Scots woman accused of being Baby Reindeer stalker Martha claims 'I am the victim'
25.04.2024 - 21:33
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The Scot accused of being the real-life stalker portrayed in the hit Netflix show Baby Reindeer has claimed: "I'm the victim here."
The woman has been identified by online sleuths as the inspiration for stalker “Martha” in the hit show – with writer Richard Gadd saying he wrote the series after his experience of being harassed by her.
But the woman, who lives in London, claims she has now been hit with death threats and is the one now being stalked as a result of the hit show.
Fans of the series turned detective to identify the real-life Martha in comic Gadd's show, where an infatuated woman stalks him after he gives her a free cup of tea.
Speaking exclusively to the Record, the woman revealed her life has been turned upside down as a result of the Scots comedian’s "true story".
She said: "I'm the victim here, not Richard Gadd. I've had death threats as a result of his show despite the fact that a lot of the things he claimed are just not true.
"Someone online said, 'If I find you I will kill you'. A guy in North Carolina said that he and other people were going to stalk me
like I am supposed to have stalked Gadd.
"I got two hours' sleep last night. I thought, what if his supporters really do things like that?" The middle-aged woman says she will not be silenced despite Gadd's claim that he does not want people to find her because he is concerned for her mental health.
The real-life Martha, who the Record is not naming, is determined to put across her side of the story. The 58-year-old, who has a degree in law at Aberdeen University, said: "I have not watched Baby Reindeer but I have seen various things.
"I was in Richard Gadd’s company on occasions but I didn’t stalk him like he claims. His story is that this is a gross