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Neil Gaiman asks US court to dismiss lawsuit alleging rape and sexual assault

Neil Gaiman.
Neil Gaiman. Photograph: Jim Bennett/WireImage

Neil Gaiman has asked a US district court to throw out a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault, filed last month by a woman who previously worked for the author and his former partner, Amanda Palmer.

The motion to dismiss, filed on Tuesday, argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, rather than in the US.

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