Writer Neil Gaiman denies allegations of sexual assault

English author Neil Gaiman (right) on Jan. 14 denied allegations of sexual abuse and assault made against him by multiple women and reported in an explosive New York Magazine article this week.

- Elisabeth Egan and Alexandra Alter

In a statement on his website, Gaiman emphatically denied engaging in "non-consensual sexual activity with anyone."

The 64-year-old wrote that he had stayed quiet about the allegations to avoid drawing attention to "a lot of misinformation," and characterized his relationships with the women who have alleged that he assaulted them and pressured them to engage in acts against their will as "entirely consensual."

Accounts about Gaiman began to surface in July 2024, when multiple women came forward on a podcast produced by Tortoise Media and accused the author of sexually assaulting them.

But a much more detailed and disturbing series of accounts by multiple women who allege that Gaiman raped, pressured, abused, and assaulted them was published by New York Magazine on Jan. 13.

The article describes the alleged abusive behavior by Gaiman towards women who claim he forced them to perform degrading acts, including licking vomit off his lap, and in some cases pressured them into sexual situations while his young son was in the room.