Tell Netflix and Amazon: Sever all ties with accused serial sexual abuser Neil Gaiman!
The petition to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings reads:
We are your consumers and believe the eight women who have come forward with allegations of rape and other sexual violence by writer Neil Gaiman. Sexual abuse is allowed to fester in environments where there are unequal power dynamics, which is sadly the case in the entertainment industry. We are not surprised that the women Gaiman chose to target were in their early twenties and often in a caregiving capacity--such as babysitting his son.
If we are to eradicate sexual violence and rape culture in show business--really, in every workplace!--we must ensure that no one profits from the perpetrators of sexual violence. That's why we are urging Netflix and Amazon to sever all ties with Neil Gaiman immediately!
Why is this important?
Trigger warning: This email contains details of nonconsensual sexual violence. Please take care of yourself as you read it, and stop at any time for your emotional health.
Neil Gaiman, the author of bestselling novels adapted to the big screen such as Coraline and The Sandman, has been credibly accused of sexually assaulting and exploiting multiple young women whose jobs and/or housing depended on maintaining a working relationship with him. In a heartbreaking and triggering story in New York magazine, eight women shared similar and disturbingly detailed accounts of Gaiman raping them, sodomizing them, beating them with a belt, and even sexually assaulting them in front of his young son.
Gaiman has issued the typical denial--these acts were consensual!--and nonapology apology: "I was emotionally unavailable while being sexually available, self-focused and not as thoughtful as I could or should have been. I was obviously careless with people's hearts and feelings, and that's something that I really, deeply regret." Gaiman's representatives have also claimed that these sexual encounters were consensual, but Gaiman's long paper trail of nondisclosure agreements and payments suggests otherwise.
As survivors and advocates, we've been here many times before and we'll say it again: No individual or company should be profiting from a violent sexual abuser's work.
Sign the petition by filling out the form on the left-hand side of this page to tell Netflix and Amazon to sever ties immediately with Gaiman!