Baby Reindeer creator and star Richard Gadd isn’t named as a defendant in Fiona Harvey’s $170 million defamation suit against Netflix over the hit black comedy, but he sure as Hell is backing the streamer in getting the action tossed out. “I am a comedian, writer, and actor.
I created, wrote, and starred in the Netflix series Baby Reindeer (the ‘Series’),” states Gadd in a July 28 declaration submitted in federal court today in response to the lawsuit by real-life stalker who was partially the inspiration for the series’ scary Martha Scott. “I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth below and, if called as a witness, could and would testify competently thereto.
I submit this declaration in support of defendants Netflix, Inc., and Netflix Worldwide Entertainment, LLC’s special motion to strike.” Read Ricard Gadd’s declaration in Fiona Harvey’s $170 million defamation lawsuit here Filing the Scottish comedian’s declaration and a tone of redacted exhibits, the streamer wants a September 3 hearing in front of LA-based Judge R.
Gary Klausner to argue for the dismissal. After publicly declaring on Piers Morgan’s UK chat show that Martha was based on her, Harvey hit Netflix with her big bucks lawsuit on June 6, just two months after Baby Reindeer launched on the streamer to become a global sensation.
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