Award-winning fantasy creator Neil Gaiman has been accused of sexual misconduct by eight girls, one among whom claims she labored as a nanny for his kids in 2022 when Gaiman allegedly initiated intercourse towards her will together with his 5-year-old son within the room.
The “Coraline” creator confronted comparable allegations in July when 5 girls recounted their experiences for a podcast collection titled “Master.” New York Journal reporter Lila Shapiro spoke to 4 of these girls, in addition to 4 others, for an article revealed Monday.
Shapiro famous that she combed by diary entries, textual content messages, emails and police correspondence to corroborate her exposé “There Is No Safe Word” — which suggests a sample of coercion and manipulation over a interval of a long time.
Scarlett Pavlovich claimed she was 22 years previous when she met Gaiman’s then-wife, singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer, in New Zealand in 2020. After inviting Pavlovich to numerous social occasions and befriending her, Palmer allegedly requested Pavloch to nanny her and Gaiman’s younger son.
Pavlovich says she met Gaiman at their Waiheke dwelling on Feb. 4, 2022, when he allegedly prompt she take a shower in his out of doors claw-foot tub whereas his son completed a playdate. Pavlovich says she did, and Gaiman joined her bare and requested her to sit down on his lap.
“He put his fingers straight into my ass and tried to put his penis in my ass,” Pavlovich instructed Shapiro. “And I said, ‘No, no.’ Then he tried to rub his penis between my breasts, and I said ‘no’ as well. Then he asked if he could come on my face, and I said ‘no’ but he did anyway. He said, ‘Call me “master,” and I’ll come.’ He mentioned, ‘Be a good girl. You’re an excellent little woman.’”
HuffPost has reached out to representatives for Gaiman for remark.
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Pavlovich claims the misconduct continued throughout her time there and solely worsened; Gaiman as soon as allegedly tried to have anal intercourse together with her utilizing butter as a lubricant after which known as her “slave” whereas ordering her to “clean him up,” noting, “I had to lick my own shit.”
Pavlovich says the abuse was so common that even Gaiman’s son started calling her “slave” and ordering her to name him “master.” She instructed New York Journal that, whereas babysitting the boy at a resort, Gaiman began having intercourse together with her — as his son was within the room.
“What the fuck are you doing?” Pavlovich recalled quietly mouthing, per New York Journal.
One lady who requested to be recognized solely as Caroline says she was babysitting Gaiman’s then-4-year-old son in Woodstock, New York, round 2017, when she fell asleep whereas studying to the boy and Gaiman received into mattress, grabbed her hand and positioned it on his penis.
Caroline claims his enterprise supervisor provided her $5,000 in December 2021 to signal a non-disclosure settlement however that Gaiman paid her $300,000 when she demanded as a lot. His representatives instructed New York Journal that “she had initiated the sexual encounters.”
Gaiman additionally denied partaking “in any sexual activity with her in the presence of his son.”
Kendra Stout was 18 years previous when she met Gaiman at a Florida e-book signing and allegedly had intercourse with him in his resort room afterward. She instructed New York Journal that, on a visit to the British countryside in 2007, he raped her after she repeatedly instructed him “no.”
Stout filed a police report towards Gaiman final October, the outlet confirmed.
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Katherine Kendall was 22 when she first met Gaiman in 2012 and instructed New York Journal he tried to sexually assault her in his tour bus regardless of her earlier objections. The outlet confirmed Gaiman paid her $60,000 for remedy to “make up for the damage” years later.
The opposite 4 girls beforehand recalled comparable experiences on the podcast, a few of which allegedly occurred within the Nineties, comparable to Gaiman demanding they name him “master” throughout intercourse.
Gaiman, whose acclaimed work earned him a cult following and was lucratively tailored into quite a few award-winning movies and tv exhibits, has denied all allegations towards him because the launch of the “Master” podcast.
In an announcement on the time, his representatives instructed Selection that “sexual degradation, bondage, domination, sadism and masochism may not be to everyone’s taste, but between consenting adults, BDSM is lawful.”
Pavlovich instructed New York Journal that, in January 2023, after signing an NDA and receiving a complete of $9,200 in 9 separate funds, she filed a police report in New Zealand. When the outlet contacted the police, authorities reportedly mentioned, “The matter has been closed.”
Palmer reportedly refused to talk with police on the time to corroborate Pavlovich’s claims. She is at the moment in her fifth 12 months of a custody and divorce battle with Gaiman.
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