Former nanny for Neil Gaiman sues British author and wife, alleging repeated sexual assault
A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits for bestseller British writer Neil Gaiman His wife, Amanda Palmer, accused Gaiman of Gaiman repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she served as the couple’s nanny and nanny.
Scarlett Pavlovich (SCARLETT Pavlovich) filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court in Wisconsin, where Gaiman lived, and Massachusetts and Palmer in Palmer.
Pavlovich claimed in the lawsuit that she was homeless and lived on the beach while meeting Palmer in Auckland, New Zealand in 2020. At the time, Pavlovich was 22 years old.
According to the lawsuit, Palmer invited Pavlovich to the couple’s home of Waiheke Island. Pavlovich began to run legs, take care of their sons, and help trivial affairs, but the lawsuit stated that she “usually does not pay for these tasks.” Between 40 and $ 59.
According to the lawsuit, Palmer asked Pavlovich in February 2022 to sexually assaulted her on the night when she met, and Gaiman had sexually assaulted her.
Pavlovich said that the attack continued, but she had always worked for the couple because she was broken and homeless, and Gamman told her that he would help her write career.
According to the lawsuit, when she told Palmer about the attack, Palmer told her that more than a dozen women in the past told her that Gaman had sexually abused them. The lawsuit stated that in some cases, Gimman agreed to provide compensation for hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide compensation to the women he had injured over the years.
The lawsuit said that Pavlovic told Parmer that the attack stopped. She left her family and was homeless again, although the document said that Gaman finally took care of her work for the couple’s child’s work and helped her pay a few months of rent.
Palmer knew Gaiman’s sexual desire and introduced him to Pavlovich, knowing that he would beat her. Pavlovich accused Gaiman and Palmer violated the federal population bans and sought compensation at least $ 7 million.
Pavlovich publicly confirmed himself in an interview with the New York magazine earlier this year. The magazine introduced the allegations of eight women’s attacks, abuse and stress.
After the New York Magazine article was published, Gaiman Issue a statement In January, he denied that he had been engaged in non -voluntary behavior. The charges of four women were broadcast in July in July of the turtle media.
Gaiman posted on the social media platform Tumblr: “I am far from a perfect person, but I have never carried out non -consistent sexual activities with anyone.”
Representatives of Gaiman and Palmer did not immediately respond to the request for comment on Monday, and the online court recorded that they did not list their lawyers in the lawsuit. The lawyers of Pavlovich pointed out in the document that the author of the best -selling books of Gaiman (Coraraline “and” Sandman “is the residents of Menomonie, Wisconsin. But they are not sure if Palmer lives in Massachuset New York.
Pavlovich told the New York magazine that she submitted a police report in January 2023 to accuse Gaiman sexually assault. Police have not confirmed whether Gaiman is under investigation.
Over the years, Gaiman has worked with many publishers. The two of them, Harpercollins and WW Norton said they did not plan to release his books in the future. So far, others, including Bloomsbury, have rejected the comment.
Dark Horse Comics announced in January that it will no longer release its illustration series based on Gaiman’s novel “Anansi Boys”. The seventh edition of the eighth edition was released that month.
Disney suspended the plan of Gaiman’s “Cemetery Book”, and Netflix still plans to release the second season based on “Sandman”.
