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The new Netflix drama 'Baby Reindeer' is the talk of the Internet. And now, the alleged real-life stalker who inspired the character Martha is speaking out. An unnamed woman, who claims to be the inspiration behind actress Jessica Gunning's character Martha in the popular series, told the Daily Mail she was considering legal action for defamation following the release of the project. 'Baby Reindeer,' created by and starring Richard Gadd, is billed as a true story inspired by events that happened in Gadd's life.

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00:00The new Netflix drama Baby Reindeer is the talk of the internet,

00:03and now the alleged real-life stalker who inspired the character Martha is speaking out.

00:09An unnamed woman who claims to be the inspiration behind actress Jessica Gunning's character Martha

00:14in the new popular series told the Daily Mail she was considering legal action for defamation

00:18following the release of the project.

00:20Baby Reindeer, created by and starring Richard Gad,

00:23is billed as a true story inspired by events that happened in Gad's life.

00:26I miss you.

00:27Ladies and gentlemen, this is my stalker. Say hello to Martha.

00:31Don't you say that to me! Apologize to me right now!

00:36Can't take my mom anywhere.

00:37The show follows a character named Donnie Dunn,

00:39a struggling comedian who encounters a lonely woman at the bar where he works.

00:43The chance encounter, during which he offers her a free cup of tea,

00:46spirals over several months as Martha is revealed to be a dangerous serial stalker.

00:50Over the course of multiple years, she's sent him more than 41,000 emails,

00:54744 tweets, 100 pages of letters, and 350 hours of voicemails.

00:59While speaking with the tabloid, the woman insisted that Gad was actually the one obsessed with her.

01:04She said, quote,

01:05He's using Baby Reindeer to stalk me now. I'm the victim. He's written a bloody show about me.

01:10She claimed that Gad's script amounted to, quote,

01:12bullying an older woman on television for fame and fortune,

01:15and that despite his attempts to hide her identity,

01:17she has received online death threats and abuse since the show was released.

01:22Gad has previously explained that he couldn't tell the exact story for legal and artistic reasons,

01:26noting that he must take certain protections.

01:28He also told his Instagram followers,

01:30Please don't speculate on who any of the real people could be.

01:33That's not the point of our show.

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01:38This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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