Neil Gaiman Faces New Wave of Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Sparks Outcry in Literary World
Fantasy fiction writer Neil Gaiman, who is best known for authoring books such as Good Omens, American Gods, and The Sandman, is facing a spate of new sexual misconduct allegations.
Eight women have accused the 60+ year-old author of sexual impropriety.
The latest allegations have sparked a huge uproar in the literary community. The author has been accused of sexual misconduct in the past as well, though he has denied all the allegations.
Neil Gaiman Hit with New Sexual Misconduct Allegations
The latest accusation comes from a woman who had worked as a nanny for Gaiman and his second wife, Amanda Palmer, a musician. The woman accused the author of assaulting her in 2022.
The woman, who served as a babysitter, appeared in a NY Magazine article titled “There Is No Safe Word.” The babysitter accused the author of sexually assaulting her in New Zealand in a backyard bathtub. The incident happened in February 2022.
The 64-year-old author again sexually assaulted her under a blanket in a hotel room in front of his son, who was playing with an iPad in the same room.
The victim stated:
“He (Gaiman) said, ‘Call me ‘master,’ and I’ll come.’ He said, ‘Be a good girl. You’re a good little girl.'”
The report further added that most of the women who were abused by Gaiman were in their 20s, while the youngest was only 18. The author was in his late forties at that time.
The writer was accused by five women in July 2024, and they detailed their experiences in the podcast Mister, produced by Tortoise Media.
The literary world is in turmoil after the latest accusations against the author. The most vocal has been J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter author, who questioned the silence of the literary circles, who had been very outspoken on the Harvey Weinstein episode but quiet in response to multiple accusations against Neil Gaiman.
She wrote on X:
“The literary crowd that had a hell of a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein before he was convicted has been strangely muted in its response to multiple accusations against Neil Gaiman from young women who’d never met, yet—as with Weinstein—tell remarkably similar stories.”
