{"id":215792,"date":"2025-01-15T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/neil-gaiman-denies-allegations-of-engaging-in-non-consensual-sex\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:45:05","slug":"neil-gaiman-denies-allegations-of-engaging-in-non-consensual-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/neil-gaiman-denies-allegations-of-engaging-in-non-consensual-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Gaiman denies allegations of engaging in non-consensual sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/01\/1920x1080\/skynews-neil-gaiman-allegations_6799944.jpg?20250115100204&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Neil Gaiman denies allegations of engaging in non-consensual sex\" title=\"Neil Gaiman denies allegations of engaging in non-consensual sex\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Best-selling author of books for adults and children Neil Gaiman has denied allegations he engaged in non-consensual sex with several women.<\/p>\n<p>A New York Magazine article detailed allegations of assault, abuse, and coercion levelled against the 64-year-old by eight women. A Tortoise Media podcast broadcast in July included allegations of four of these women.<\/p>\n<p>Gaiman said in a statement that he had watched stories about him circulate online for months with &#8220;horror and dismay&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I read through this latest collection of accounts, there are moments I half-recognise and moments I don&#8217;t, descriptions of things that happened sitting beside things that emphatically did not happen,&#8221; Gaiman posted on the social media platform Tumblr.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m far from a perfect person, but I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The British author said he had reviewed messages exchanged with his accusers, and they read like &#8220;two people enjoying entirely consensual sexual relationships and wanting to see one another again,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I also realise, looking through them, years later, that I could have and should have done so much better. I was emotionally unavailable while being sexually available, self-focused and not as thoughtful as I could or should have been. I was obviously careless with people&#8217;s hearts and feelings, and that&#8217;s something that I really, deeply regret,&#8221; Gaiman said.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the allegations relate to occasions when Gaiman was in his 40s or older and living in the UK, the US and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Gaiman, who wrote the novel American Gods and The Sandman comic book series as well as the children&#8217;s fantasy book Coraline, has had several works turned into movies and television programmes in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The author&#8217;s agent and recent publisher Bloomsbury, as well as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix which have Gaiman-related projects scheduled for this year, have not commented on the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/neil-gaiman-denies-allegations-of-engaging-in-non-consensual-sex-13289292\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best-selling author of books for adults and children Neil Gaiman has denied allegations he engaged in non-consensual sex with several women. A New York Magazine article detailed allegations of assault, abuse, and coercion levelled against the 64-year-old by eight women. A Tortoise Media podcast broadcast in July included allegations of four of these women. 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