Richard Gadd, the creator and star of Baby Reindeer, is officially backing Netflix in its mammoth legal battle with the “real-life Martha.”

Fiona Harvey is suing the streaming giant for 170 million dollars for defamation, gross negligence and violating her right to privacy.

Netflix portrayed Martha as a twice-convicted stalker who spends a total of five years in jail for her crimes.

Infamously, it was billed emphatically as a “true story.”

Gadd has filed 21 pages of testimony with the court in California.

In it, he says "I was surprised that Harvey appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Although I have only watched certain segments, I understand she claimed that she was the inspiration for the Martha character, and that she never sent me thousands of emails nor left me any voicemails"

“She harassed and stalked me over several years, and since her interview, other individuals have contacted me through my agents and publicists and said they were also harassed by Harvey, but all were too scared of her to come forward.”

As well as detailing Fiona Harvey’s persistent stalking, Gadd says that he - quote “never intended the series to identify any real person as Martha” and that “Martha is not Fiona Harvey.”

“Like all characters in the series,” he says, “Martha is a fictional character with fictional personality traits that are very different than Harvey’s.”

Piers discusses the latest with celebrity lawyer, Mark Geragos & Host of Popcorned Planet, Andy Signore

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