Acclaimed British writer Neil Gaiman has confronted new allegations of sexual misconduct and assault, months after he confronted comparable costs in opposition to him.
In a New York Journal article titled “There Is No Secure Phrase”, eight girls have shared allegations of assault, coercion, or abuse by Gaiman, together with the girl who labored as a nanny for him and his second spouse, Amanda Palmer.
The nanny described being sexually assaulted in February 2022 by Gaiman in New Zealand in a yard bathtub. She additionally alleged the 64-year-old assaulted her below the blankets on a resort room mattress whereas his son performed with an iPad in the identical room.
“He (Gaiman) stated, ‘Name me ‘grasp,’ and I will come.’ He stated, ‘Be a great woman. You are a good little woman.’,” the New York Journal quoted her as saying.
In response to the report, many of the girls Gaiman allegedly abused had been of their 20s, with the youngest at 18. The writer was in his 40s or older at the moment.
In July 2024, 5 girls made comparable accusations in opposition to the science fiction and fantasy writer, whose books Good Omens, American Gods and The Sandman have changed into TV collection.
The allegations had been made in a six-part podcast collection titled Grasp by Tortoise Media.
JK Rowling On Neil Gaiman Allegations
Harry Potter writer JK Rowling on Monday spoke on the allegations in opposition to Neil Gaiman and in contrast it to the sexual assault circumstances in opposition to Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
She additionally questioned the “literary neighborhood’s silence”.
“The literary crowd that had a hell of rather a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein earlier than he was convicted has been unusually muted in its response to a number of accusations in opposition to Neil Gaiman from younger girls who’d by no means met, but – as with Weinstein – inform remarkably comparable tales,” she wrote on X.
The literary crowd that had a hell of rather a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein earlier than he was convicted has been unusually muted in its response to a number of accusations in opposition to Neil Gaiman from younger girls who’d by no means met, but – as with Weinstein – inform remarkably comparable tales.
— J.Ok. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 13, 2025
A jury discovered that Weinstein, 72, sexually assaulted former manufacturing assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. They’re amongst greater than 80 girls who’ve accused him of sexual misconduct.
He was sentenced to 23 years in jail for the New York case, and to 16 years in jail for the separate California case.