Real-life Martha from ‘Baby Reindeer’ claims Netflix story is “rubbish”

nme.com:

Baby Reindeer’s Martha was allegedly based on has labelled the show “a load of rubbish” and has threatened to take legal action.The hit Netflix series was created by Richard Gadd, and claims to tell the true story of his experience of being obsessively stalked by a woman called Martha after he befriends her in the pub he works in.In the final episode of the show, Martha, who had already served a four-and-a-half year sentence for a previous stalking conviction, is jailed for nine months.Now, the woman – who has been identified as Fiona Harvey – has told the Daily Record: “None of this happened.

It’s a load of rubbish.”It is the first time that she has given her consent to be named in the press, saying that she has made the decision “because people have to know what is going on.”She went on to tell the newspaper that she has not been to prison, adding: “I don’t know where the four-and-a-half years and nine months comes in.”Threatening legal action against Gadd and Netflix, she said: “Gadd needs to prove I went to jail which just didn’t happen.

I’ve never been sent to jail. That is blatantly obvious.“Police at your door would be the first thing, then you’d be charged, then you would have a trial.

Then you’d be fined or something or go to prison.“This is all made up and hyperbole. There are no restraining orders, injunctions or interdicts anywhere.