Civil lawsuits filed against Neil Gaiman for sexual assault A woman has lodged civil lawsuits against Neil Gaiman and his wife in the US, accusing the British author of sexually assaulting her.
Five women, four of whom were among eight featured in a New York Magazine article in January, made allegations about the writer in a Tortoise Media podcast series published in summer 2024.
The woman alleges the couple violated laws on federal human trafficking, with complaints of assault, battery and inflicting emotional distress against Gaiman and negligence against Palmer.
The lawsuits say the woman was befriended by Palmer when she was 22 and homeless in New Zealand and began working for the couple, which is when the assaults began.
In January, the 64-year-old wrote a blog post in which he denied allegations of sexual assault made against him by eight women.
