The current sexual abuse allegations by a number of ladies in opposition to Sandman writer Neil Gaiman will lastly be addressed in a court docket of regulation, as one of many alleged victims, Scarlett Pavlovich, has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Gaiman and his ex-wife, Amanda Palmer. The allegations first got here to mild in July 2024 when an exposé was completed by Tortoise Media, and since then, many different ladies have come ahead to say in addition they suffered by the hands of the prolific creator.
The lawsuit was filed on Feb. 3 in the USA District Court docket for the Western District of Wisconsin the place Gaiman resides, and accuses him of a decades-long historical past of sexual misconduct which Palmer knew about. Pavlovich alleges that Palmer befriended her throughout a tumultuous time in her life when she struggled to take care of housing, was financially insecure, and had a number of psychological well being points. Finally, she was launched to Gaiman and employed because the couple’s nanny whereas the three had been residing in New Zealand.
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The swimsuit goes on to element the horrendous acts of sexual and psychological abuse Pavlovich allegedly suffered which we cannot go into element about right here, as you may clearly learn the whole lot for your self within the lawsuit linked above. It additionally accuses each Gaiman and Palmer of human trafficking, stating that “Gaiman’s conduct was meant to coerce sexual providers and free childcare from Scarlett by inflicting her to consider that if she didn’t carry out such labor and providers, she would undergo critical hurt or bodily restraint.”
Pavlovich and her attorneys are hoping the lawsuit will make its approach in entrance of a trial jury, the place she is looking for restitution “which within reason believed to be in extra of $1 million {dollars}” for “damages to bodily well-being, emotional and psychological damages, previous and future financial losses, previous and future bodily impairment damages together with however not restricted to PTSD, nervousness, and melancholy that are bodily impairments of the mind, lack of profession alternatives, along with punitive damages, plus prejudgment curiosity, attorneys’ charges, bills, prices and disbursements.”
Neil Gaiman Denies Any Wrongdoing
Whereas Gaiman has but to reply to the lawsuit filed on Feb. 3, he did take to his web site on Jan. 14 to deal with the allegations, claiming on his weblog that “I’ve by no means engaged in non-consensual sexual exercise with anybody. Ever.”
“I went again to learn the messages I exchanged with the ladies round and following the events which have subsequently been reported as being abusive. These messages learn now as they did after I acquired them – of two individuals having fun with fully consensual sexual relationships and desirous to see each other once more. On the time I used to be in these relationships, they appeared constructive and pleased on each side.”
That being mentioned, Gaiman admitted that he was “emotionally unavailable whereas being sexually out there” and that he was “clearly careless with individuals’s hearts and emotions.” He acknowledged that most of the tales circulating on social media both “by no means occurred,” or “have been so distorted from what really occurred that they bear no relationship to actuality.”
For her half, Palmer – who started the divorce course of with Gaiman in 2022 – has but to supply a private touch upon the abuse allegations, merely stating on her Instagram account that, “As there are ongoing custody and divorce proceedings, I’m not capable of provide public remark. Please perceive that I’m at the beginning a mother or father. I ask for privateness presently.”
The Sandman
- Launch Date
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August 5, 2022
- Showrunner
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Allan Heinberg