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‘Baby Reindeer’ True Story: The Alleged Real-Life ‘Martha’ Taking Legal Action & More

The woman who allegedly inspired Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ series has come forward against its creator, Richard Gadd.

The seven-episode miniseries was inspired by Richard Gadd’ s autobiographical one-person show of the same title, which follows his experience being stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted. After giving her a free cup of tea, she obsessively contacted him over time: 41,071 emails, 350 voicemail hours, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook DMs and 106 pages of letters to be exact. While speaking about the series’ character — who is played by actress Jessica Gunning — the woman said, “She sort of looks like me after I put on four stone during lockdown, but I’m not actually unattractive.”

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