‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex
What happened
Several women accuse comedian David Walliams of using his fame to prey on them for sex when they were teenagers or young women, according to a joint investigation by the Guardian and ITV News.
Walliams, 55, denies the allegations.
One woman, called Alex, says she was 15 when she gave him scripts at a Little Britain fan event in January 2004, and that they were having sex by the time she was 17.
A second woman, called Jade, alleges she also met him at 15 and that he invited her to his home weeks later and initiated sexual contact.
Most of the women say they were over 18 when they dealt with Walliams; some asked for pseudonyms to protect their anonymity.
Walliams lost a bid at the High Court in London to block publication of the allegations, according to Der Standard and Yle.
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- 2026-11-10 12:00 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 12:39 UTCNYT · nytimes.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 12:40 UTCVariety · variety.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 14:39 UTCEl País América · elpais.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 14:53 UTCYle · yle.fi ↗
- 2026-11-10 14:56 UTCDer Standard · derstandard.at ↗
- 2026-11-10 15:12 UTCSCMP via AP · scmp.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 16:08 UTCABC · abc.net.au ↗
- 2026-11-10 18:19 UTCCBC · cbc.ca ↗
- 2026-11-10 18:42 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 18:58 UTCArab News via AP · arabnews.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 19:38 UTCCNA · channelnewsasia.com ↗
- 2026-11-10 20:05 UTCFBC News · fbcnews.com.fj ↗
- 2026-11-11 05:09 UTCIOL same text as CNA · iol.co.za ↗
- 2026-11-11 11:56 UTCFrance 24 · france24.com ↗
- 2026-11-11 15:30 UTCNZZ · nzz.ch ↗
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