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Piers Morgan Uncensored

Baby Reindeer Update: Fiona Harvey To Sue Netflix

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Sports, News, Society & Culture

3.7651 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Piers Morgan’s now infamous interview with Fiona Harvey, the woman internet sleuths quickly identified as the ‘real’ Martha Scott from the Netflix hit Baby Reindeer, continues to rack up views and divide opinion. Since the interview, Fiona has issued a statement confirming that she is planning to take legal action against ‘all of those who have lied about me’. Piers Morgan Uncensored invites commentator Ava Santina, media lawyer Jessica Welch, criminal defense lawyer Mark Geragos, Deadline Editor Jake Kanter and Popcorned Planet's Andy Signor to discuss the ongoing fallout; with Mark calling what has happened defamation and Ava raising issues of trans fetishization from the show’s creator Richard Gadd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a media release on behalf of Fiona Harvey, the media firestorm around baby reindeer,

0:04.7

and my rapid identification as the real Martha have caused untold damage to my health.

0:09.1

I think this raises some really serious questions for Netflix.

0:12.7

They have willfully ignored questions from journalists.

0:16.7

The accusation that somebody is a convicted felon, that is defamation.

0:22.4

Her entire agency was completely taken away from her, and I think she was propelled into a situation.

0:27.5

It's not a clear-cut case, as some of these stalker cases tend to be.

0:31.9

It's all a bit messy.

0:33.3

Just because somebody is troubled, does that mean you get to accuse them of being a criminal? The burden is on the person who's made the allegation to prove the substantial truth in it. I'll say it if you're all afraid to. Martha's crazy. But if we're going to believe what Richard said about himself, you've got to believe what he's saying about Martha. The fallout from my bombshell interview with Fiona Harvey, the so-called Real Martha from

0:54.6

Baby Rainier, shows no sign of abating.

0:57.1

In fact, it's only gathering pace.

0:58.5

The Sun newspaper today reported that Fiona Harvey said 276 emails, many of them pretty abusive,

1:04.7

to Secere Starrma, quite likely the next British Prime Minister back in 2020.

1:09.0

Meanwhile, Richard Gadd, who wrote the show and played the lead role, said he no longer wants to comment on it. But wanted the real-life people to be found, I'd have made it a documentary, he told Hollywood Reporter. I've spoken publicly about how I don't want people to do it. And if I start playing a game of whack-a-mole, then I'm almost adding to it. I don't think I'll ever comment on it ever again.

1:28.6

Well, you might have no choice.

1:33.8

Fiona Harvey is now planning to sue Netflix, aided by Chris Dawl, KC, as he revealed on this show. And a British MP has written to Netflix demanding evidence for their policy

1:38.4

chiefs claim to a parliamentary committee that the drama was based on a convicted stalker.

1:43.8

And on that final point, which seems pivotal to the legal case,

1:46.8

there still is no evidence of a criminal record for Fiona Harvey,

1:50.8

even as demands grow ever louder for proof.

1:53.7

Would we discuss latest developments in this extraordinary story,

1:56.1

including a news statement from Fiona Harvey released in the last few minutes,

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