Most people in the industry were already aware that he was a twisted pervert with some very extreme fetishes. And they were all willing to ignore it or, in the case of these women, to go along with it because of the power and influence that he had in the industry.

It's no accident that these allegations have finally hit the mainstream now that the industry is collapsing and there's no more money to be made. I heard Clownfish yesterday say that making these claims after the MeToo ship has already sailed lends credibility to them. No. It's precisely because woke no longer has the power that it did, and people like Gaiman therefor can no longer use it as a weapon, that these allegations have finally hit the normie sphere.

I have no doubt that these women consented to these activities at the time and only started complaining about it when they didn't get the career boost that they wanted from Gaiman. And the reason that various outlets are only writing about it now is because they sensed weakness and now believe they can benefit from forcing Gaiman to give up his share of the increasingly meager profits that can be garnered from the mainstream comics industry.

This appears to be just another case of women retroactively withdrawing consent for things they consented to at the time because they didn't get what they wanted out of it and now they feel icky about it.