The alleged inspiration behind ‘Baby Reindeer’ is suing Netflix for defamation despite the streamer claiming the series is fictional

A Scottish woman accused of stalking “Baby Reindeer” creator and star Richard Gadd can proceed with her defamation lawsuit against Netflix, after a federal judge in California refused to dismiss all of the claims.

The lawsuit filed by Fiona Harvey, the Scottish woman who says she is the inspiration for Martha from Netflix's "Baby Reindeer," will go forward, after a California judge ruled that the show falsely claimed to be a "true story.

The show was wrongly promoted as a true story and made the actions of Fiona Harris, portrayed in the series as Martha, worse than they were in real life, the California judge said.