A woman who has publicly accused award-winning author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault has now sued him, alleging human trafficking as well as sexual assault and battery. In a federal civil lawsuit filed in Wisconsin and obtained by USA TODAY on Monday,

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.