A federal lawsuit filed Monday in Wisconsin accuses acclaimed author Neil Gaiman of decades of sexual misconduct, including repeatedly raping a woman hired as a nanny for his young son. The complaint also alleges that his estranged wife, musician Amanda Palmer, was aware of the abuse but failed to intervene.
Allegations of Abuse and Coercion
According to the lawsuit, multiple women have accused Gaiman of sexual assault in recent months, including Scarlett Pavlovich, a New Zealand native who claims the author raped her multiple times after offering her a live-in nanny position. The suit states that Palmer, who separated from Gaiman in 2020, knew about the abuse but remained silent.
Pavlovich, 22 at the time, was financially struggling and a survivor of past sexual assault when she met Palmer in Auckland in 2020. By February 2022, despite their separation, Gaiman and Palmer lived in close proximity on Waiheke Island, where Palmer asked Pavlovich to babysit their child at both residences.