Neil Gaiman sues accuser for $500,000
The disgraced author claims his accuser, Caroline Wallner, broke her NDA.
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Neil Gaiman has taken legal action against Caroline Wallner, one of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct in a bombshell Vulture report from February. The outlet now reports that the disgraced author is seeking more than $500,000 from Wallner for allegedly breaching her NDA by speaking out.
Wallner and her now ex-husband moved onto Gaiman’s property in 2014, but the abuse didn’t begin until their marriage fell apart in 2018, per the original report. Wallner was left behind with no income and three kids to take care of, which is when she says Gaiman began pressuring her for sex in exchange for staying on the property. “‘I like our trade,'” he reportedly told her. “‘You take care of me, and I’ll take care of you.'” Wallner also made the disturbing allegation that the author once initiated sex while his four-year-old slept between them.