"... including sending countless emails and social media messages, shoving him in the back of his neck and touching him without his consent. The behavior continued until 2017, when Mr. Gadd was granted a harassment warning notice against Ms. Harvey. But in the Netflix show, the character of Martha is said to have stalked a police officer, sexually assaulted Donny, violently attacked Donny and gouged his eyes, and been convicted of stalking and served five years in prison. None of those details were true of Ms. Harvey, the judge said...."
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"Based on a True Story, or a True Story? In ‘Baby Reindeer’ Lawsuit, Words Matter. A defamation suit against Netflix boils down to how the company presented its story about Martha Scott, a fictionalization of what the show’s creator has described as a real-life stalking incident" (NYT).
Notably, the words at the beginning of "Baby Reindeer" are "This is a true story," not "Based on a true story."
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That is an enormous oversight for Netflix and I’ll be surprised if they go to trial.
I doubt that Netflix's decision to preface this production with the words "this is a true story" was an oversight at all. It sounds like an editorial decision which would have been preceded by a lot of consideration and "lawyering." I would think that Netflix's top management would have been involved. They knew they were poking a stick in a hornet's nest of craziness.
On the other hand, I have a problem with a lawsuit that says "I was defamed by a story about a woman who didn't have my name, who attacked people who don't exist in real life." It was fiction, Ms. Harvey, every bit of it, including the statement that it was a true story.
nexflix doesn't know what real means.. they REALLY Think that real means what they want to to
It’s a fiction that identifies as a nonfiction. Have some respect.
Here's hoping things get 'real' for Netflix. I think they made a calculation that their lawyers are expensive enough to win the case, but not enough to damage profits.
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