British fantasy author Neil Gaiman was accused of trafficking in human beings, sexual abuse, assault and rape in a legal action deposited against him and separated his wife Amanda Palmer by their former nanny.
The nanny, Scarlett Pavlovich, alleges on Monday in a legal action deposited before a federal court of the Wisconsin that Gaiman raped her brutally and repeatedly sexually while she worked for the couple without salary. Pavlovich also accused Palmer of the trafficking in human beings in the trial and said that Palmer was aware of the abuses that she was confronted with Gaiman and did nothing to stop her.
The trial details a series of degrading sexual acts that Gaiman would have accomplished on Pavlovich without consent when it provided baby-sitting and nanny services to the couple's child in 2022.
“Gaiman has repeatedly abused Scarlett physically and emotionally, violating her by vaginal and anal way, humiliating her, forcing her to make himself sexual in front of Gaiman's child, and forcing her to touch and lick the excrement and urine,” said the complaint. Gaiman called Pavlovich “slave” and ordered him to call him “master”, said the complaint.
The trial claims that the couple intentionally retained Pavlovich's salary to keep it as an “economic hostage”.
“Gaiman and Palmer intended to have Pavlovich trapped, vulnerable and without the penny, because it would leave it without a real chance of defending or escaping,” said the complaint. “It worked.”
Gaiman and Palmer could not be immediately joined to comment. The pair separated in 2020 and is involved in a divorce and guard battle.
Gaiman has already denied all accusations of sexual misconduct A blog article Shared on his website on January 15, after a story Posted by New York Magazine Cetail complaints of sexual assault formulated by eight women, including Pavlovich, against the acclaimed author.
“While I revise everything that really happened as opposed to what is alleged – I do not accept that there have been abuse,” wrote Gaiman. “To repeat, I have never engaged in a non -consensual sexual activity with anyone.”
Gaiman has sold more than 50 million copies of his books worldwide, many of which have been adapted to cinema and television. In response to the allegations of the New York Magazine, the publishing company Dark Horse Comics has announced That he would no longer print his works “American Gods” and “Good Omens” and canceled his series of comics “Anansi Boys”.
The Pavlovich trial alleges that Gaiman has history of sexual misconduct of several decades that he worked to hide.
“Gaiman has concluded several agreements to grant compensation to the women he has victims, in some cases, for hundreds of thousands of dollars,” said the complaint.
The trial alleys that Palmer, American singer and songwriter, was well aware of his story of mistreatment and did nothing to protect Pavlovich after having presented him to Gaiman. It also alleys that she knew that Pavlovich was economically precarious, a survivor of sexual abuse and had significant challenges in mental health.
The trial against the couple was filed in the Wisconsin, where Gaiman has a residence. Pavlovich simultaneously pursues Palmer in New York and Massachusetts, based on the belief that Palmer has a residence in one of these states. This case will take place in the choice of Palmer district, according to the complaint.
Pavlovich met Palmer in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2020, when Pavlovich was 22 years old, according to the complaint.
Pavlovich had recently lost his accommodation and slept on the beach. According to the complaint.
Pavlovich alleys that Gaiman, then 61, raped her for the first time in February 2022 while working for the couple as Baby-Sitter.
After the first alleged rape, Palmer offered Pavlovich a position as a residence nanny who takes care of their child at Palmer and Gaiman's Houses on the island of Waiheke near Auckland. Pavlovich was staying at the time, desperately of safe jobs and an affordable place where to live, according to the complaint.
Gaiman, 64, would have promised to use his “enormous influence of industry” to promote the career of Pavlovich writer. She accepted work.
The alleged rape and sexual abuses then continued for several months, while Pavlovich continued to work as a nanny without compensation.
She was not paid only several months after finishing working for the couple, when she had been hospitalized for suicidal ideas, according to the complaint. The complaint indicates that Gaiman's abuses are to blame for his suicidal thoughts.
Pavlovich requests compensatory and punitive interest damages of an amount to be determined at the trial, but which would be greater than $ 1 million, according to the complaint.
