Fiona Harvey – who has identified herself as the woman on whom Martha is based – argued in a lawsuit that Netflix told “brutal lies” about her to over 50 million viewers around the world.
The lawsuit, filed in a California court, seeks over $170m (£132m) in damages for Ms Harvey. She claims the Baby Reindeer series falsely depicted her as a convicted criminal who spent time in prison for stalking.
Netflix has vowed to “defend this matter vigorously”.
It said it would stand by the right of the show’s creator and star, Scottish comedian Richard Gadd, to “tell his story”.
Mr Gadd wrote the series about his alleged experience of being stalked by a woman he met at the pub where he worked. He has previously appealed to fans to refrain from trying to identify Martha, a character who he first described in a stand-up comedy routine.
He is not named as a defendant in Ms. Harvey’s lawsuit.
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