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Author Neil Gaiman denies allegations of sexually abusive behaviour
According to an investigation for the Tortoise podcast the British writer was alleged to have sexually assaulted one of the women within hours of their first meeting.
The Sandman and Good Omens author Neil Gaiman denies allegations of sexually abusive behaviour against two women during consensual relationships
03 Jul 2024
Author Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of sexually abusive behaviour against two women during consensual relationships.
According to an investigation for the Tortoise podcast hosted by journalist and broadcaster Rachel Johnson, the award-winning British writer was alleged to have sexually assaulted one of the women within hours of their first meeting, when she was 22 and he was 61.
She made a complaint to police about him, although he was never interviewed or accused of any criminal offence because of lack of evidence.
He has strenuously denied any sexual misconduct and any allegation of non-consensual sex.
Mr Gaiman, 63, is the author of books including The Sandman, American Gods and the children's book Coraline, and co-wrote Good Omens with author Terry Pratchett, which was later turned into a television series by the BBC and Amazon.
The women's allegations were revealed in a podcast series by Tortoise Media, 'Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman', which made clear that both women were in consensual relationships with the writer.
They both claim they were subjected to physically painful and degrading sexual encounters during their relationships with Mr Gaiman.
One of the women told the podcast they had a three-week sexual relationship and that he told her: 'I'm your master. Call me master.'
She said he had choked her and that one encounter was so painful that she lost consciousness, and that she found it 'abhorrent and degrading'.
The woman said she met Mr Gaiman in 2022 while he was married to his then wife Amanda Palmer.
The pair were in an open marriage and lived in separate houses on the exclusive island of Waiheke, near Auckland.
The woman alleged when she arrived at Mr Gaiman's house the writer sexually assaulted her that night.
But the podcast featured a message she sent him the next day, in which she wrote: 'Thank you for a lovely, lovely night. Wow x.'
Both women claim they were subjected to physically painful and degrading sexual encounters during their relationships with Mr Gaiman.
