Neil Gaiman, an English author, is facing a lawsuit filed against him by his former nanny, Scarlett Pavlovich on human trafficking allegations.
Filing it under the Trafficking Victim Protection Act, she is also accusing him of sexual abuse, rape, assault and coercion.
She is one out of several women who has accused the author of sexual misconduct, and she had also spoken to Vulture earlier about her experience.
Her interview had come following the release of several episodes from a British podcast that revealed the stories of five women with a history of misconduct with Gaiman.
He had denied all the allegations, stating that all of his interactions with the women had been consensual.
Pavlovich’s lawsuit names both Gaiman and his former partner, Amanda Palmer, with Pavlovich accusing him of sexual violence on multiple occasions while she worked for them in New Zealand.
After she became acquainted with Palmer, the latter asked the former to help out around the house, allegedly knowing that the nanny had been “economically insecure” and “had been suffering from mental health difficulties.”
She further claims that Gaiman first raped her in February 2022, as the lawsuit goes on to describe the incidents in graphic detail.
Adding that Palmer would not pay her her wages, the report elaborated that she “knowingly recruited Scarlett to come to Waiheke with the intention of obtaining Scarlett’s uncompensated labor.” Pavlovich is further described as being an “economic hostage to Palmer and Gaiman.”
Gaiman’s behavior is described as having “intended to coerce sexual services and free childcare from Scarlett by causing her to believe that if she did not perform such labor and services, she would suffer serious harm or physical restraint.”
“Palmer was sufficiently aware that Gaiman was likely to target Scarlett that she warned Gaiman to stay away from Scarlett before she brought Scarlett to Gaiman’s house as a babysitter,” the report reads, “Yet Palmer never warned Scarlett of the known danger posed by Gaiman. Had Palmer warned Scarlett of the known danger posed by Gaiman, Scarlett would never have agreed to babysit Palmer’s child at Gaiman’s house.”