Neil Gaiman insists the sexual misconduct claims against him are part of a “smear campaign,” as the once beloved author speaks out over a year and a half after the allegations were first made public.
The summer 2024 podcast series, “Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman,” centered on the sexual assault and abuse allegedly committed by the “Good Omens” and “Coraline” author, 65, against multiple women. Other alleged victims leveled their own accusations in the wake of the early episodes, with eight women’s claims published by Vulture in early 2025, at which point, Gaiman was dropped by his publisher, Dark Horse Comics.
“I didn’t want to let any more time go by without thanking everyone for all your kind messages of support over the last year and a half,” Gaiman wrote Monday on his website and official Facebook page. “I’ve learned firsthand how effective a smear campaign can be, so to be clear: The allegations against me are completely and simply untrue. There are emails, text messages and video evidence that flatly contradict them.”
Gaiman linked to the “really good investigative reporting” of someone under the name TechnoPathology, with whom he’s “had no contact” but wanted “to thank … personally for actually looking at the evidence and reporting what they found.”
“It’s been a strange, turbulent and occasionally nightmarish year and a half, but I took advice (when things get tough, make good art),” said Gaiman, whose once “fairly short project” is “looking like it’s going to be the biggest thing I’ve done since ‘American Gods.’”
Gaiman reiterated his thanks “to so many of you for your belief in my innocence and your support for my work. It has meant the world to me.”
He previously denied the allegations in a statement on his site in mid-January 2025.
“I’m far from a perfect person, but I have never engaged in non-consensual activity with anyone. Ever,” Gaiman wrote at the time.
Per Vulture, Gaiman’s estranged wife, artist Amanda Palmer — with whom he had an open marriage — said that “fourteen women have come to me” about his alleged conduct.
