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‘Sandman’ Author Accused of Sexual Abuse

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'Sandman' Author Accused of Sexual Abuse

Multiple women have accused ‘The Sandman’ and ‘Coraline’ author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault in a New York Magazine cover story, where they talk about their experiences on record.

Back in July, Tortoise Media broke the news that Gaiman had been accused of sexual assault by two women and released a six-part podcast, “Master,” which addressed the allegations from five women. However, several women had used only their first names or pseudonyms to protect their identities, and a major news organization had yet to confirm the full extent of the reporting — until now.

In the New York Magazine piece, titled “There Is No Safe Word,” reporter Lila Shapiro spoke with eight women who had similar experiences with Gaiman, four of whom also participated in Tortoise’s podcast. One of these women, Scarlett Pavlovich, was 22 when she first met Gaiman’s ex-wife, Amanda Palmer, in New Zealand. They struck up a friendship before Palmer asked Pavlovich to help babysit her and Gaiman’s 5-year-old child. Pavlovich said that the first time she met Gaiman, while she was waiting for the child to finish playing, he offered her a bath in a claw-foot tub in his yard. She claims he then sat naked with her in the bath, asked her to sit on his lap and sexually assaulted her.

“He stuck his fingers right up my ass and tried to put his penis in my ass. And I said, ‘No, no.’ Then he tried to rub his penis between my breasts, and I said ‘no’ too. Then he asked if he could cum on my face, and I said ‘no,’ but he did it anyway,” Pavlovich told New York Mag. “He said, ‘Call me ‘master’ and I will come.” He said, ‘Be a good girl. You’re a good girl. ”

Pavlovich claims this continued for the rest of the time she was babysitting the family, including an instance where he allegedly tried to have anal sex with her using butter as lubricant.

“When it was over, he called her ‘slave’ and ordered her to ‘clean him up,’” the article reports. “She protested that it was not hygienic. “He said, ‘Are you defying your master?’” she recalls. “I had to lick my own shit.”

Gaiman representatives told the Tortoise podcast that “sexual degradation, bondage, domination, sadism and masochism may not be to everyone’s taste, but between consenting adults, BDSM is legal.” Although the New York Magazine article states that all of the accusers at some point played along by calling him “master” as he pleased and continued to communicate with him, the women claim that consent and specific BDSM activities were not discussed and agreed upon. before they happen.

At another point, Gaiman was staying at an Auckland hotel with his son and asked Pavlovich to watch the child while he got a massage. She claims he then had sex with her while his son was in the room, and continued to talk to him during the act. Pavlovich says she asked Gaiman, “What the hell are you doing?” and was in a “state of shock” during the incident.

Gaiman has strongly denied all allegations against him since the Tortoise podcast came out, claiming all relationships were consensual. In a statement responding to Pavlovich’s claim about the hotel room incident, his representatives called it “false, not to mention regrettable.” Gaiman’s representatives did not immediately respond Variety‘s request for further comment on the New York Magazine piece.

However, Pavlovich remained in contact with Gaiman afterward, even reassuring him at one point that their interactions had been consensual. Ultimately, she agreed to sign a non-disclosure agreement and was paid a total of $9,200 in nine separate payments, according to NY Mag. In January 2023, she filed a police report accusing him of sexual assault, but the “case is now closed,” a police spokesperson told NY Mag.

Caroline, who chose to be identified only by her first name, also signed a non-disclosure agreement following her experience with Gaiman. She worked as a caregiver and sometimes babysitter at Gaiman’s compound in Woodstock, NY, and the two began a physical relationship after her husband left her in December 2017.

According to NY Mag, Caroline once fell asleep while reading stories to the child in Gaiman’s bed. When he returned, “he got into bed with his son in the middle, reached over the child to take Caroline’s hand and place it on his penis,” the NY Mag story reads. Caroline says she jumped out of bed. “He knew no boundaries,” Caroline told NY Mag. “I remember thinking there was something really wrong with him.”

In December 2021, Caroline claims that Gaiman’s business manager offered her $5,000 to sign a non-disclosure agreement and leave the property. She asked for a much higher amount – $300,000 – to which Gaiman agreed. His representatives told NY Mag that “Caroline initiated the sexual encounters” and denied “that he engaged in any sexual activity with her in the presence of his son.”

Another accuser is Kendra Stout, who was 18 years old when she first met Gaiman at a book signing in Florida. Their relationship became physical about three years later, and in 2007 she claims he raped her during a trip to rural Cornwall after she repeatedly told him ‘no’ due to a severe urinary tract infection. According to NY Mag, Stout filed a police report in October.

Katherine Kendall, who was 22 when she first met Gaiman in 2012, also spoke out, claiming Gaiman tried to assault her on his tour bus after she told him she didn’t want to have sex with him. New York Magazine reports that years later he gave her $60,000 for therapy to – as he put it in a recorded phone conversation – “make up for the damage.”

As the NY Mag article notes, since Tortoise’s bomb report in July, several of Gaiman’s film and TV projects have been affected. Season 3 of Prime Video’s “Good Omens” now ends with one 90-minute episode, with Gaiman not part of the production. Disney has halted production on the film adaptation of “The Graveyard Book” and Netflix has canceled “Dead Boy Detectives,” although it is unclear whether this was related to the allegations. However, season 2 of “The Sandman” is still expected to arrive on Netflix this year, alongside the adaptation of Prime Video’s series “Anansi Boys” (Netflix and Prime Video did not immediately respond Variety‘s request for comment on the status of these shows).

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