Neil Gaiman accused of human trafficking, sexual abuse

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer in 2017.
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On Monday, Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit in the federal court against author Neil Gaiman on charges of human trafficking under the Law on the Protection of Victims Trade Act, a law aimed at limiting the crime in the United States and abroad. It also accused him of sexual abuse, assault, rape and coercion. Gaiman has previously denied all accusations of non -consensual sexual activity for which he has been accused of several women.

The complaint also appointed Amanda Palmer, Gaiman’s alienated wife, who accused her of acquiring Pavlovich for Gaiman and not warn her of Gaiman’s story of alleged sexual mismatch. The claims took place in New Zealand in 2022, but Pavlovich’s lawyers filed the case in Wisconsin, where Gaiman owns a home. At the same time, Pavlovich archives against Palmer in New York and Massachusetts, where she resides, and will continue towards Palmer in the district where she chooses. Pavlovich is represented by lawyers in Kamerman, Uncyk, Soniker and Klein, a trial recently in the news to sue Elon Musk on behalf of former employees of X.

As first reported in a turtle media podcast and expanded in length in a New York Last month, Magazine Cover Story met Pavlovich Palmer in Auckland in 2020 when she was 22 years old. Palmer is a writer and musician; Pavlovich was a fan. The two became friendly, and Palmer occasionally asked Pavlovich to babysit and eventually offered her a job as a live nanny in both her and Gaiman’s houses on the island of Waiheke. Pavlovich, who had recently been homeless and was alienated from his family, accepted the offer. According to the complaint “deliberately recruited Palmer” deliberately coming to Waiheke for the purpose of getting Scarlett’s uncompensated work. “While he was during their employment, Pavlovich claims Gaiman raped her several times.” She was actually a financial hostage to Palmer and Gaiman, “the complaint reads.

Gaiman’s alleged behavior against Pavlovich, claims the trial, was “intended to force sexual services and free childcare from Scarlett by making her believe that if she did not perform such labor and services, she would suffer serious harm or physical restraint.” Meanwhile, Palmer is said to have known about Gaiman’s story of alleged sexual mismatch and “recklessly ignored reality that defendant Gaiman would then force Scarlett.” The complaint in detail the attorney’s reason for accusing palms of negligence. Before Pavlovich began to nanny for them, Palmer had told Gaiman that Pavlovich was in an extremely vulnerable state and had a history of mental illness. “Palmer was enough aware that Gaiman would probably target Scarlett that she warned Gaiman to stay away from Scarlett before she brought Scarlett to Gaiman’s house as a babysitter,” the complaint reads. “Still, Palmer never warned Scarlett about the known danger of Gaiman. Had Palmer warned Scarlett about the known danger that Gaiman posed, Scarlett would never have accepted that Babysit Palmer’s child in Gaiman’s house. “

Gaiman and Palmer did not pay Pavlovich until many months after her employment was completed. The complaint claims that Scarlett has the right to damage in an amount, future financial loss, past and future physical impairment injuries inclusive, but not limited to PTSD, anxiety and depression, which are physical impairments in the brain, loss of career opportunities along with penalties. “

Gaiman and palms could not be reached for comment.