The British author denied the claims, but argued that as the alleged abuses occurred in New Zealand \u2013 where Pavlovich was a citizen and Gaiman had permanent residency status \u2013 the US had no jurisdiction over the allegations.<\/p>\n
In his motion to dismiss, Gaiman called the claims a \u201csham\u201d, saying while he and Pavlovich did engage in \u201csexual activity\u201d, they never had sexual intercourse and it was always consensual.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of Pavlovich\u2019s claims are true,\u201d Gaiman said.<\/p>\n
Pavlovich appealed the dismissal to the United States Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n
She told the court New Zealand \u201coffered her no remedy at all\u201d and alleged the only compensation she would be able to get in New Zealand was mental health treatment, which she was now ineligible for as she lived in Scotland.<\/p>\n
On Monday, a decision from the US Court of Appeals said it had found no abuse of discretion in the district court\u2019s decision to dismiss the lawsuit and reaffirmed its judgement to dismiss the action.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone agrees New Zealand is available as a forum because Gaiman has consented to being sued there,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
What was alleged on Waiheke Island<\/p>\n
A factual background as Pavlovich alleged was provided in the court\u2019s decision and said in 2022 Gaiman and his wife, musician Amanda Palmer, were living on Waiheke Island.<\/p>\n
Pavlovich became involved with the family in 2020 after meeting Palmer. At the time she was 22, struggling financially and at times had nowhere to live.<\/p>\n
She ran occasional errands for Palmer, for which she said she was sometimes paid.<\/p>\n
In early 2022, Pavlovich said she was asked to babysit Palmer and Gaiman\u2019s child at Gaiman\u2019s Waiheke Island house for a weekend. She said it was the first time she met him and the first time he allegedly sexually assaulted her. At the time he was 61 and she was 22.<\/p>\n
Shortly afterwards Pavlovich was hired by Palmer as a live-in nanny. She said she took the job because she was desperate for employment.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor weeks she endured repeated, brutal assaults by Gaiman which ended after he left for Scotland three weeks later,\u201d it was alleged in the US decisions.<\/p>\n
After the events, Pavlovich said she became suicidal and sought psychiatric care, along with filing a criminal complaint against Gaiman in New Zealand, but she alleged no action was taken.<\/p>\n
Following publication of the allegations, Gaiman wrote that he had \u201cnever engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever\u201d.<\/p>\n
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