Fiona Harvey has claimed that she was set up through her interviews with Piers Morgan. The female comedian, who was linked to the stalker character in Richard Gadd’s TV drama series ‘Baby Reindeer’, revealed in her interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored that she did not harass Gadd, nor attack his girlfriend, destroy the bar he worked at or contact his parents. She also denied sending Gadd 41,000 emails, 100 handwritten letters and 350 hours of voicemail messages. In response, Harvey suggested that she sent less than ten emails and a handful of tweets to him, stating that “That’s simply not true. If somebody was sending somebody 41,000 emails or something, they’d be doing how many a day? Lots.”
Harvey described the series as “a work of fiction, a work of hyperbole” and is planning to take legal action against Netflix and Gadd. Along with that, the second comedian, Janey Godley, unveiled a list of tweets that she received from Harvey between 2016 and 2018. The tweets contain references to the Labour Party and Donald Trump, whom Godley has publicly criticised and even sported a “Trump Is a Cunt” slogan at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. One of the tweets included in the video grab reads: “i wouldn’t believe a worfd that cvame out of Richard gadd or janey godleys mouth pals with bitter expertiencves of both both nuts.”
Harvey has claimed that she felt “set up” by Morgan in the interview and is demanding a bigger fee for her appearance. Meanwhile, Morgan has said that he believes that she lied “quite a lot” during the interview and has distorted the truth.
All these controversies are arising from the portrayal of harassment online and its impact on the victim. By upholdening the individual rights of citizens and protecting them from cyberstalking, international entities must also work to enforce laws that can bring cyberstalking perpetrators to justice. The government should be imposing a legal standpoint for online harassment and inclusive measures, such as training courses, to help people understand that their online actions can have consequences.
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