In a four-part podcast produced by British outlet , two women have accused Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting them. The complaints span two decades and involve Scarlett, 23, and K, then 18, who both say that the and author violated their boundaries to engage in “rough and degrading sex” with them while they were in otherwise consensual relationships with him. Scarlett alleges that Gaiman assaulted her within hours of their meeting in his New Zealand residence in February 2022, when she was hired as a nanny for his child.
The two apparently shared a bath where, according to Gaiman, they only “cuddled” and “made out” with consent. A three-week relationship followed in which Gaiman claims that the two “only ever engaged in consensual digital penetration,” the words of the report. Scarlett, however, alleges that Gaiman “engaged in rough and degrading penetrative sexual acts with her” during this time.
In their report, cites text messages and conversations with friends of Scarlett’s that support her allegations. The second woman, known as K, says she was 18 in 2003, when she met Gaiman at a book signing in Sarasota, Florida. They allegedly began a relationship when K was 20 and Gaiman was in his mid-40s.
She alleges that during their relationship, she submitted to painful sex that “she neither wanted nor enjoyed.” In one incident, she claims that Gaiman penetrated her despite her asking him not to, as she was suffering from a painful infection at the time.