Good Omens Author Neil Gaiman Accused of Alleged Sexual Abuse By Multiple Women

Multiple women have come forward with accusations of sexual assault against writer Neil Gaiman. The famous fantasy writer is best known for properties like The sand man, Good signs and Coraline.On January 13 Sup report, multiple women have gone on the record about their alleged experiences with the famed novelist, 64, including Scarlett Pavlovich, who previously babysat for Gaiman and his ex-wife Amanda Palmer. Pavlovich said Sup writer Lila Shapiro that she and Palmer, whom Gaiman married in 2011, had been friends since Pavlovich was 22. Palmer asked Pavlovich to babysit her and Gaiman’s son at Gaiman’s home on Waiheke Island in New Zealand. The couple was separated at the time. Pavlovich claimed that she and Gaiman were alone in the house while they waited for his son to end his play date. Gaiman suggested that Pavlovich take a bath. Pavlovich claimed that while she was in the bathtub, Gaiman joined her naked.

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“I said ‘no,'” Pavlovich recounted. “I said, ‘I’m not sure about my body. He said: ‘It’s okay – it’s just me. Just relax. Just talk.’” Pavlovich claimed that Gaiman “put his fingers right into mine….” The author then allegedly “tried to rub his penis between my breasts” and ejaculated in her face. “He said, ‘Call me ‘master’ and I’ll come,'” Pavlovich said. “He said, ‘Be a good girl. You’re a good girl.’” Pavlovich claimed Gaiman continued to assault her throughout the time she was babysitting the family, including one instance when she had to endure anal sex using butter as a lubricant. Pavlovich also noted that Gaiman’s son began calling her “slave” and ordered her to call him “master.” Later, at the hotel, Gaiman allegedly had sex with Pavlovich while the child was still in the room. The author was first accused of sexual assault in July 2023, when a British podcast Master released six episodes focusing on sexual assault allegations against Gaiman by five different women.

Neil Gaiman in January 2024.

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Said the woman, identified as Caroline on the show Sup that she and her husband, Phillip, lived and worked as caregivers at Gaiman and Palmer’s home in Woodstock, N.Y. After Phillip moved out, Caroline and Gaiman began a physical relationship and occasionally had phone sex. Caroline recalled falling asleep reading to Gaiman’s son, then 4, in Gaiman and Palmer’s bed one night. When the author returned home, he allegedly entered the bed where his son was still in, reached over him and placed Caroline’s hand on Gaiman’s cock. “He had no boundaries,” Caroline recalled. “I remember thinking there was something really wrong with him.” It talked to several other women Sup for the cover story, including Katherine Kendall, who met Gaiman in 2012 when she was 22, and alleged that Gaiman tried to have sex with her on his tour bus (Gaiman subsequently gave Kendall $60,000 to begin therapy and “compensate damages”). Kendra Stout, who met Gaiman at a book signing when she was 18, claims the author raped her in 2007.

Neil Gaiman in August 2022.

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Caroline claimed that in December 2021, Gaiman’s business manager offered her $5,000 if she would sign an NDA and move out of Gaiman’s Woodstock estate. Pavlovich, who had been in contact with Gaiman for some time, eventually also signed an NDA and received $9,200 in separate payments. Pavlovich filed a police report against Gaiman in January 2023, but due to Gaiman and Palmer’s refusal to speak to authorities (Gaiman provided a written statement), the case was closed, Sup Gaiman has denied all allegations since 2023. The author, who is working on numerous TV adaptations of his books, has stepped down from production of Prime Video’s third season Good signs adaptation.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the crisis line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

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