Amanda Palmer Responds to Neil Gaiman Assault Allegations

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Amanda Palmer is “profoundly disturbed” by the sexual-assault and abuse allegations against her estranged husband, Neil Gaiman, but “she has no comment” on them, a representative said. As multiple women accused Gaiman of assault and abuse in New York’s latest cover story, some even implied Palmer was aware of and enabled his behavior. (Gaiman has denied the allegations.) A representative for Palmer told NME “her primary concern is, and must remain, the well-being of her son,” adding that she would not comment “to guard his privacy.”

Palmer, best known for her band Dresden Dolls, announced her divorce from Gaiman in November 2022 and cited that in an additional Instagram post on January 15. “As there are ongoing custody and divorce proceedings, I am not able to offer public comment,” she wrote. “Please understand that I am first and foremost a parent. I ask for privacy at this time.”

One of Gaiman’s accusers, Scarlett Pavlovich, had been a friend of Palmer’s who later nannied her and Gaiman’s son. Pavlovich eventually told Palmer that Gaiman initiated sex with her while she was working and then continued to have sex with her, though Pavlovich did not yet describe it as assault. “Fourteen women have come to me about this,” Palmer responded, according to New York. She reportedly offered her guest room to Pavlovich. “I’ve had to do this before, and I can do this again,” Palmer told her. “I will take care of you.”