THE real-life inspiration for Baby Reindeer’s stalker character ‘Martha’ has hit out after her access to her social media accounts have been “restricted.”
Fiona Harvey– who Jessica Gunning’s Martha character is based on – has flooded social media with a sea of scathing posts since the show appeared on Netflix last week.
But last night, Harvey posting to Facebook she had had “both accounts” restricted, adding “We all know who doesn’t want me to have a voice and speak the truth.”
The social media giant also prevented people from commenting on her posts.
The Scots law graduate, 58, had been using social media to respond to claims made in the gritty ‘real-life’ ordeal suffered by writer Richard Gadd, 35, who changed his name in the show.
The then-struggling comic, who goes by the name of Donny in Baby Reindeer, hands fictional character Martha a cup of tea before she becomes sinisterly obsessed with him.
The series claims she bombarded Gadd’s barman character with more than 41,000 emails, hundreds of tweets and hours of voicemails over an alleged four year campaign of terror.
Gadd claimed he went to great lengths to conceal the identity of the woman who stalked him in real life and has begged fans not to search for her.
Online sleuths later tracked down Harvey, a Scots woman that moved to London, and linked her similarities to Martha, played by Gunning, 38, by similarities in her social media usage.
Fiona, from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire and says she met Gadd years ago when he was a bartender at The Hawley Arms in London‘s Camden.
She recently sat down for an interview with Piers Morgan on his Uncensored show.
Ms Harvey even branded Mr Gadd, 38, as a “complete psychopath” and accused him of defaming her with the Netflix show.
We previously told how Ms Harvey plans to sue the streaming giant and Richard Gadd over Baby Reindeer – which began as a Fringe show.
And how a podcaster announced a show with Baby Reindeer’s ‘real life Martha’, Fiona Harvey.
James English, from Glasgow, will speak with Ms Harvey, 58, to discuss the hit Netflix drama on his Anything Goes podcast.
But not everyone was in support of the latest interview, with some saying Ms Harvey should not be getting any attention.
Others pointed out that a man accused of stalking would not be given the same platform.
Even a night club claimed it will host an exclusive appearance by Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha.
Kasbah claims Fiona Harvey will be there on Saturday to “sign autographs, take selfies and maybe take some lucky reindeer home to hang her curtains”.