George Galloway claims he was stalked by Baby Reindeer’s ‘real-life’ Martha

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy George Galloway has claimed that during the 1980s he was stalked by Fiona Harvey, the woman who says she inspired the character of Martha in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. Harvey, 58, has denied stalking Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd and is suing Netflix for millions of pounds in damages over its alleged depiction of her in the hit show, which is presented as a “true story.” She accuses the streaming giant of ruining her reputation with their depiction of Martha, arguing in the legal documents that she never stalked or sexually assaulted Gadd, and was not handed a criminal conviction for stalking. That’s what she did to me.” George Galloway and Fiona Harvey Galloway went on to say that Harvey was “forever on my case,” calling her an “obsessive woman.” “Everywhere I turned she was there,” Galloway added. I am ready to testify.” Asked how much she stalked him, Galloway answered: “Everywhere I turned, she was there… she called me hundreds of times and she showed up probably hundreds of times.” Harvey’s lawyer Richard Roth told The Independent: “The statements of George Galloway, a former member of parliament with his own agenda, which vaguely and generally claim that Ms Harvey stalked him ‘hundreds of times’ forty years ago, has nothing whatsoever to do with what Netflix did to Ms Harvey in 2024.” Baby Reindeer is a seven-part Netflix series, written by and starring stand-up comedian Gadd, in which his character is relentlessly harassed and stalked by a woman named Martha Scott, whom he meets while working at a pub in Camden.