J.K. Rowling Slams Neil Gaiman Over Lawsuit Against Another Alleged Victim
Last year, disturbing allegations of sexual assault have resurfaced involving acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. Initially reported by Tortoise Media, the allegations involve claims from two women who accuse Gaiman of sexual assault during what they describe as a consensual relationship.
According to the alleged victims, Gaiman engaged in degrading and non-consensual sexual encounters with them.
The women include fans, a nanny who worked for his wife, and Caroline Wallner, who lived on his property for a few years.
Wallner was married to Gaiman’s gardener, and they lived in a guest house on Gaiman’s property in Woodstock, New York. After Wallner and her husband divorced, she says Gaiman asked her for sexual favors in return for letting her and her children keep living there.
This kind of arrangement is illegal. Although there hasn’t been a full court case, Gaiman paid Wallner $275,000 to sign a non-disclosure agreement. This meant she couldn’t sue him or talk about what happened.
Earlier this week, Gaiman sued Wallner for breaking the non-disclosure agreement by speaking out. Many people believe this makes him look guilty. However, few people in the publishing world are willing to criticize him because he is very powerful in the industry.
Rowling, who previously criticized Gaiman, used this opportunity to slam him online again. After the news about the NDA became public, she posted another tweet criticizing Neil Gaiman. She said, “During a long career I’ve somehow never got round to sleeping with vulnerable young fans, using them for unpaid labour or having sex with an employee. I know that sounds unbelievable, but it’s surely not as astounding as Neil Gaiman’s most recent move.”
A few months ago, Rowling suggested that the public’s reactions to Gaiman’s allegations reminded her of the initial reactions to Weinstein during the #MeToo movement. She commented that the literary community, which was very vocal about Harvey Weinstein before his conviction, has been surprisingly quiet in response to multiple sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman.
She pointed out that, like Weinstein’s victims, the women accusing Gaiman share strikingly similar stories, despite having never met each other. Rowling’s statement highlights what she sees as a double standard in how these two cases are being treated by the public.
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