"The allegations against me are completely and simply untrue. There are emails, text messages and video evidence that flatly contradict them, he said. These allegations, especially the really salacious ones, have been spread and amplified by people who seemed a lot more interested in outrage and getting clicks on headlines rather than whether things had actually happened or not. (They didn't.)"
"On Monday evening Gaiman posted on his Facebook author page for the first time since the allegations broke, save for a book-related post in November, to say he had learned first-hand how effective a smear campaign can be. Gaiman said he had hoped there would be journalistic investigations that would take the (mountains of) evidence into account but he had been astonished to see how much of the reporting was simply an echo chamber, and how the actual evidence was dismissed or ignored."
"One thing that's kept me going through all this madness is the conviction that the truth would, eventually, come out."
Neil Gaiman, 65, known for works such as American Gods and The Ocean at the End of the Lane, has been accused of sexual abuse and coercive behaviour by nine women, including Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny. Allegations were outlined in a Tortoise Media podcast in July 2024 and in a New York Magazine investigation in January 2025. Gaiman posted on his Facebook page denying any nonconsensual sexual activity and asserting that emails, texts and video evidence contradict the claims. He called the accusations a smear campaign, criticized reporting as an echo chamber, and noted that publishers have dropped or paused relationships; he is undergoing a divorce.
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