Writer Neil Gaiman and his estranged spouse Amanda Palmer have been sued in federal instances filed in New York, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts on Monday by their former nanny, who accused the creator of rape and sexual assault. The fits additionally accused Palmer of “procuring and presenting the Plaintiff to Gaiman for such abuse.”
The fits from plaintiff Scarlett Pavlovich, which have been obtained by Rolling Stone, comply with a bombshell report from New York Journal, the place she and 7 girls claimed Gaiman had sexually assaulted, abused, and have been compelled into non-consensual intercourse.
Within the Wisconsin submitting, it claimed Gaiman “repeatedly bodily and emotionally abused Scarlett, raping her vaginally and anally, humiliating her, forcing her into sexual conduct in entrance of Gaiman’s youngster, and forcing her to the touch and lick feces and urine.” He additionally allegedly ordered Pavlovich to name him “grasp” and he referred to her as a “slave.” It was so commonplace, in accordance with the swimsuit, that Gaiman’s youngster started to confer with her as a slave as effectively.
In what was described as the primary incident of alleged rape in February 2022, Gaiman allegedly penetrated Pavlovich anally together with his fingers after which tried to take action together with his penis. In one other incident, the swimsuit alleges Gaiman anally raped her “whereas smearing her with truffle oil,” regardless of her “screaming ‘I can’t’ and ‘no’ initially of the encounter.”
Gaiman’s estranged spouse, musician Amanda Palmer, is the one defendant named within the New York and Massachusetts fits. Pavlovich fits declare that Palmer was cognizant of Gaiman’s “sexual predilections and have to humiliate his feminine sexual companions — with or with out their consent.” Human trafficking, conspiracy to commit human trafficking, and negligence are among the many causes of motion within the fits towards Palmer. The Wisconsin swimsuit, which names each Palmer and Gaiman as defendants, contains the aforementioned causes of motion, together with claiming assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and negligent infliction of utmost emotional misery towards Gaiman.
Reps for Gaiman and Palmer didn’t instantly reply to Rolling Stone’s separate requests for remark, nor did attorneys for Pavlovich.
A number of Gaiman-related initiatives have been affected within the wake of the preliminary allegations. Disney+ paused plans to adapt Gaiman’s The Graveyard E-book into a movie, Prime Video pivoted away from a 3rd season of Gaiman’s Good Omens, as an alternative choosing a feature-length ultimate episode with out Gaiman’s participation, and The Sandman will finish after Season Two.
Final month, Darkish Horse Comics canceled a comic book e-book based mostly on Gaiman’s Anansi Boys, and a deliberate stage musical based mostly on Gaiman’s Coraline was additionally nixed.
In a assertion posted to his web site following the New York Journal article that options the accounts of eight of his accusers, Gaiman wrote, “I’ve by no means engaged in non-consensual sexual exercise with anybody. Ever.”
