Celebrity Big Brother star hit with massive blow as her huge Netflix TV show is axed just weeks after she left the house
Donna Preston has been hit with a huge blow after her TV show The Sandman was axed just weeks after she left Celebrity Big Brother.
The actress, 38, had enjoyed a role playing Despair, one of the seven Endless, in the Netflix fantasy series.
But the popular drama has been cancelled after two seasons amid allegations of sexual assault made against its creator Neil Gaiman.
The writer, 64, denies all claims and has asked a federal court in Wisconsin to dismiss Scarlett Pavlovich's $7million (£5.6million) lawsuit against him, alleging that his accuser has 'fabricated a tale of abuse'.
The second series of The Sandman began filming last year and is expected to be released on the streamer next year, after receiving praise from both fans and critics alike.
The highly-anticipated adaptation stars Tom Sturridge as Morpheus aka Dream, the king of dreams who was captured and held captive for 106 years before escaping to reset order to his realm.
The actress came fourth in the latest series of CBB and was cheered out of the house to cries of her name in the live final
The original comic, penned by Gaiman from 1989 to 1996, was among the first graphic novels to appear on the New York Times bestseller list and is often regarded as one of the greatest graphic novels of all time.
Attempts to bring his beloved story to film were held up for years until Netflix signed a deal to produce the show in 2019.
It finally premiered in 2022 and featured some well known names including Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Jenna Coleman and Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer.
Mark Hamill was also in the first series, voicing Mervyn Pumpkinhead, a chain-smoking janitor with a jack o'lantern for a head.
In March, Gaiman branded Scarlett, 26, a 'fantasist' and claims he has WhatsApp messages proving their relationship was 'consensual'.
The lawsuits - filed in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York - claim the couple violated laws on federal human trafficking, with complaints of assault, battery and inflicting emotional distress against Gaiman and negligence against Palmer.
The author, who called Pavlovich's allegations 'outrageous', has now urged the court to dismiss her lawsuit on the grounds that it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.
The 'alleged conduct claimed and described in the complaint, all supposedly occurred in New Zealand', where he was living with his wife prior to Palmer and Gaiman announcing their divorce in 2022.
Gaiman's motion to dismiss - which was reviewed by DailyMail.com - states that US courts have 'no legal authority' over the suit and argued 'requisite discovery' in the case would be 'severely burdened' if proceedings took place outside New Zealand.
Nine women have made allegations against Gaiman, but he denies any wrongdoing and says that all sexual encounters were consensual.
Donna came fourth in the latest series of CBB and was cheered out of the house to cries of her name in the live final.
She was told she received the fewest amount of nominations out of all of the housemates - just two throughout the series.
When asked about her odd nomination reasons, the star admitted: 'I think I was a bit naughty wasn't I. I honestly didn't have anything bad to say about anyone.'
And opening up on her close friendship with Danny Beard, she sweetly quipped: 'As soon as I saw Danny I knew he was my comfort blanket and I knew I was going to be amazing friends with him.'
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