‘The Sandman’ writer Neil Gaiman has been accused of sexually assaulting five women. Here’s a timeline of the allegations.

On July 28, a woman using the alias “Claire” claimed on the “Am I Broken: Survivor Stories” that she met Gaiman in 2012 at a book signing when she was 22. They started a relationship that lasted ten months.

Claire claimed that she went to an afterparty with Gaiman, and he tried to touch her underneath her dress during a car ride back to her hotel. She also alleged that he kissed her in the hotel hallway. She entertained the “gross” kiss “because it was Neil Gaiman,” she said.

Claire said Gaiman apologized to her in a call sometime after the incident.

“His apology felt so genuine. He told me he had no idea, and he wished I had told him sooner. He said he was glad that I told him so he could learn,” she said.

According to Claire, the author said that she kissed him first, but she refuted his claim.

“I said, ‘No, that’s actually not true. You kissed me first, ten minutes after meeting me.’ And then he brought his autism diagnosis into it as something of an explanation for why he wasn’t able to read my body language,” she said.

The second and third episodes of the podcast are about Scarlett, a 23-year-old nanny, who claims that she started a sexual relationship with Gaiman at his New Zealand home in February 2022, only a few hours after they first met.

On that day, Scarlett alleged that Gaiman assaulted her in a bath but they went on to have a consensual relationship.

Scarlett told Tortoise Media that “Gaiman engaged in rough and degrading penetrative sexual acts with her.”

She also described how “the pain was celestial” during one incident, but he refused to stop when she asked.

“He laughed and said I needed to be punished and used his belt on me,” Scarlett claimed.

On September 4, IndieWire reported citing sources at Disney, that the studio had halted work on its adaptation of “The Graveyard Book,” a young adult novel about a boy raised by ghosts after his parents are murdered.

The project had recently set up production offices, although no actors were attached to it.

The outlet reported that Disney has not completely shelved the movie, but it is on pause for a number of reasons, including the allegations against Gaiman.

Gaiman has not been directly involved with the adaptation, unlike Netflix’s “The Sandman” and Amazon’s “Good Omens.” In December 2022, he told fans on Tumblr: “You know everything I know. And no, no control or say. Fingers crossed that if they make it, it’s good.”

Representatives for Disney and Gaiman did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.