A Scottish woman has been identified as Martha Scott from the Baby Reindeer series on Netflix but without her real name being specified. The real-life stalker said: “I am the victim here, the success of this series has been a serious intrusion into my privacy. I never persecuted him as you claim. I haven’t seen him for 12 years.”
A Scottish woman has been identified as the Martha Scott from the Baby Reindeer series on Netflix but without it being specified his real name. The real-life stalker said: “I’m the victim here“. The woman was identified by online sleuths as the inspiration of the writer Richard Gadd, who created and wrote the series after being harassed by her for months. But the woman, who lives in London, claims to had been threatened with death and to be the one who is persecuted due to the success of Baby Reindeer.
“I have received death threats”, the outburst of the real Martha Scott
Fans of the series became real detectives to identify the real-life Martha Scott and they succeeded. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Record, the woman revealed that her life has been turned upside down: “I’m the victim here, not Richard Gadd. I have received death threats because of the show of him despite the fact that many of the things he said are not true“. Then he added: “Someone online said: ‘If I find you I’ll kill you’. A guy in North Carolina said that he and other people would persecute me like I did with Gadd“.
The real Martha speaks: “Never persecuted, I haven’t seen him for 12 years”
“I slept two hours last night. I thought, what if his supporters actually did things like that?“, continued the middle-aged Scottish woman who Gadd never wanted found because he was worried about her mental health. But the real-life Martha, whose name Record never specifies, is determined to express her version of the facts The 58-year-old, a law graduate from the University of Aberdeen, said: “I haven’t watched Baby Reindeer but I’ve seen various things. I have been in the company of Richard Gadd on a few occasions, but I didn’t persecute him as he claims. Her story is a serious intrusion into my privacy. I haven’t seen him for 12 years“.
Who is the real Martha from the Baby Reindeer series on Netflix and why did Richard Gadd protect her identity
“I don’t look like the actress Jessica Gunning”, the comparison with the series
“I read that he wrote that show four or five years ago and I thought, ‘Oh my God.’ This weekend I googled and stories about Richard Gadd and Baby Reindeer were everywhere“, he continued, “I knew that four or five years ago he called the character Martha and I saw the photo of the actress. I don’t think I look like that actress who plays Martha (Jessica Gunning, ed.). Like when the dispute between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard happened, I feel persecuted like Johnny Depp. I’m the Johnny Depp who gets attacked by crazy people on the Internet“.
“I think it’s the number one series on Netflix. I didn’t find anything that funny. Obviously, I don’t want people to know where I live, but I don’t want to be silenced. I want to put an end to this.” he ruled.
What kind of relationship did Martha Scott and Richard Gadd have?
“I don’t want anything to do with him. It’s a nightmare. I just want to move on with my life“, he then added: “The scene where I’m in a bar with him, which was shown to me, didn’t happen“. In the end, the detail of his relationships with Richard Gadd, according to his version of events: “I was in a bar with him two or three times at most and with other people around. It wasn’t about going out with Gadd to eat or picnic. There were always other people around and we never slept together“. Here are the photos of the one who was identified by the Daily Record as the real Martha Scott of Baby Reindeer.
