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'Baby Reindeer' actor Richard Gadd shared 'sexually explicit, violent, and derogatory' emails he says Fiona Harvey sent him. Here are 6 key takeaways from the court filing.

<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Richard Gadd at the Gotham TV Awards in New York City. He has shared messages in a court filing that he claimed Fiona Harvey sent him.John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>"Baby Reindeer" actor and creator Richard Gadd shared emails he claimed Fiona Harvey sent him.</li><li>In a court filing, Gadd described the messages as "sexually explicit, violent, and derogatory."</li></ul><p>"<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-timeline-fiona-harvey-richard-gadd-piers-morgan-martha-2024-5">Baby Reindeer</a>" creator and actor Richard Gadd has shared in a court filing a selection of the abusive, explicit emails and voicemails that he claims Fiona Harvey, the woman said to have inspired his popular Netflix show, sent him over a three-year period.</p><p>Released in April, the fictionalized account of what Gadd said were his experiences of being stalked by a woman to whom he showed kindness at the pub where he worked, quickly became one of the most talked about shows of 2024. It placed on<a target="_blank" href="https://netflix.com/tudum/top10/united-kingdom/tv?week=2024-06-02"> Netflix's most-watched list</a> throughout April, May, and June.</p><p>Gadd said he made efforts to hide the identity of his alleged stalker, named Martha Scott in the show. But armchair detectives used social media to hunt for <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-real-stalker-martha-scott-true-crime-psychologist-2024-5">the "real Martha</a>," leading Harvey to come forward after being abused online.</p><p>Following a lengthy interview about Gadd and the show with Piers Morgan in May,<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fiona-harvey-stalker-martha-scott-baby-reindeer-sued-netflix-millions-2024-6"> Harvey filed a $170 million lawsuit</a> against Netflix. She claimed the streamer defamed her. She said she was falsely depicted in the series and that it did not disguise her identity well enough, which she said led to her being harassed.</p><p>Harvey denied stalking Gadd in her interview with Morgan and in the defamation lawsuit.</p><p>On Sunday, Gadd filed a declaration of support for Netflix at the Central District Court for California, using what he claimed were multiple examples of the emails, voicemails, and letters she sent him between 2014 and 2017 as evidence of her stalking him.</p><p>Fiona Harvey's representatives did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.</p><p>Here are the six main takeaways from the court filing.</p>
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