Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman issued a statement on Wednesday denying he had non-consensual sex after this week’s magazine. Published allegations from several womenHe was accused of sexual assault.
The 64-year-old author Hypnotic Comic book series and novel American Gods It was in response to a New York Magazine article that detailed allegations of assault, abuse and coercion made by eight women. The allegations of four of them were broadcast in July on the Tortoise Media programme.
Gaiman said he watched stories about him spread online for months with “horror and dismay.”
“As I read this latest collection of novels, there are moments I can’t recognize and moments I don’t, descriptions of things that happened alongside things that certainly didn’t happen. I’m not a perfect person, but I’ve never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone.” From Any Time Gone,” Gaiman posted on the social media platform Tumblr.
Gaiman said he read the letters exchanged between him and his accusers. He said they still looked like “two people who enjoy fully consensual sexual relations and want to see each other again.”
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“I also realized, when I looked at them, years later, that I could have, and should have, done a much better job. I was not emotionally available while I was sexually available, self-focused, and I was not as thoughtful as I could or should have been,” he said. Gaiman: “Obviously I was negligent of people’s hearts and feelings, and that’s something I deeply regret.”
Most of the allegations relate to occasions when Gaiman was in his 40s or older and living in the United States, Britain and New Zealand.
One of the accusers, Scarlett Pavlovich, told New York magazine that she met Gaiman through his then-wife, American actress Amanda Palmer, on a New Zealand island where the couple lived with their son in 2022. Pavlovich claims Gaiman has abused her several times since the case began. The night they met.
The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they publicly identify themselves.
Some of Pavlovich’s allegations were first made public six months ago on the podcast. She told the magazine that she filed a police report in January 2023 accusing Gaiman of sexual assault.
New Zealand police did not say this week whether Gaiman was under investigation.
“In general, the police are unable to respond to inquiries that seek to determine whether specific individuals are the subject of police investigations. In addition, anyone who files a complaint with the police has the right to privacy.”
AP messages to Gaiman’s agent, his office and to Bloomsbury, the publisher of several of his recent books, were not returned.
Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, which have Gaiman-related projects scheduled for this year, did not respond to AP messages.
Many of Gaiman’s works have been made into films and television shows.
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