A Scottish woman who remains unnamed spoke to The Daily Record about people “identifying” her as the real Martha, claiming it’s causing the same kind of pain depicted in the show. “I’m the victim here, not Richard Gadd,” she told the outlet. “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.” She went on to say that she’s barely sleeping due to the stress brought on by people harassing her, and that she’s received death threats from American fans of the show, which dropped on Netflix on April 11. She clarified that she has not watched the show but knows about it as well as Gadd’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival show “Monkey See, Monkey Do,” which details his sexual abuse. “I was in Richard Gadd’s company on occasions but I didn’t stalk him like he claims,” the anonymous woman said. “His story is that this is a gross intrusion into my privacy. I haven’t seen him for 12 years.”
Then, there’s Sean Foley, a director, writer, and actor who filed a police report over harmful accusations that he’s the real version of Darrien O’Connor (Tom Goodman-Hill), the fictional Donny Dunn’s abuser (via the Daily Mail). In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Foley wrote, “Police have been informed and are investigating all defamatory abusive and threatening posts against me.”