Author behind popular BBC series denies sexually assaulting woman in bath & insists he’s ‘never had non-consensual sex’
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BEST-SELLING author Neil Gaiman has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct after eight women came forward with accusations. The 64-year-old responded to the shock claims by saying he has "never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever".
![[Neil Gaiman at the National Book Awards.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_c505d9.webp?strip=all&w=960)
The popular English writer is known for The Sandman, American Gods and the children's book Coraline as well as co-writing Good Omens alongside Terry Pratchett in 1990. The show went on to become a hit BBC and Amazon TV series with Gaiman acting as the writer and executive producer.
![[Portrait of Neil Gaiman.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_6e4e58.webp?strip=all&w=960)
But after a bombshell report released in New York Magazine detailed a number of shock claims against the Brit which span back to 1986 production on the third season of the show was axed. One allegation included a woman who accused Gaiman of raping her in a bathtub outside.
![[Man adjusting bow tie in front of Good Omens backdrop.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_627d20.webp?strip=all&w=959)
In a blog post on Tuesday, the popular author said he has read the allegations and felt "horror and dismay". He wrote: "I've stayed quiet until now, both out of respect for the people who were sharing their stories and out of a desire not to draw even more attention to a lot of misinformation.
![[Neil Gaiman at a Starz event.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_73c8b2.webp?strip=all&w=800)
"I've always tried to be a private person, and felt increasingly that social media was the wrong place to talk about important personal matters. "I've now reached the point where I feel that I should say something. "As I read through this latest collection of accounts, there are moments I half-recognise and moments I don't, descriptions of things that happened sitting beside things that emphatically did not happen.
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