{"id":46427,"date":"2024-02-22T15:56:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1996770"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:47:39","slug":"can-i-tell-you-a-secret-victims-thank-netflix-for-giving-them-a-voice","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-victims-thank-netflix-for-giving-them-a-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Tell You a Secret? victims thank Netflix for \u2018giving them a voice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abby and Lia both feature in the documentary series. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 22 February 2024 at 14:56 PM<\/p>

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The participants of Can I Tell You a Secret?<\/a> have thanked Netflix<\/a> for sharing their stories of being cyber stalked in the streamer\u2019s new documentary.<\/p>\n

The two-parter explores the crimes of Matthew Hardy<\/a> and the impact of his actions on victims spanning across decades. Two of those who feature in the docuseries are Abby and Lia, who have detailed what it was like opening up about their ordeal for Can I Tell You a Secret?.<\/p>\n

In the documentary, both Abby and Lia discuss the extent to which they were stalked by Hardy and, eventually, how the police were able to arrest him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I have a bit of disassociation to the whole thing and I actually blocked the whole thing out of my brain,\u201d Abby said of her experience filming the documentary in a Q&A.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realise until we had to do the day story, where you sit there and you have to talk through the whole thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I knew what had happened, and there was evidence, and I was seeing everything in front of me, and I knew the story because I lived it. I forgot bits happened and just kind of blanked it out.\u201d<\/p>

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As shown in the documentary, Hardy began stalking Abby via social media, which saw him pretend to be two women. He later told Abby\u2019s then-boyfriend she had cheated on him, which led to them splitting up.<\/p>\n

Abby continued: \u201cThat was a really hard day for me, like reliving it and speaking about it, because you get all the same feelings when you speak about it and the stories and the feelings come in your head.\u201d<\/p>\n