Netflix’s motion to have the Baby Reindeer lawsuit dismissed was rejected Friday by the judge overseeing the case between Fiona Harvey — the alleged inspiration behind Martha in the hit series — and the streaming service.
In June, Harvey sued Netflix for then-$50 million, claiming “defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, gross negligence, and violations of Harvey’s right of publicity, arising out of the brutal lies Defendants told about her in the television series, Baby Reindeer.”
The following month, Netflix filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, with creator Richard Gadd arguably that the series was “emotionally true,” albeit not the “true story” that Baby Reindeer claimed at the start of each episode.
Among the fact-and-fiction discrepancies is Baby Reindeer’s claim that “Martha” was arrested and convicted…
