Overview
- Federal judges in Massachusetts and New York dismissed filings this week on jurisdictional grounds, following an October 2025 dismissal in Wisconsin.
- The Wisconsin dismissal remains on appeal, leaving no active U.S. trial court cases on the merits for now.
- Plaintiff Scarlett Pavlovich alleges Gaiman sexually assaulted her in New Zealand in 2022 while she worked as the couple’s nanny and sought at least $7 million under federal human trafficking statutes.
- Gaiman has denied any non-consensual conduct, and his attorneys say the interactions were consensual and cite a New Zealand police inquiry they say found the claims meritless.
- The rulings do not address the truth of the allegations, and Pavlovich may pursue the case in New Zealand; Palmer’s attorney welcomed the dismissal and called the accusations against her false.