Scarlett Pavlovich, who formerly worked as a nanny for Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, has sued Gaiman for sexual assault, battery, and human trafficking in Wisconsin federal court. The suit follows a long article in New York Magazine last month expanding on allegations from five women first reported by New Zealand podcast Tortoise Media. The allegations include claims of violent rape, an episode in which “Pavlovich lost consciousness due to severe pain,” and “another in which she was left bleeding after he struck and choked her with a belt.” Gaiman has written on his blog that the encounters were consensual: …