Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman | Behind the story | Tortoise Media

In July 2024, Tortoise released the podcast series 'Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman'.
In it, we reported five women's allegations of sexual assault and abuse against Neil Gaiman, one of the world's most successful authors.
Gaiman has strenuously denied any non-consensual sex or sexual abuse took place with any of the women.
The podcast's reporters, Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson, share how the story was reported.
Listen to the podcast in full: lnk.to/NG-Master

[@Cauldron6]

Thank you for your diligent reporting, Tortoise. More news outlets are picking this story up and Gaiman’s victims are being acknowledged and heard. Please keep up the important work.

[@ellie698]

Thank you SO much for covering this.

[@Muccamukk]

Thank you for the added insight into your process. Very interesting!
Typo in the description: Gaiman has strenuously denied any non-consensual sex or sexual *abuce* took place with any of the women.

[@doublelightangel]

Thank you for caretaking the most comprehensive news roundup about the allegations ❤

[@ellie698]

I've looked into this deeply. Neil Gaiman doesn't seem to understand the idea of how consent actually works and the power differential between him and the girls/women is very troublesome.
He's an old, experienced man. He surely must realise how manipulative he's been.
His links with Scientology since childhood are worrisome too. Scientology seems to teach manipulative and aggressive techniques (see Tom Cruise for examples of these techniques in practice)

[@Muccamukk]

I fully believe that he knows what he's doing. He just doesn't care.

[@ellie698]

@@Muccamukk
Tbh I'm inclined to agree.
I'm glad that these journalists have brought this to light

[@doublelightangel]

Thanks Paul and Rachel. I know people have wanted to dismiss this because you broke this story and the way it was reported. At least you listened to the women and let them tell their stories. I don't think that the New York Times would have covered this unless you had taken this up first. It sounds like noone else was willing to put in the work that you did.. and I do believe you have saved young women through your actions. If you do any further ones I would say that releasing your own transcript would be helpful to those like me who find this difficult listening.