'Real-life Martha' hits back at Netflix's Baby Reindeer and Richard Gadd

The woman accused of being the real-life Martha Scott - the stalker character depicted in Netflix's sensation Baby Reindeer - has said: "I'm the victim here."

She found herself in the limelight after Richard Gadd, writer of Baby Reindeer, used his experiences of being harassed as inspiration for the show. The London-based woman says she's had death threats because of the series and alleges the Netflix production 'is a gross intrusion into [her] privacy."

"I don't want people to know where I live, but I will not be silenced," she added.

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The events in the show happened 10 years ago when Gadd was making his name on the UK comedy circuit. Behind closed doors, Gadd was confronting a nightmarish reality.

An obsessive fan began to hound the comedian after he innocently offered her a free cup of tea while working (a gripping scene early on in the Netflix version). That triggered a relentless harassment campaign that he said 'at its peak was almost unbearable', reports Wales Online.

Gadd turned his trauma into a comedy show and later a hit Netflix series, which was released this month. He has called for viewers not to focus on working out the real-life inspirations for the show's characters, but given the size of Netflix's audience, many Baby Reindeer fans began searching and claim to have unmasked the real-life Martha.

Speaking to the Daily Record, the woman accused of being 'Martha' said her life has been flipped on its head and - ironically - has been stalked since Baby Reindeer became an overnight success and captured the nation's interest.

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," the Scottish woman said.

"Someone online said 'if I find you, I will kill you'. A guy in North Carolina said he and other people were going to stalk me like I am supposed to have stalked Gadd.

"I was in Richard Gadd's company on occasions, but I didn't stalk him like he claims. His story is a gross intrusion into my privacy. I haven't seen him for 12 years. I don't think I look like that woman actress playing Martha. It is the number one thing on Netflix, I believe.

"I didn't find any of it that funny. Obviously, I don't want people to know where I live but I will not be silenced." Both Richard Gadd and Netflix have been approached for comment by the Daily Record.