Neil Gaiman sued by former nanny for accusations of human trafficking, sexual abuse and rape

A former nanny who worked for Neil Gaiman and his alienated wife Amanda Palmer filed a federal lawsuit against the author of allegations of human trafficking in accordance with the law of protection. The nanny, Scarlett Pavlovich, also accused Gaiman, 64, of sexual abuse, assault, rape and coercion.

Pavlovich is one of several women who has accused Gaiman of sexual mismatch. She was talking to Vulture On the record earlier this month, about six months after the British podcast Master Published six episodes of five women with allegations of sexual assault against Gaiman. The Sandman The author has denied all allegations of non -consensual sexual activity. Palms that are in the middle of the divorce case with Gaiman wrote about Instagram On January 15, she “was unable to give public comment” at that time.

Pavlovich’s lawyers who refused to comment on people, brought the trial naming Gaiman and Palmer in Wisconsin, where the author owns a home. At the same time, they also filed lawsuits in Massachusetts and the federal court in New York, which only appointed palm trees as defendant “in view of the uncertainty” of Palmer’s state of residence. The actions against palms will continue “only in the district (Palmer’s) and choose,” the complaint reads.

In his lawsuit against Gaiman, who also names Palmer, Pavlovich accused him of sexual violence on several occasions while working for Gaiman and Palmer in New Zealand. She met Palmer in Auckland in 2020 when she was 22, according to the trial. They became “acquaintances” and Pavlovich says she would sometimes visit Palmer’s house on Waiheke Island and would help around the house. Pavlovich claims Palmer knew she was “financially uncertain” and “had suffered from difficulties with mental health.”

Pavlovich claims she was raped by Gaiman for the first time in February 2022, after she was asked to Babysit Gaiman and Palmer’s son in Waiheke. The trial continues to describe other cases of alleged sexual violence in graphic detail that allegedly happened while working for the former couple.

Although Pavlovich was told she would be paid, she was not paid until months after her employment ended, she claims. Palmer “deliberately recruited Scarlett to get to Waiheke for the purpose of getting Scarlett’s uncompensated work,” the complaint claims. The complaint describes Pavlovich as a “financial hostage to Palmer and Gaiman.”

Gaiman’s alleged behavior 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,” the complaint reads.

As for Palmer, the complaint claims that the musician “carelessly ignored the fact that Scarlett would be forced to endure commercial sex acts committed by Gaiman.”

“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. ”

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Pavlovich is looking for compensation to be decided during the trial. According to the complaint, the damage is assumed “reasonably to be over $ 1,000,000.00, including without restriction, damage to physical well -being, emotional and psychological injuries, past and future financial loss, past and future physical impairment, including but not limited to PTSD, anxiety and depression, there are physical impairments in the brain, loss of career opportunities, along with penalties, plus prejudice, lawyer, expenses, costs and payouts.

Since Vulture Dark Horse Comics published the allegations against Gaiman, Dark Horse Comics said it would no longer publish his works. Last week, Black confirmed that Netflix’s TV -Facing of Sandman ending with its upcoming second season, though it was intended to be its last before filming began in 2023. A musical based on Gaiman’s novel Coraline was also canceled.

Representatives of Gaiman and Palmer did not immediately return people’s request for comment.

If you or anyone you know have been sexually assaulted please contact National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-Hope (4673) or go to Rainn.org.