Netflix show Baby Reindeer ruled ‘libellous’ allowing Fiona Harvey to press ahead with £132m case

TELLY’S Baby Reindeer has been ruled potentially libellous — allowing the “real life Martha” to press ahead with a £132million case against Netflix.

Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey said the hit show, watched by 50million viewers worldwide, had defamed her.

Billed as a “true story”, it told of a stalker targeting an aspiring comedian working in a pub.

Ms Harvey, 58, said she was identifiable and subject to “brutal lies”.

She has never been convicted of stalking the show’s creator Richard Gadd, 35.

In July, Netflix filed a motion to throw out the case, but a Californian court has now ruled against it.

Judge Gary Klausner said: “There is a major difference between stalking and being convicted of stalking and likewise between inappropriate touching and sexual assault.”

Sun writer and broadcaster Piers Morgan just tweeted: “Wow.”

The seven-parter, first aired in April, won six Emmy awards.