Guys, the podcast is available on Spotify/Apple Podcasts, and as infuriating as it is that Tortoise funnels you into their fucking podcast instead of providing the information clearly via text, you should listen to the nanny's first-hand account before being like "TERFs be lying."
The nanny tells her account in her own words of sitting in a bathtub when Neil comes in naked, sits down across from her, starts stroking her legs and telling her to get comfortable as she's scared and frozen, sticks a finger up her ass, and then pesters her into jerking him off.
She's 20, she's alone in a house in a strange city with no money and no friends nearby, she's never had sex before, she's only attracted to women, she just met her massively beloved and powerful boss FIVE HOURS BEFORE. Again, she's alone in the house with him and financially dependent on him.
It makes me so frustrated that people are like "Well, it's probably a hit piece, I don't trust TERFs." I'm sorry that TERFs suck and we have to listen to their stupid podcast to hear what happened but nobody is asking you to trust TERFs! This is a young girl talking in her own words!
I know people look up to Neil Gaiman and it's easier to hope it's all TERF lies, but the nanny's first-hand account on the podcast is an absolutely horrifying story of her new boss walking in naked on her in the tub and forcing sexual acts on her, and not at all TERF-related.
I have listened to and transcribed the first episode of the Tortoise Media podcast series "The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman." This is NOT a certified transcript and should not be relied on for legal or journalistic purposes without confirming with original audio. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ql2b...
