Women’s lawsuits say that the author science fiction Neil Gaiman has been sexually attacked her many times

Madison, Wis. (AP)-A woman from New Zealand filed three civil lawsuits against the best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, accusing Gaiman of repeated sexual attack on her when she worked as a guardian of a couple and a nanny.

Scarlett Pavlovich filed lawsuits on Monday at the Federal Court in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York.

The Associated Press does not identify people who claim that they have been sexually attacked, unless they identify in public. Pavlovich identified herself in an interview with New York Magazine, who published an article in January describing the accusations of assault, abuse and coercion balanced by eight women.

Pavlovich claims in trials that she was homeless and lived on the beach when she met Gaiman’s wife, Amanda Palmer in Auckland, New Zealand in 2020. Pavlovich was 22 years old.

According to the processes, Palmer invited Pavlovich to the house of a couple on Waiheke island. Pavlovich began to settle the matter for a couple, looking after his son and helping his home duties, ultimately becoming a nanny couple.

Gaiman first attacked her at night, which they met in February 2022, according to lawsuits. The assaults were ongoing, but she worked for a couple because she was rinsed, and homeless and Gaiman told her that she would help her career in writing, in accordance with the lawsuits.

When she told Palmer about the assault, Palmer told her that in the past over a dozen women told her that Gaiman was sexually abusing them, according to lawsuits.

He said that the assaults did not stop until Pavlovich told Palmer that he was going to kill himself. She left her family and was homeless again, although the documents say that Gaiman finally paid her for the work of a couple’s child and helped to cover her rent for several months.

Palmer knew about Gaiman’s sexual desires and introduced Pavalovich to him, knowing that he would attack her, in accordance with the court trials. Pavlovich claims that Gaiman and Palmer violated federal trafficking bans and are looking for at least $ 7 million compensation.

After the publication of the article in New York, Magazine Gaiman issued a statement in January, denying that he had ever got involved in sex of non -commence. The allegations of four women were previously broadcast in July in Podcastie Media Tortoise.

“I’m far from an ideal person, but I have never got involved in non -konsensus sexual activity with anyone. Always – Gaiman published on the Tumblr social media platform.

Representatives of Gaiman and Palmer did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday, and online court documentation did not mention lawyers representing them in suits. Pavlovich lawyers stated in documents that Gaiman, the author of such bestsellers as the “Coraline” and “The Sandman” series, is a resident of Menomon in Wisconsin. But they are not sure if Palmer lives in Massachusetts or New York.

Pavlovich told New York Magazine that she had submitted a police report in January 2023, accusing Gaiman of sexual assault. The police did not confirm if Gaiman has ever been examined.

Gaiman has collaborated with many publishers for years. Two of them, Harpercollins and WW Norton, said they did not have plans to publish his books in the future. Others, including Bloomsbury, have refused to comment so far.

Dark Horse Comics announced in January that he would no longer publish an illustrated series based on Gaiman’s novel “Anansi Boys”. The seventh of eight editions was released at the beginning of this month.

Disney stopped the planned adaptation of “The Graveyard Book” by Gaiman, while Netflix is ​​to spend the second season based on “The Sandman”.