Netflix Reveals Trailer For ‘Hunting Gary Glitter’ Crime Docuseries — SkimNews
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- Netflix released the first trailer for "Hunting Gary Glitter," a three-part investigative docuseries premiering Oct. 14 and directed by Sebastian Smith, whose previous credits include "Locked Up Abroad" and "The Devil on Trial."
- The docuseries follows the investigative reporters and police who were instrumental in exposing Gadd's crimes, including how he used his popularity and fanbase to pursue and abuse multiple girls.
- Gadd was convicted in 1999 on child pornography charges, jailed in Vietnam in 2006 for sexually abusing two girls, and convicted again in 2015 for abusing three additional young girls.
- Gadd is currently serving a 16-year sentence for sexual abuse of minors and was recently charged with one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14, per the BBC, with victims coming forward as late as 2025 for alleged attacks between 1978 and 1981.
- Gadd was briefly released on probation in 2023 before being reincarcerated; police did not publicly state how he violated his release terms.
- The trailer features an archival interview clip in which Gadd tells an interviewer, "I've still got a few secrets," and details how he hopped from Vietnam to Cuba to Cambodia to evade prosecution.
Why it matters: Victims of Gadd's alleged abuse are still coming forward nearly five decades after the attacks — as late as 2025 for crimes from 1978–1981 — showing the investigation into the disgraced rocker is far from closed even as he serves a 16-year sentence. The Oct. 14 docuseries lands amid active charges, putting Netflix at the center of a story that is still developing in court.
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