Best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of sexual assault made by multiple women that were most recently reported in an article published by New York Magazine on Monday.

Neil Gaiman, the bestselling fantasy author behind "The Sandman" comic books, and novels and shows "American Gods" and "Good Omens," has emphatically denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sexual conduct after several women accused him of sexual assault in a New York magazine article.

Author Neil Gaiman issued a statement in response to the allegations of sexual assault and abuse by multiple women reported in a recent bombshell New York Magazine exposé. In a post to the author's website on Tuesday, Gaiman wrote, "I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone."