The woman who claims to be the inspiration for the stalker in the popular Netflix series Reindeer baby He sues the streaming service. It is demanding more than €156 million from Netflix.

The woman, Fiona Harvey, accused Netflix of spreading “blatant lies” about her. For example, she denies that she was twice convicted of stalking, as claimed in the series.

Reindeer baby It tells the story of comedian and bartender Richard Judd who is stalked by Martha Scott, a middle-aged woman.

In the first episode of Reindeer baby It clearly stated: “This is a true story.” Gad, who plays the protagonist Donnie, a fictionalized version of himself, has also said in interviews that everything – more or less – really happened.

Harvey’s lawsuit calls this claim “the biggest lie in the history of television.”

“The defendants told these lies and never stopped because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories make money,” the complaint says. “As a result of the defendants’ lies and completely reckless misconduct, Harvey’s life was ruined.”

In legal documents filed in court in California, Harvey accuses Netflix of, among other things, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violating her right to privacy.

Harvey previously told her story to the British talk show host Piers Morgan. There, she said that after the series was released, she was harassed online and by phone. “I received several death threats. It was horrific,” she said. She then announced that she would be suing Netflix.

In the interview, Harvey went on to say that Jade never visited her home, nor was she ever at his house. Nor would she have sent him tens of thousands of emails and thousands of text messages, as stated in the series.

Incidentally, Morgan said in a column in The Sun that “alarm bells” went off for him at certain points during the interview with Harvey. “Especially when she suddenly said, ‘Even if everything in the email is true, the rest is not true.'”

In response to the lawsuit, Netflix said it was prepared to “vigorously defend its position in the case and support Richard Gadd’s right to tell his story.”

Reindeer baby It quickly became a huge hit after its release on Netflix. At the beginning of May it was the most watched series ever and was standing For eight weeks In the top ten places in the world.

This popularity and the claim that it is a true story has led viewers around the world to search for the “real” Martha. As a result, Netflix has also received increased criticism. The agency will not adequately protect the identity of the woman on whom the story is allegedly based.