Episode 4 - The Fan
The second woman to approach the podcasters/investigators is "K" who would be "repelled" to have her name be "forever linked to his".
Again, she was 18 when she met NG, he was 43. They met, along with her friends, at a book signing, then again, at another elsewhere. She and her friends email him via his website. She keeps doing it, telling him lots about herself. They have dinner, ending with kisses on cheeks. 6 months later K and a friend meet NG for icecream, and they end up at his place, with their own rooms, for the night. Gaiman says goodnight then comes back and asks them if they want sex, they say no.
When K turns 20, Gaiman ramps up his affections. They chat on the phone, he gives her a webcam, this goes on for 6 months, then he comes to Orlando and they have consensual sex.
Both K and S "were under his thumb", K as a besotted fan, S as his nanny, both dependant on him emotionally.
K looked after a disabled brother and her parents were splitting up. Both K and Scarlett were vulnerable.
Gaiman invited K to prestigious events but ignored her there. She was his secret girlfriend, he didn't tell Palmer about her.
K was proud to be his girlfriend, and "would do anything to stay his girlfriend ".
Again, the first time they had sex, like Scarlett, there was a romantic setting, but it "was painful, brutal". K doesn't say no.
K says Gaiman liked to use a belt on her, and to call him Master, same things as with Scarlett.
K and S have never met or spoken.
More gruesome details follow and I'm not sure I should write them. Something happened in Cornwall in April 2007 which NG denies but K says was "definitely" non-consensual.
Gaiman is disturbed by K's allegations. Doesn't answer questions put to his PR about attitudes to consent, maintaining boundaries, NDAs.
The podcasters talk to sexual assault lawyers and authors. In the UK, there can be no consent to bodily harm, it's a crime. In NZ it's case by case. In the US, the threshold for harm is higher than in the UK.
These first 4 podcasts were released in July. The next two episodes are from September 2024 and involve more women coming forward.