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Neil Gaiman — the best-selling creator whose work contains comedian ebook collection The Sandman, and the novels Good Omens and American Gods — has denied sexual assault allegations made towards him by two girls with whom he had relationships with on the time, Tortoise Media experiences.
The allegations have been made throughout Tortoise’s four-part podcast Grasp: the Allegations In opposition to Neil Gaiman, which was launched Wednesday. In it, the ladies allege “tough and degrading intercourse” with the creator, which the ladies declare was not all the time consensual.
One of many girls, 23-year-old Scarlett, labored as a nanny to his little one. She claimed Gaiman assaulted her in February 2022, simply hours after they’d first met, whereas in a shower at his New Zealand residence. Gaiman advised the outlet that he and Scarlett “cuddled” and “made out” within the bathtub and that it was consensual; he added that within the three-week sexual relationship they have been in, they solely engaged in digital penetration.
Scarlett claims that whereas they have been in a consensual relationship, Gaiman additionally sexually assaulted her with non-consensual “tough and degrading penetrative sexual acts” per the outlet’s description in its investigation. In a single incident, the ache “was so painful and so violent” that she misplaced consciousness. “The ache was celestial,” she stated. When she requested him to cease, “he laughed and stated I wanted to be punished and used his belt on me,” she stated on the podcast, through The Telegraph. Gaiman denied the allegation to Tortoise.
The second girl, who goes by the identify Ok, was age 18 when she first met him in 2003 at a ebook signing occasion in Florida. She claims they started a romantic relationship when she was 20 and he was in his mid-forties. Whereas they have been in a relationship, she alleges she was subjected to tough and painful intercourse “she neither wished or loved.” At one level, she alleged that he penetrated her regardless of her objecting as a result of she was within the midst of a urinary tract an infection; the incident left her “screaming” in ache. Gaiman denied Ok’s allegations and advised Tortoise he was “disturbed” by the accusations.
Reps for Gaiman didn’t instantly return Rolling Stone’s requests for remark.
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In response to Tortoise’s investigation, Ok didn’t file a police report. Scarlett filed a grievance to New Zealand police in October 2022.
Gaiman advised Tortoise that the police didn’t pursue his supply to help the investigation concerning the grievance, citing that this confirmed the dearth of substance of the grievance. However New Zealand police advised the outlet it made a “variety of makes an attempt to talk to key folks as a part of this investigation and people efforts stay ongoing,” including that there are “quite a lot of components to think about with this case, together with location of all events.”