# Neil Gaiman accused of being serial sexual abuser **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781 "2024-07-05T19:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/141 "2024-07-23T14:18:46Z")
[James Levine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Levine#Sexual_assault_allegations) (longtime conductor of the Met Opera) is another one. Even I, as a music student, had heard the rumors about him through the grapevine. That it took so long to actually investigate him is a tragedy in itself. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/142 "2024-07-23T18:15:14Z")
[We can probably move open secret discussion over to here, which I posted around the Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby revelations/confirmations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-secrets-in-hollywood-what-else-is-out-there/798995) Edit: Never mind. I started that thread, but was unaware it was locked. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/143 "2024-07-26T23:18:29Z")
I only met Pamela Dean a few times, she seemed nice enough. And I really liked Emma Bull. The late John M Ford was a sweetheart, and I liked the late Joel Rosenberg - who had the worst hotel luck in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/144 "2024-07-26T23:25:18Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > To be precise Gaiman really works entirely in fantasy, not science fiction. Which may seem like splitting hairs, but I’d say the fantasy side of speculative fiction has far more of a partially female fanbase than the sf side. And Gaiman in particular I’d say has a larger female fanbase than is typical. Works like the Sandman volumes and Coraline seemed more female-friendly than many. Gaiman is also British and handsome in that awkward British way (especially when he was younger). He (at least used to, I haven’t seen him since he married Amanda Palmer) ALWAYS wore his leather jacket - even learning to canoe (with a predictable outcome) and had a bit of a nerd bad boy vibe about him. His first marriage was - as he described it - open (I was never sure if his wife knew that). As I said, never an issue getting laid. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/145 "2024-07-30T02:12:18Z")
A third victim has come forward. The first article is a text summary of some Bluesky threads about it, and the second is a link to the podcast where she talks. The events started in 2012 with the claim Gaiman kissed her within 10 minutes of meeting her, after that things progressed. It seems to follow the beats of many similar stories. She initially liked the access to her favorite author, but was not interested in his sexual advances. She attempted to go public previously, but the press was not interested in her story. (I’ve not listened to the podcast, I’m just summarizing a summary, so please excuse any mistakes I’ve made.) > **[Third Woman Accuses Neil Gaiman of Sexual Assault](https://file770.com/third-woman-accuses-neil-gaiman-of-sexual-assault/)** > > A third woman has accused Neil Gaiman of behaving inappropriately towards and sexually assaulting her in an interview recorded for the Am I Broken: Survivor Stories podcast episode “Claire ‘I Ignor… https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/47enk8V96GGkJtXEgwpXbs?utm_source=oembed ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/146 "2024-07-30T02:19:36Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > She attempted to go public previously, but the press was not interested in her story. Skip the press- how about the police? Did she file a report? and there is this-_And one of the reporters, Rachel Johnson, is Boris Johnson’s sister, causing some to question the potential for bias due to Gaiman’s criticism of the Tories._ ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/147 "2024-07-30T02:22:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > how about the police? Did she file a report? Please see any other thread about sexual assault for reasons women do not file police reports. I have no insight into what is true here. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/148 "2024-07-30T02:27:20Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > Please see any other thread about sexual assault for reasons women do not file police reports. I completely understand there are reasons why women do not always do so. But on something that happened more than a decade ago, it is always nice to see that sort of corroboration. So, I do not say there should be a police report, but if you went to the _press instead_ right afterwards, that would make me go- huh? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/149 "2024-07-30T02:31:10Z")
Your link says the woman says Gaiman’s attentions culminated in “a traumatic experience on a tour bus”. Meaning… ? Am I supposed to use my imagination? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/150 "2024-07-30T03:16:09Z")
Here’s a long Reddit thread detailing the podcast: [https://www.reddit.com/r/neilgaimanuncovered/comments/1eefreq/comment/lfel7bq/](https://www.reddit.com/r/neilgaimanuncovered/comments/1eefreq/comment/lfel7bq/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/151 "2024-07-30T04:05:13Z")
And a revent article with some posts from the site previously known as Twitter: > **[Neil Gaiman Accused Of Sexual Misconduct At Clarion Writers Workshop And...](https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/neil-gaiman-accused-of-sexual-misconduct)** > > Neil Gaiman remains largely protected by the mainstream comic industry even though more details about a pattern of behavior lending credence to his initial sexual abuse accusers has come out. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/152 "2024-08-02T13:27:37Z")
A collection of links on the topic, seems fairly up-to-date: [Captcha Check](https://muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1678972.html) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/153 "2024-08-04T03:58:02Z")
Two more accusers. > **[New Accusations of Abuse Against The Sandman Creator Neil Gaiman Surface](https://movieweb.com/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-allegations/)** > > The acclaimed Coraline and The Sandman author is facing a growing list of abuse allegations. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/154 "2024-08-31T02:42:01Z")
_Dead Boy Detectives_ has been cancelled. No indication if the current problems were a factor, but they couldn’t have helped. > **[‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Canceled After One Season At Netflix](https://deadline.com/2024/08/dead-boy-detectives-canceled-no-season-2-netflix-1236074383/)** > > There will be no second season for Dead Boy Detectives. Netflix has canceled the series after one season. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/155 "2024-08-31T16:44:07Z")
Dunno if it will also affect Sandman season 2… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/156 "2024-09-06T00:51:20Z")
> **[Disney Pauses Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book’ Adaptation in Wake of Sexual...](https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/neil-gaiman-film-the-graveyard-book-sexual-assault-claims-1235043606/)** > > Disney pauses 'Graveyard Book' film after Neil Gaiman sexual assault claims. The Marc Forster-directed adaptation was in pre-production in the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/157 "2024-09-10T04:22:30Z")
Good Omens’ final season has halted production, too: > **[‘Good Omens’: Production Paused On Amazon Drama From Neil Gaiman](https://deadline.com/2024/09/good-omens-production-paused-on-amazon-drama-neil-gaiman-1236082924/)** > > Possible changes to Good Omens could be in the works in the wake of sexual assault allegations against creator Neil Gaiman ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/158 "2024-09-10T05:45:34Z")
Noooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/159 "2024-09-10T08:00:03Z")
What is the status of Sandman too? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/160 "2024-09-10T08:03:16Z")
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