Neil Gaiman sued by former nanny accusing him of violent sexual abuse and rape

Neil Gaiman is accused of multiple instances of depraved sexual violence in the suit, including assaulting the former minder of his child near Auckland, New Zealand, where she worked for him and his wife until she was injured and unconscious. Photo: AP

Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife were sued in a set of federal cases filed in New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts on Monday, alleging the bestselling author violently raped and sexually abused the former nanny of his child.

The suits brought by Scarlett Pavlovich come after Gaiman, 64, was recently accused in a New York Magazine cover story of sexually assaulting, abusing and forcing at least eight women into sex while at the height of his success.