Revealed: David Walliams accused of using celebrity status to prey on young women for sex
Summary
A joint Guardian and ITV News investigation reports that multiple women have accused British television personality and author David Walliams of using his status to pursue them sexually, including two who said they met him when they were 15. Walliams denies wrongdoing; a High Court judge refused to block publication, finding the reporting concerned matters of substantial public interest and that an injunction would seriously interfere with press freedom.Key Facts
- The investigation said it gathered first-hand accounts from 30 sources.
- Two women said they first met Walliams when they were 15 and that their experiences had affected them for years.
- The allegations also concern Walliams’s conduct on Britain’s Got Talent and at his former publisher, HarperCollins.
- Walliams denies wrongdoing.
- His lawyers said he had made two suicide attempts after the news organisations put the allegations to him in May.
- The court heard that Walliams had been detained under the Mental Health Act and was receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment.
- High Court judge Nicklin rejected Walliams’s bid to prevent publication, citing the public interest and the serious impact an injunction would have on press freedom.
- Walliams’s lawyers said on Monday that he would not appeal the ruling.
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