Neil Gaiman — the best-selling author whose work includes comic book series *The Sandman *and the novels Good Omens and American Gods — has denied sexual assault allegations made against him by two women with whom he had relationships with at the time, Tortoise Media reports.

The allegations were made during Tortoise’s four-part podcast Master: the Allegations Against Neil Gaiman, which was released Wednesday. In it, the women allege “rough and degrading sex” with the author, which the women claim was not always consensual.

One of the women, a 23-year-old named Scarlett, worked as a nanny to his child.

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    I’m all for supporting women. Give them a chance to speak out, make sure they are fairly listened to and taken seriously. You’ve gone a step beyond that, you’ve already decided guilt and innocence and proclaimed it. More, you’re doing so from a position of influence (yes, as a moderator of a large community, that’s what you are). This is the sort of thing that libel charges get filed for (ok, not gonna happen at our current size, but you may want to start keeping that in mind.)

    Why would you default to that?

    Because that’s the basis of our legal bloody system! There’s a thousand law professors out there who can explain it better and more eloquently than I could in a thousand years, but that’s the gist of it.

    You do not need a conviction to make up your mind.

    That’s correct. We do, however, need a conviction before stating it as fact instead of opinion.

    Not only are you siding with the party with no evidence

    I beg to differ. I have not sided with any party. What is it about people today that they seem unable to grasp the concept of neutrality?

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      So what you’re saying is, all I need to do to get one of my exes jailed is get to know another disgruntled ex of theirs? Awesome!

      This doesn’t insinuate it’s a lie? You’re being disingenuous now lol.

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        No, it does not. I have not read anything about Gaiman’s case, and have absolutely no opinion on it at this point. My comment was entirely a commentary on the absurdity of your logic.

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              I won’t stop calling out misogyny just because I’m a mod. You’re stating that all these men are innocent despite mountains of evidence. Maybe instead of defending them until your last breath, you could read about the evidence?