‘Baby Reindeer’: “Real Martha” says Netflix series has resulted in death threats

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Netflix‘s Baby Reindeer claims she has received death threats as a result of the hit drama.Created and starring Richard Gadd, the series brings his real-life experience of being stalked and sexually abused to screens, having previously told the story on stage in his acclaimed one-man show.Gadd plays a fictionalised version of himself named Donny who is obsessively stalked by a woman named Martha after he befriends her in a pub.

The show also sees Donny confront the trauma of being sexually assaulted by a TV executive named Darrien (played by Tom Goodman-Hill).Since the show’s release and despite the pleas from Gadd and Gunning, fans have attempted to unearth the identity of the real people who inspired Baby Reindeer‘s characters.Now, the woman who fans claim to have inspired Martha, has spoken out against the show and its portrayal of her, claiming she has been the subject of death threats as a result.“I’m the victim here, not Richard Gadd,” the unnamed Scottish woman told the Daily Record. “I’ve had death threats as a result of his show despite the fact that a lot of the things he claimed are just not true.”She also claimed that she has been surviving on “two hours sleep” a night due to the stress and worry caused by the alleged death threats.The woman went on to say that she has not watched Baby Reindeer, but added: “I have seen various things.”She continued: “I was in Richard Gadd’s company on occasions but I didn’t stalk him like he claims.

His story is that this is a gross intrusion into my privacy. I haven’t seen him for 12 years.“I read that he had written that show for the festival four or five years ago and I thought, ‘Oh my God’.