The manufacturing of Amazon drama Good Omens has reportedly been suspended within the wake of sexual misconduct allegations made towards the present’s co-creator Neil Gaiman.
The creator – who co-wrote the 1990 novel of the identical title – has denied the allegations made towards him by 5 ladies, branding the accusations as ‘disturbing’.
It comes after Disney additionally hit pause on its function adaptation of Gaiman’s 2008 ‘The Graveyard E book’ after the allegations surfaced.
In keeping with showbusiness web site Deadline, the 63-year-old has since made a proposal to Amazon to step again in order that pre-production for the third and ultimate season of Good Omens can proceed.
The provide will not be an admission of wrongdoing by Gaiman.
Manufacturing for Amazon drama Good Omens has reportedly been suspended within the wake of sexual misconduct allegations made towards the present’s co-creator Neil Gaiman. Gaiman denies the allegations
The present stars David Tennant as a fussy Angel named Aziraphale and Michael Sheen as a loose-living demon named Crowley
The third and ultimate collection was in early pre-production levels when it was halted. The collection relies on a guide of the identical title co-written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Amazon is known to be contemplating the provide, however no ultimate choices have but been made.
The fantasy drama, which was additionally aired on BBC Two in 2020, stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen and relies on the guide which was co-written by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
The present is made in Scotland and the third season was within the early levels of pre-production when it was halted.
In an investigation by Tortoise Media for a podcast co-hosted by Boris Johnson’s sister Rachel Johnson, two ladies who had been in consensual relationships with Gaiman accused him of sexual assault.
They claimed he made them interact in ‘tough and degrading intercourse’ which was not all the time consensual, and informed them to name him ‘grasp’.
Gaiman has strongly denied the allegations, stating that each one sexual relations with the 2 ladies was consensual.
Two different ladies additionally got here ahead with allegations following Tortoise’s investigation.
Gaiman has strongly denied the allegations put towards him by 5 ladies, and has known as the accusations ‘disturbing’
The 63-year-old creator pictured at The Sandman movie premiere in London in August 2022
Author Julia Hobsbawm stated Gaiman had made an ‘aggressive, undesirable cross’ at her at her flat in 1986, leaping on her ‘out of the blue’ and making an attempt to kiss her.
Gaiman says he had stopped kissing Ms Hobsbawm when he realised she didn’t need him to.
One other lady, mother-of-three Caroline Wallner, alleged that he pressured her to have intercourse with him in return for permitting her stay along with her daughters at his property in New York. She alleges it occurred over a 4 yr interval from 2017, after she break up from her ex-husband.
Gaiman insists the connection was consensual.
A fifth lady has additionally alleged that Gaiman kissed and groped her when on a bus throughout a guide tour of the US again in July 2013.
The creator says he stopped kissing the girl when he knew she didn’t need him to, and denies the claims of groping.
Gaiman is thought for his best-selling books which embrace Coraline, American Gods and The Sandman.
MailOnline has approached Amazon and Gaiman for remark.
