David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct after losing injunction bid
Summary
ITV News and the Guardian published allegations that David Walliams engaged in sexual misconduct, including claims by women who say he groomed them when they were teenagers. Walliams denied being a sexual predator or breaking the law, while saying he regretted not always considering the feelings of people he had casual sexual relationships with.Key Facts
- The reports followed a three-year joint investigation by ITV News and the Guardian.
- One woman alleges she met Walliams at 15, was groomed, and had sex with him at 17.
- Another woman alleges Walliams tried to lift her shirt after she met him at 15; she now describes the alleged incident as sexual assault.
- Other allegations include unwanted advances toward women who worked as models and inappropriate behaviour toward girls and young women at Britain's Got Talent.
- The reports said Walliams had a sexual relationship with at least one junior HarperCollins employee and pursued another.
- Walliams lost a legal bid to prevent the claims from being published.
- His literary agent, Independent Talent Group, dropped him after the investigation was published.
- The BBC removed Little Britain from iPlayer, and Sky said it would drop an upcoming adaptation of Walliams's book Fing! and remove content featuring him.
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