A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits accusing best-selling\u00a0British author Neil Gaiman<\/a>\u00a0of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was working as his family\u2019s babysitter and nanny.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scarlett Pavlovich filed the lawsuits \u2014 one against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer<\/a>, and two more against Palmer \u2014 in federal court in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York on Monday.<\/p>\n The Associated Press doesn\u2019t identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they publicly identify themselves. Pavlovich identified herself in an interview with New York Magazine, which published an article in January detailing allegations of assault, abuse and coercion levelled by eight women<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pavlovich alleges in the lawsuits that she was homeless and living on a beach when she met Palmer in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2020. Pavlovich was 22 years old at the time.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n According to the lawsuits, Palmer invited Pavlovich to the couple\u2019s home on Waiheke Island. Pavlovich began running errands for the couple, babysitting their son and helping with chores, eventually becoming the couple\u2019s nanny.<\/p>\n For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Gaiman first sexually assaulted her the night they met in February 2022, according to the lawsuits. The assaults continued but she kept working for the couple because she was broke and homeless and Gaiman had told her he would help her writing career, according to the lawsuits.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t![\"For](\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\")
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