The 5 Words That Open ‘Baby Reindeer’ Could Decide Its Legal Fate

Fiona Harvey, who’s come forward claiming to be the real-life inspiration behind the stalker character “Martha” in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer series, said in her defamation and negligence lawsuit against the streamer on Thursday that the series told “the biggest lie in television history.”

That lie, according to the complaint, are the five words that appear on screen right after the first scene of the first episode: “This is a true story.”

Harvey goes on to allege that Netflix “destroyed” her life, describing herself as “an innocent woman defamed by Netflix and Richard Gadd at a magnitude and scale without precedent.” She’s seeking $170 million for “defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, gross negligence, and violations of Harvey’s right of publicity” over what she claims are “brutal lies” perpetuated by the series and Gadd.

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