The Sandman’s Neil Gaiman denies claims of sexually abusive behaviour

Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of sexually abusive behaviour in opposition to two ladies throughout consensual relationships.

The alleged victims declare to have had degrading intercourse with Gaiman, which was not at all times consensual. The Sandman creator was in in any other case consensual relationships with each ladies.

The alleged incidents had been reported as a part of an investigation by Tortoise, which was partly led by Rachel Johnson, the sister of Boris Johnson.

Gaiman, 63, has claimed that he provided to help the New Zealand police following a lady’s criticism in 2022, however it was not taken up. He mentioned this displays its lack of substance.

The publication claimed that the authorities mentioned they made a ‘variety of makes an attempt to talk to key folks as a part of this investigation and people efforts stay ongoing’.

They added there have been a ‘variety of elements to take into accounts with this case, together with location of all events’.

One lady claimed to the publication that she was sexually abused inside hours of assembly Gaiman in 2022, when she was 22 and he was 61.

She reportedly made a criticism to the police about Gaiman, however he was by no means accused of any felony offence due to lack of proof.

Gaiman has insisted that their three-week sexual relationship was consensual.

He has additionally mentioned that messages from the lady are ‘proof that she consented to intercourse with him’, Tortoise reported.

The second lady was 18 when she met Gaiman in 2003.

She claims they started a relationship when she was aged 20, and that that they had tough and painful intercourse that she ‘neither wished nor loved’. The lady alleges that she and Gaiman as soon as had intercourse when she mentioned she didn’t wish to.

Gaiman has careworn that the sexual encounters had been consensual and that they didn’t have full sexual activity, Tortoise reported.

The allegations are the topic of a four-part podcast, Grasp: The Allegations in opposition to Neil Gaiman.

The English creator additionally wrote Amazon Prime Video’s Good Omens and American Gods.

Steve Coogan, Douglas Sales space, and Indya Moore had been simply introduced as new solid members on Netflix present The Sandman, which is predicated on Gaiman’s comedian ebook.

Gaiman was married to Amanda Palmer between 2011 and 2022 and the couple share a son. Palmer spoke about their option to not be monogamous in a 2019 interview.

‘There are many forms of open relationships… we’re not inquisitive about having massive, a number of relationships; we’re simply slutty, however compassionately so,’ she informed The Instances.

He additionally has three youngsters together with his former spouse Mary McGrath.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Gaiman’s representatives and New Zealand Police for remark.

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