Baby Reindeer sparks police probe after online sleuths wrongly identify theatre director Sean Foley as Richard Gadd's abuser in 'defamatory, abusive and threatening posts'
by Daily Mail
Daily Mail— The seven-part thriller series follows the real-life story of comedian Gadd, who plays himself in the form of struggling Scottish comedian Donny Dunn as he deals with relentless stalker 'Martha'.
The Guardian—The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer: should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?. The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative?Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gadd’s adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh festival one-man show, which in turn was a dramatisation of the ordeals he had been through at the hands of a stalker and a powerful abuser respectively,...
The Independent—Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd responds to speculation over show’s real-life characters. Richard Gadd has asked fans to stop speculating over the inspiration for his Netflix series
Pedestrian TV—Can The IRL Martha Scott Actually Sue Richard Gadd & Baby Reindeer? Here’s What Experts Say. The identity of the woman who inspired Baby Reindeer's Martha Scott, a stalker who terrorises the show's main character, could have been better protected by the series, lawyers have claimed.