Lila Shapiro

Features Writer at New York Magazine

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Neil Gaiman Seeks $500,000 Over Caroline Wallner Allegations

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Lila Shapiro

The author Neil Gaiman is seeking more than $500,000 from Caroline Wallner, the potter who accused him of sexual misconduct during the time she lived and worked on his property in Woodstock. Wallner moved to Gaiman’s property in 2014 when he offered her and her ex-husband, a builder, work as caretakers. The alleged abuse occurred between 2018 and 2020, after Wallner’s marriage had fallen apart and her husband had moved out, leaving Wallner behind to take care of their three children.
Neil Gaiman Seeks $500,000 From Accuser Caroline Wallner

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lila Shapiro

4 days agoRobert E. McGinnis, an illustrator whose lusty, photorealistic artwork of curvaceous women adorned more than 1,200 pulp paperbacks, as well as classic movie posters for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” featuring Audrey Hepburn with a cigarette holder, and James Bond adventures including “Thunderball,” …
Neil Gaiman Accused of Human Trafficking, Sexual Abuse

Feb 3, 2025 | vulture.com | Lila Shapiro

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer in 2017. On Monday, Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit in federal court against the author Neil Gaiman on human trafficking charges under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, a law intended to curtail the crime in the United States and abroad. It additionally accused him of sexual abuse, assault, rape, and coercion. Gaiman has previously denied all allegations of nonconsensual sexual activity, which he has been accused of by multiple women.
Neil Gaiman Accused of Human Trafficking, Sexual Abuse in New Lawsuit

Feb 3, 2025 | flipboard.com | Lila Shapiro

2 days agoNetflix to end Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’ with season twoNetflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman will end with the upcoming season two.
A conversation with Rachel Johnson

Jan 31, 2025 | jonronson.substack.com | Jon Ronson |Lila Shapiro

Last summer Rachel Johnson made a brilliant podcast for Tortoise Media, The Master, revealing for the first time the allegations against Neil Gaiman. It was nuanced and thoughtful while also being completely damning. Oddly, for such an important and well-made show about a topic with so much mainstream interest, the Master did not go viral. In fact almost no one talked about it. I recommended it, as did a few other people like David Aaronovitch – but the world was bizarrely quiet.
Introducing ‘New York Night School’ From New York Magazine

Jan 22, 2025 | nymag.com | Lila Shapiro

Photo: New York Magazine Would you like to learn the keys to a great personal essay from a master of the genre? Or have a professional photo editor show you how to take a magazine-cover-worthy image on your iPhone? Or discover the finer points of cinema appreciation from one of our renowned film critics?
The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations

Jan 13, 2025 | vulture.com | Lila Shapiro

Editor’s note: This story contains content that readers may find disturbing, including graphic allegations of sexual assault. Scarlett Pavlovich was a 22-year-old drama student when she met the performer Amanda Palmer by chance on the streets of Auckland. It was a gray, drizzly afternoon in June 2020, and Palmer, then 44, was walking down the street with the actress Lucy Lawless, one of the most famous people in New Zealand owing to her six-season stint portraying Xena the warrior princess.
There Is No Safe Word

Jan 13, 2025 | flipboard.com | Lila Shapiro

1 day ago"God invented the fast-forward button just for Piper scenes." Recently, Reddit user u/Competitive_Owl7085 asked, "Who was the most unlikeable main character of a TV show?" and people had a lotttt of thoughts. Here are main characters people wished would just straight-up leave the show! 1. June from …
Why Therapist Phil Stutz Tells Patients Exactly What to Do

Jul 29, 2024 | vulture.com | Lila Shapiro

profile Phil Stutz has made a career in Hollywood doing what most psychologists advise against: telling his patients exactly what to do. A couple of years ago, the actor and filmmaker Jonah Hill made a documentary about his psychiatrist, Phil Stutz. In the film, titled Stutz, the two men do all sorts of things that therapists and their clients usually avoid. They say “I love you” to each other. They joke like immature schoolboys. Stutz makes a crack about banging Hill’s mother.
Who Is Enty Lawyer? The Story Behind Crazy Days and Nights

Apr 23, 2024 | vulture.com | Lila Shapiro

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. One afternoon nearly 20 years ago, a lawyer named John Robert Nelson began to lead a double life. He was 37, working for a small firm in a small town on the coast of Northern California and earning so little that he had to get up at three every morning to deliver newspapers. The alter ego he created led a more glamorous existence.