discussion Baby Reindeer's' alleged 'Real Martha' sues Netflix, demanding at least $170 million

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13 hours ago, Miles. said:

I'm stunned to see people defending her in here.  It doesn't matter if things were embellished for the sake of the story - that's why these programs say "based on a true story", not that it is 100% true.  

 

In any case, she is a stalker and an abuser.  She doesn't deserve our sympathy just because she's a woman or because she has mental health issues - plenty of male serial killers and rapists have mental health issues and they don't receive or deserve sympathy.  If this was a more traditional story with a female victim and a male perpetrator, and he sued, y'all would be (rightfully) calling for his head.  Male victims deserve the same support.  Female abusers shouldn't be glorified.

 

I'm sure Netflix will fight and win this anyway.

The issue is that the situation is a lot more nuanced that. Gadd has encouraged her attentions multiple times, and he even admits this. It's not like he is an innocent victim, yes Fiona is awful but he is the one making millions off of his trauma.

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10 hours ago, AbeHicks said:

The issue is that the situation is a lot more nuanced that. Gadd has encouraged her attentions multiple times, and he even admits this. It's not like he is an innocent victim, yes Fiona is awful but he is the one making millions off of his trauma.

And now she's trying to make millions off the trauma she caused him that he's now causing her.