The Netflix show, based on Richard Gadd's one-man play, follows a fictionalised version of the author who meets a delusional, violent and abusive woman in the pub where he works.The seven-episode series premiered on Netflix in April and quickly became a huge hit. / Photo: Ed Miller/Netflix
"The above quote... is the biggest lie in television history," the lawsuit, filed in California on Thursday, says. What unspools over the following episodes is a deeply disturbing years-long ordeal for Gadd in which Martha sends thousands of emails, texts and voice messages as she harasses him, his girlfriend and his family.
After being outed, Harvey appeared on British television, denying that she had bombarded Gadd with messages, or that she had attacked him or his girlfriend.