# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 197
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781/197 "2025-01-13T21:52:27Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > I can’t say I’ve ever noticed anything particularly squicky in his work. Apparently was a good friend of Terry P, who seemed to be a very decent liberal and perceptive fellow, and might have been expected to pick up on anything off-colour? > > I’m suspecting a smear campaign? At least until I see more evidence? Yeah. Like perhaps an indictment at least? Calling him a “rapist” when he hasnt even been arrested sounds pretty bogus. > [@Tamerlane](#): > > As above it is quite likely most or much of it was consensual. Yep. Sure seducing someone who was talked into something they might not do by a celebrity is creepy. But it is not rape. As long as consent was given. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781)._