Fiona Harvey, the woman who inspired the Netflix series “Baby Reindeer,” has been accused of harass journalist Neil Sears of the Daily Mail, who interviewed her recently.
Sears recounted how Harvey sent her numerous messages and calls after the interview, including threats and insults. “You have become a bitter enemy of me“Harvey said in one of the voicemails, according to Sears.
“This was the real-life ‘Martha,’ the woman portrayed as a sick serial stalker on the hit Netflix TV show ‘Reindeer Baby.’ speaking on my answering machine last weekend, the culmination of a barrage of calls and voice messages for four days,” the journalist told the Daily Mail.
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“This was followed by a warning not to approach her again, couched in legal terms that the former law student learned during the legal training she boasts about. On social media, he denounced me as a fat liaran ‘oversized bipolar schoolboy’ and said she was considering charging £3,000 (more than 3 million Chilean pesos) an hour for the time she spent talking to me, which she claimed was her professional debt,” she said.
“To be clear, I think it was perfectly legitimate for ‘Martha’ to call me. I met her and interviewed her for three and a half hours for an article in the Daily Mail published last Saturday. But in 30 years of journalism I have never encountered such a tsunami of calls”he added.
After the interview, “Martha” called the journalist several times, where she ended up threatening him with a lawsuit that included the newspaper and the co-writer of the article.
The series, which tells the story of a stalker and his victim, has generated widespread attention. Harvey has been described as the real “Martha,” portrayed as a stalker in the series.
Harvey’s behavior after the interview was published has raised alarms about his persistent behavior. The situation has highlighted the challenges journalists face when dealing with high-profile subjects and sensitive cases.
