Neil Gaiman Scrubbed From Agent Casarotto Ramsay's Client List After Sexual Misconduct Allegations
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Gaiman has been removed from UK agent Casarotto Ramsay & Associates' client list after the Good Omens writer has faced a string of sexual misconduct allegations over the past six months.
Gaiman's profile was quietly scrubbed from Casarotto Ramsay & Associates' website, meaning he no longer appears on pages listing its film, TV, and theatre clients.
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Internet archives show Gaiman's profile, which included trailers for his screen work, was live on the agency's website as recently as last October, months after the initial allegations were published. The author denies wrongdoing.
Casarotto Ramsay & Associates failed to respond to repeated requests for comment about whether it continues to rep Gaiman. Gaiman has been contacted for comment. His long-time literary agent is Writers House's Merrilee Heifetz, who has been approached for comment. Gaiman has also been repped by CAA, who have been contacted.
The change to Casarotto Ramsay's client list comes amid a wave of creative partners severing ties with Gaiman and his work. Anansi Boys publisher Dark Horse Comics has dropped the once-celebrated writer, while a UK stage production of Coraline was canceled this week.
Furthermore, the third season of Amazon Prime Video drama Good Omens has been scaled back to a 90-minute episode and Disney paused production on its film adaptation of The Graveyard Book.
Gaiman has been accused of sexual misconduct, including nonconsensual BDSM, by nine women. The first allegations were published last July in a Tortoise podcast, titled Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman. New York magazine carried further allegations earlier this month.
In a post on his website following the New York story, Gaiman said he had 'never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone.' He continued: 'Some of the horrible stories now being told simply never happened, while others have been so distorted from what actually took place that they bear no relationship to reality. I am prepared to take responsibility for any missteps I made. I'm not willing to turn my back on the truth, and I can't accept being described as someone I am not, and cannot and will not admit to doing things I didn't do.'
Tortoise originally chronicled the accounts of two women who accused Gaiman of sexual assault during consensual relationships. Two other women shared their stories with Tortoise in a follow-up episode of Master, while a third spoke on the podcast Am I Broken: Survivor Stories. New York magazine carried allegations from another four women.
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