Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer were sued by Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny who claims Gaiman sexually assaulted her multiple times when she worked for the former couple in New Zealand.

A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, accusing Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was working as the couple's babysitter and nanny.

Author Neil Gaiman was accused in a lawsuit on Monday of repeatedly raping his former babysitter, repeating allegations that were first raised in a Tortoise Media podcast last year. Scarlett Pavlovich also sued Gaiman's wife,

Scarlett Pavlovich, who last month accused Neil Gaiman of a litany of disturbing sexual crimes, has filed suit against Gaiman and his estranged wife, Amanda Palmer. Made public earlier today, the suit accuses Gaiman of sexual abuse and Palmer of being aware of his “decades-long history of sexual misconduct” and failing to protect Pavlovich from him.

Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit in federal court against the author Neil Gaiman on human-trafficking charges under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, a law intended to curtail the crime in the United States and abroad.

Gaiman and his wife, singer Amanda Palmer, face claims from their live-in nanny that Gaiman repeatedly raped her and called her his “slave.”

The suits brought by Scarlett Pavlovich come after Gaiman, 64, was recently accused in a New York Magazine cover story of sexually assaulting, abusing, and forcing at least eight women into sex

The lawsuit alleges several instances in which Gaiman violently raped a babysitter. The author has maintained that the sexual encounters were consensual.