Neil Gaimanthe famous author whose works include Hypnotist Popular comics, movies and TV shows like: Coraline And Good omenShe faces a growing list of sexual assault allegations. Two more women have come forward on a new episode of Tortoise Media. Master: The accusations against Neil GaimanOne of the new allegations dates back to 1986, when Gaiman was 25, and the disturbing timeline stretches back decades. The two women join three others who have spoken out against Hypnotist He co-created the series in July.
One of those women is Caroline Wallner, who was a tenant at Gaiman’s Woodstock, New York, property from 2014 to 2021. Wallner alleges that after her divorce, Gaiman pushed her into a sexual relationship in exchange for allowing her and her daughters to stay in the home (at the time, Gaiman was still married to his then-wife Amanda Palmer). According to Wallner, Gaiman threatened to evict her from the property if she did not comply with his advances, and due to financial difficulties, Wallner complied. Wallner shared that while she was intimate with Gaiman, he would tell her, “Call me your lady.”
“There were little hints that we were going to need a house. And I remember saying to him, ‘Let’s talk about it. Let’s figure it out.’ At that time he would come to my studio and have me give him [oral sex]“And he could say it was consensual. But why would I do it? It was because I was afraid of losing my place.”
Eventually, Gaiman's manager ordered Wallner to vacate the property after Gaiman moved away and stopped responding to Gaiman's unwanted explicit photos and video calls. Wallner eventually received a $275,000 settlement and signed a nondisclosure agreement.
Julia Hobsbawm, the second woman to speak out against Gaiman recently, alleges that in 1986 (when she was 22 and Gaiman was 25), Gaiman made “unwanted advances” toward her before forcefully kissing her and pushing her onto a couch. She managed to escape Gaiman. According to a report in Rolling Stone, Gaiman continues to deny any wrongdoing. The author’s representatives claim that the sexual relationship with Wallner was consensual. As for Hobsbawm, they allege that Gaiman stopped pursuing her once he realized she was not interested.
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Neil Gaiman's Past Abuse Allegations
Wallner and Hobsbawm's damning accusations come on the heels of three other women who in July shared their stories of abuse at the hands of Gaiman. Two of those women have spoken out on previous episodes of the show. Master: The accusations against Neil GaimanOne of those allegations comes from Gaiman’s former children’s nanny, who was hired in 2022. According to her, Gaiman’s first sexual assault came just hours after their first meeting and occurred in a bathroom at the author’s home in New Zealand. Over the course of three weeks, she alleged that Gaiman engaged in “penetrative sexual acts.” The second woman said she met Gaiman in 2003, when she was 18, at a book signing in Florida. When she was 20, the two engaged in a relationship in which she was subjected to painful intercourse that she “did not want or enjoy.”
Less than a month after Wallner and Hobsbawm appeared on the podcast, a woman going by the pseudonym Claire appeared on an episode of a different podcast called Am I Broken: Stories of SurvivorsWhere she stated that Gaiman had been sexually harassing her. According to the episode synopsis, host Papillon de Boer first spoke to Claire in 2022, “At the time she decided she wasn’t ready, but she said she would join them if other survivors came forward. A few weeks ago two women came forward and shared their stories of abuse by Neil Gaiman. Claire reached out to me to support herself, them, and all survivors by sharing her story today.”
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During her conversation with de Boer, Claire shared that she met Geiman at a book signing in 2012 and that he subsequently began making unwanted sexual advances toward her (including groping, kissing, and appearing nude on Skype calls). Eventually, Geiman allegedly stopped communicating with Claire because she did not want to sleep with him. According to her account, she later wrote Geiman a letter expressing her feelings about the situation. During a phone conversation that followed that letter, she said Geiman claimed he had no idea she felt that way and blamed his autism for misreading the situation.
Although no legal action has been taken against Gaiman yet, the possibility of further charges or legal action cannot be ruled out.
