As the Netflix show sparks a national debate, Laura Barton shares her own stalking terror.
in which Donny walks into a police station to report that he thinks maybe, possibly, he is being stalked. He details the perpetrator’s behaviour – her pattern of showing up at his workplace, her mounting obsession, the onslaught of messages and threatening behaviour. ‘What took you so long to report it?’ the police officer asks.in the life of its star and writer, comedian Richard Gadd. Despite its rave reviews, it’s a series I initially hesitated to watch.
I had recently moved to the Kent coast – close, it turned out, to where Peter lived, and, after a while, he started to show up at events I had mentioned on social media. One time he travelled hundreds of miles to attend a festival where he knew I was performing and followed me about as if we were there together. He was always alone and always awkward and, while his presence made me feel strange, I also felt sorry for him; he seemed lonely and unaware that this was not a normal way to behave.
It was after he alerted me to a threatening blogpost he had written about me – and only after considerable encouragement from others – that I contacted the police. I worried they might think me silly or dramatic but, in fact, they were hugely supportive. He now knows that if he ever contacts me again he will be charged.
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