Neil Gaiman issues fresh statement on sexual assault allegations and calls it a “smear campaign”

Posted On February 3, 2026February 3, 2026

Neil Gaiman has issued a fresh statement, for the first time in almost a year, about the sexual assault allegations made against him.

The author was first accused of sexual assault and coercion in July 2024, when allegations were made against him in a podcast by Tortoise Media. Since then, nine women have accused him of sexual misconduct, including the former nanny to his child. 

Gaiman has not spoken about the allegations in almost a year, but took to his Facebook page on February 2nd, for the first time since November 2024, to claim that he has been the victim of a “smear campaign”.

He said: “The allegations against me are completely and simply untrue. There are emails, text messages and video evidence that flatly contradict them.”

The Good Omens author added: “These allegations, especially the really salacious ones, have been spread and amplified by people who seemed a lot more interested in outrage and getting clicks on headlines rather than whether things had actually happened or not. (They didn’t.)”

Gaiman claimed he was “astonished to see how much of the reporting was simply an echo chamber, and how the actual evidence was dismissed or ignored” with regard to the allegations against him, and hoped that the “mountains of evidence” would be considered by journalists.

“One thing that’s kept me going through all this madness is the conviction that the truth would, eventually, come out.,” he added.

Gaiman has responded to the allegations once before, when he stated in response to an investigation by The New York Times in January 2025 that he had “never engaged in nonconsensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever.”

Despite vehemently denying all the accusations made against him, the author has been dropped from his comic book publishers and a planned stage production of his novel Coraline has been shelved.

The hit TV adaptation of Good Omens, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, was also adapted into one feature-length film for its final instalment, in order to swiftly bring the series to a conclusion. This is expected to arrive on Amazon Prime Video later this year.

Although he has now been shunned by much of the literary world, Gaiman revealed in his post that he is now close to finishing a new novel.

“Thank you again to so many of you for your belief in my innocence and your support for my work. It has meant the world to me,” he concluded. 

For help, advice or more information regarding sexual harassment, assault and rape in the UK, visit the Rape Crisis charity website. In the US, visit RAINN.

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