Neil Gaiman and wife defendant for rape and human trafficking

Author Neil Gaiman was charged in a lawsuit Monday with repeatedly raping his former babysitter and repeating accusations that were first raised in a Turtle Media Podcast Last year.

Scarlett Pavlovich also sued Gaiman’s wife, Amanda Palmer, and claimed she knew about his story of sexual mismatch as she hired Pavlovich to work for them. The case accuses both Gaiman and Palmer of Human Trafficking.

It is alleged that Gaiman and Palmer have benefited from Pavlovich, knowing that she was poor and had suffered with mental health problems. At the time she went to work for them as a live nanny, the couple lived in separate houses on Waiheke Island, near Auckland, New Zealand.

Over the next few months, Pavlovich claims Gaiman repeatedly and violently raped her. He also strangled her and hit her with a belt, called her his “slave” and demanded that he call her “master,” the trial claims.

“Gaiman engaged in many non -consensual sex acts with Scarlett,” the case states. “These actions were violent and condescending … Scarlett endured these actions because she would lose her job, housing and promised future career support if she didn’t.”

The case accuses Gaiman of cultivating a reputation as a feminist, which made her think originally that he could trust. At the end, Pavlovich says she was suicide and had to be admitted to a psychiatric center.

A New York -Magasin History Last month Included accusations from eight women, including Pavlovich.

Gaiman, a productive author producer and author of comics and novels, has been dropped from a number of projects since the allegations first emerged last summer. “The Sandman,” his Netflix series will end with his second season this year.

In a post on his site entitled “Breaking the Silence”, Gaiman denied the claims.

“I’m far from a perfect person, but I’ve never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with someone,” he wrote. “Ever.”

Gaiman admitted to being “selfish” and said he regretted having been “careless with people’s hearts and feelings.” But he was firm that it never crossed a line in abuse.

“Some of the terrible stories that are now being told simply never happened, while others have been so distorted from what actually took place that they do not carry any relationship with reality,” he wrote.