Amanda Palmer is “profoundly disturbed” by the sexual-assault and abuse allegations against her estranged husband, Neil Gaiman, but “she has no comment” on them, a representative said. As multiple women accused Gaiman of assault and abuse in New York ’s latest cover story,

Neil and Amanda first met in 2008 at a pivotal time in both of their lives. Amanda was 32 at the time, and Neil, 47, was going through a divorce.

In a podcast last summer, two women accused Neil Gaiman, the popular and influential comic book author and fantasy novelist, of sexual assault. Since then, others have stepped forward with similar allegations.