submitted by /u/LodgeBeing_No_9FIONA Harvey – who claims she was identified as a stalker by the hit show Baby Reindeer – is 'elated' after winning a key legal battle against Netflix in her defamation battle.
A trial between Harvey and the streamer has moved a step closer, after an appeal by Netflix against a decision not to throw the case out has itself been thrown out.
Her New York lawyer Richard Roth said: 'Netflix is doing everything it can to avoid a trial of this action.
'First it made a motion before the federal district court, which it lost. Then it appealed that decision, which was dismissed.'
Roth added: 'There will be a trial in this action where its wrongdoing will be front and centre before a jury.'
Asked how his client was feeling he replied: 'Elated.'
Harvey is seeking $170million in damages, alleging that the programme, created by and starring Richard Gadd, defamed her, and made her life a misery.
Broadcast in April 2024, Baby Reindeer became a global smash hit. At the beginning of the first episode, the words 'This is a true story' appeared on screen.
At the end of the series, the character Martha, played by actress Jessica Gunning, pleaded guilty to stalking comedian Donny (Gadd) and was handed a four-and-a-half year prison sentence.
Harvey's lawyers say she has never been convicted of any crime, let alone gone to prison. She claims that she has been defamed 'at a magnitude and scale without precedent' and her life ruined as a result.
Her legal team said she was too traumatised to leave her flat in London after the show aired.
In September 2024, judge Gary Klaus ruled Baby Reindeer was not a true story, and that Netflix had 'made no effort to investigate' the accuracy of the facts; nor did they take measures to hide Harvey's identity.
After this trial, how will Gadd's relationship with Netflix continue?
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