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Neil Gaiman Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit From Rape Accuser
Pointing to texts that he says reflect a “consensual” relationship and arguing that U.S. courts don’t have jurisdiction over her allegations.
In a motion to dismiss filed on March 4, his legal team said Pavlovich’s allegations were a “sham” and part of her “plan to maximize adverse publicity against Gaiman.” His lawyers characterized his relationship with Pavlovich as one that “involved consensual physical intimacy, not sexual intercourse,” and alleged that she “invented” the “sexual scenarios she describes deliberately in graphic detail” in the suit. The motion to dismiss includes alleged WhatsApp messages between Gaiman and Pavlovich that his lawyers say show that any sexual conduct that occurred between them was “in all ways consensual.” The filing argues that the texts also reflect that “on many occasions, it was initiated and/or encouraged by Plaintiff herself,” pointing to messages sent after an alleged sexual encounter where she appeared to thank him for a “lovely lovely night” or described being “consumed by thoughts” of him. Pavlovich has previously stated that she did not initially view what allegedly happened to her as rape or sexual assault, but that her perspective changed as she spoke to other women.
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