Wellington, Feb. 4 -- English author Neil Gaiman, whose body of work includes the bestseller children's horror novel Coraline, has been sued by his former nanny, Scarlett Pavlovich for alleged human trafficking, sexual assault and coercion under the Trafficking Victim Protection Act.

The lawsuit, lodged in the US state of Wisconsin where Gaiman owns property also implications his estranged wife, musician Amanda Palmer, who is currently undergoing divorce proceedings with the author.

Pavlovich is one of multiple women who have accused Gaiman of sexual misconduct. She spoke to Vulture on record earlier this month, about six months after the British podcast Master published six episodes about five women with sexual assault allegations again...