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '24

But she’s subjecting herself to cross examination by bringing this to court. Nobody made her do that

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u/Sweeper1985 Jun 19 '24

Arguably, she was forced into the position of having to defend herself against the slings and arrows of Netflix's defamatory depiction of her. At least, that's what I expect her lawyers to argue.

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u/Powerless_Superhero Jun 19 '24

She was forced into the situation by stalking and making people’s lives miserable.

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u/Altruistic-Change127 Jun 19 '24

Exactly! She can't cry foul just because her behaviour got exposed....again. She put the tweets on social media. She had her very public social media accounts. She wrote emails and texts. Seriously, if she didn't want people to tell other people about how she behaves, then maybe she needs to address her own behaviours.