Legally, Neil Gaiman deserves the 500K, amirite?

It's only a violation if the NDA is considered fair and enforceable. It could be ruled the NDA was not enforceable. Contrary to common belief, a contract does not supersede the law. Meaning, a contract can't ask you to do illegal things or ask unreasonable things from someone and still be enforceable.

by Anonymous 8 hours ago

.... She did not break the NDA because NDA's do not apply to illegal activities. Someone signing a Disclosure Agreement does not make is so that they cannot disclose a crime lmao

by Whansen 7 hours ago

Not a lawyer, but I believe breaking the law voids contracts.

by Ok-Dirt 7 hours ago

I don't think NDAs prevent you from reporting crimes. By that logic, a boss could kill his employee on company grounds and say "you can't legally talk about this because you all signed an NDA!"

by Consistent-Bowl1610 7 hours ago

Oh boy someone doesn't actually know anything about NDAs People think contract law is just "whatever is on the paper that people signed is legal"

by Nettieharber 7 hours ago

Read all the other replies. Notice how everyone else says the same thing without sounding like a pompous ass? Try it next time.

by rennerraoul 6 hours ago

I don't think an NDA trumps everything.

by ItemOk 6 hours ago

Legally, he deserves to go to jail for a long time.

by East_Improvement 6 hours ago

Pour quoi? So far we've got an accusation and neither a court case or a conviction. Hell isn't this a personal law suit in the USA rather than a criminal charge, because the burden of proof is much lower and the financial gains so much higher? Let the man be innocent until proven guilty, then if found guilty damn him.

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

This is the court of public opinion lol the bar of proof is much lower here. The fact that Gaiman had an NDA with a woman and her husband, with a quarter million dollar payment, and claims that she violated the NDA by making a public allegation of sexual assault, is just about all the proof I need.

by joanne37 6 hours ago

Thats not exactly proof of anything. It could absolutely be true but Gaiman would have also been aware that even a false allegation of that sort would immediately ruined his career, so he pays her off and she signs an NDA. Then comes out later breaking said nda. If she's lying then she deserves the lawsuit but if she's telling the truth then hes a pig and deserves what happens as well.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Innocent until proven guilty is a legal precedent for court room procedures. It was never meant to and still does not apply outside of that. Looking at someone said to have committed sex crimes and telling random people to look at him as innocent is just dangerous.

by Whansen 5 hours ago

Equally as dangerous to condemn someone who may be innocent.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

He may be a bad guy but the lawsuit is justifiable. A legal settlement is not an admission of guilt. From the perspective of the accused, the entire purpose of the legal settlement is often to get an NDA to ensure that the details of the accusation are never revealed. If the accuser takes the settlement, signs the NDA, and then breaks the NDA the accused is right to sue them in line with the terms of the NDA.

by AssumptionMany9970 5 hours ago

Legally, he's countersuing because she sued him for violating the NDA. That you immediately took his side is just you being the typical, tired contrarian desperate for a hot take

by Keeley68 4 hours ago

Just because someone signed a contract doesn't make that contract legal. The courts will decide on that. This is like when someone says "well you signed the lease so deal with it" despite a lease being blatantly against state/local laws.

by Reasonable-Syrup 4 hours ago