Netflix responds to Baby Reindeer prompting searches for the real-life Martha. Created by and starring Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer is based on Gadd’s real experiences with a stalker in his past. This stalker in the series is named Martha, and she is played by Jessica Gunning, but the show’s popularity has resulted in online sleuths attempting to uncover the identity of the real figure from Gadd’s life. While the stalker has now seemingly been identified as Fiona Harvey, who just recently came forward, the search has resulted in others being falsely accused.

As Baby Reindeer remains a hit series on Netflix, Netflix policy chief Benjamin King now speaks out (via Deadline) on the online search for the real-life figure. Check out his comment below:

“We didn’t want to anonymize that or make it generic to the point where it was no longer his story because that would undermine the intent behind the show. Ultimately, it’s obviously very difficult to control what viewers do, particularly in a world where everything is amplified by social media. I personally wouldn’t be comfortable with a world in which we decided it was better that Richard was silenced and not allowed to tell the story.

“I cannot get into the specifics of what happened around the making of the show because it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to comment. I don’t want to give further fuel to some of the theories which are circling on the internet.”

More to come…

Source: Deadline