Overview
- In a statement posted Monday, the author called the accusations "completely and simply untrue" and described coverage of them as a smear campaign.
- Gaiman criticized what he called echo‑chamber reporting and highlighted work by the pseudonymous writer TechnoPathology, noting he has had no contact with the author of those reports.
- At least nine women have previously accused Gaiman through investigations by Tortoise Media and New York Magazine dating back to 2024.
- Scarlett Pavlovich sued Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer in federal court in February 2025, and Gaiman has sought dismissal while submitting messages and a declaration asserting consensual encounters.
- Studios and publishers curtailed projects tied to Gaiman over the past year, including changes to Good Omens Season 3, a pause on The Graveyard Book at Disney, his removal from Anansi Boys, and his absence from press for Netflix’s The Sandman.