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Neil Gaiman — the best-selling author whose work includes comic book series *The Sandman *and the novels Good Omens and American Gods — has denied sexual assault allegations made against him by two women with whom he had relationships with at the time, Tortoise Media reports.

The allegations were made during Tortoise’s four-part podcast Master: the Allegations Against Neil Gaiman, which was released Wednesday. In it, the women allege “rough and degrading sex” with the author, which the women claim was not always consensual.

One of the women, a 23-year-old named Scarlett, worked as a nanny to his child.

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[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The first three statements in my post support the fourth. Just because you don't like my conclusion doesn't make it unreasonable.

From the light details in the article, here's what's not in question: He came on to his nanny. He came on to his fan. Two separate unrelated people. They are both half his age. They both have unsubstantiated but like stories.

Now any of three things could be lies or deceptions or something else. That's why if he has something to say he deserves to be heard.

We don't have any form of denial from his side. No claims of I don't know these people or you don't have all the facts. No statements of collusion. I would assume his lawyer said don't say anything. Well this is fine and does not make him guilty it also doesn't give us even the slightest indication that any of this is a fabrication.

The next problem is when I say it's reasonable that is my subjective opinion. If you know him and have a long personal knowledge of his history maybe you have a different opinion than me.

Based on the information that's brought forward substantiated and unsubstantiated I'm saying that this is a reasonable and likely direction that this will head. That is unless they settle out of court and what you won't hear about it again.

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