The lawsuit alleges that Gaiman coerced sexual services from his former live-in nanny, and that Palmer "knowingly benefited" from Gaiman's actions.

A woman filed three civil lawsuits against Neil Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, accusing Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while she was working as the couple’s babysitter and nanny.

Over the past few months, popular fantasy novelist Neil Gaiman has been hit with accusations of sexual misconduct from numerous women. One of those women was Scarlett Pavlovich, a woman who had begun babysitting the child Gaiman shares with his wife Amanda Palmer.