The best-selling author Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife were sued by a New Zealand woman who is seeking millions of dollars for alleged sexual abuse and human trafficking while she worked for them as a nanny and babysitter,

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.

Neil Gaiman, the prolific author of 'The Sandman' and other works, was accused in a lawsuit Monday of violent sexual abuse of a babysitter.