Neil Gaiman, wife sued for rape and human trafficking by former nanny

A pistillate from New Zealand has filed 3 civilian lawsuits accusing best-selling British writer Neil Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her portion she was moving arsenic his family’s babysitter and nanny.

Scarlett Pavlovich filed the lawsuits — 1 against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, and 2 much against Palmer — successful national tribunal successful Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York connected Monday.

The Associated Press doesn’t place radical who accidental they person been sexually assaulted unless they publically place themselves. Pavlovich identified herself successful an interrogation with New York Magazine, which published an nonfiction successful January detailing allegations of assault, maltreatment and coercion levelled by 8 women.

Pavlovich alleges successful the lawsuits that she was stateless and surviving connected a formation erstwhile she met Palmer successful Auckland, New Zealand, successful 2020. Pavlovich was 22 years aged astatine the time.

According to the lawsuits, Palmer invited Pavlovich to the couple’s location connected Waiheke Island. Pavlovich began moving errands for the couple, babysitting their lad and helping with chores, yet becoming the couple’s nanny.

Gaiman archetypal sexually assaulted her the nighttime they met successful February 2022, according to the lawsuits. The assaults continued but she kept moving for the mates due to the fact that she was broke and stateless and Gaiman had told her helium would assistance her penning career, according to the lawsuits.

When she told Palmer astir the assaults, Palmer told her that much than a twelve women had told her successful the past that Gaiman had sexually abused them, according to the lawsuits.

The assaults didn’t halt until Pavlovich told Palmer she was going to termination herself, the lawsuits said. She near the household and became stateless again, though the documents accidental Gaiman yet paid her for her enactment caring for the couple’s kid and helped screen her rent for a fewer months.

Palmer knew of Gaiman’s intersexual desires and presented Pavalovich to him knowing helium would battle her, according the lawsuits. Pavlovich alleges Gaiman and Palmer violated national quality trafficking prohibitions and seeks astatine slightest $7 cardinal successful damages.

After the New York Magazine nonfiction was published, Gaiman released a statement in January denying helium had ever engaged successful non-consensual sex. The allegations of 4 of the women were antecedently broadcast successful July successful a Tortoise Media podcast.

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“I’m acold from a cleanable person, but I person ne'er engaged successful non-consensual intersexual enactment with anyone. Ever,” Gaiman posted connected the societal media level Tumblr.

Representatives for Gaiman and Palmer did not instantly respond to requests for remark Monday and online tribunal records did not database lawyers representing them successful the suits. Pavlovich’s lawyers stated successful the filings that Gaiman, writer of specified bestsellers arsenic Coraline and The Sandman series, is simply a nonmigratory of Menomonie, Wisconsin. But they’re unsure if Palmer resides successful Massachusetts oregon New York.

Pavlovich told New York Magazine that she filed a constabulary study successful January 2023 accusing Gaiman of intersexual assault. Police person not confirmed whether Gaiman was ever nether investigation.

Gaiman has worked with galore publishers implicit the years. Two of them, HarperCollins and W.W. Norton, person said they person nary plans to merchandise his books successful the future. Others, including Bloomsbury, person truthful acold declined comment.

Dark Horse Comics announced successful January that it would no longer merchandise its illustrated bid based connected Gaiman’s novel, Anansi Boys. The seventh of 8 editions was released earlier that month.

Disney has paused a planned adaptation of Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, portion Netflix is inactive scheduled to merchandise a 2nd play based connected The Sandman.

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