00:00 The new Netflix drama Baby Reindeer is the talk of the internet, and now the alleged
00:04 real-life stalker who inspired the character Martha is speaking out.
00:09 An unnamed woman who claims to be the inspiration behind actress Jessica Gunning's character
00:13 Martha in the new popular series, told the Daily Mail she was considering legal action
00:18 for defamation following the release of the project.
00:20 Baby Reindeer, created by and starring Richard Gadd, is billed as a true story inspired by
00:25 events that happened in Gadd's life.
00:26 "I miss you."
00:27 "Ladies and gentlemen, this is my stalker.
00:30 Say hello to Martha."
00:31 "Don't you say that to me!
00:32 Apologize to me right now!"
00:34 "Can't take my mom anywhere."
00:37 The show follows a character named Donnie Dunn, a struggling comedian who encounters
00:41 a lonely woman at the bar where he works.
00:43 The chance encounter, during which he offers her a free cup of tea, spirals over several
00:47 months as Martha is revealed to be a dangerous serial stalker.
00:50 Over the course of multiple years, she's sent him more than 41,000 emails, 744 tweets, 100
00:56 pages of letters, and 350 hours of voicemails.
01:00 While speaking with the tabloid, the woman insisted that Gadd was actually the one obsessed
01:03 with her.
01:04 She said, "He's using Baby Reindeer to stalk me now.
01:07 I'm the victim.
01:08 He's written a bloody show about me."
01:10 She claimed that Gadd's script amounted to "bullying an older woman on television for
01:14 fame and fortune," and that despite his attempts to hide her identity, she has received online
01:19 death threats and abuse since the show was released.
01:22 Gadd has previously explained that he couldn't tell the exact story for legal and artistic
01:26 reasons, noting that he must take certain protections.
01:28 He also told his Instagram followers, "Please don't speculate on who any of the real people
01:33 could be.
01:34 That's not the point of our show."
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