The children’s author and comedian denies sexual assault allegations and says he did not break the law.
Published on November 14, 2026
London police have launched an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offenses after media reports accused British comedian and children’s author David Walliams of sexually manipulating and abusing girls and young women.
Walliams, 55, denies the allegations.
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The Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Friday that they “received a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offenses involving a man now in his 50s”.
In the statement, Met Police Detective Superintendent Mike Cagney urged anyone affected to come forward.
The Met said the new allegations are separate from those reported this week by ITV News and The Guardian.
Both news outlets published reports on Tuesday that several women had accused Walliams of sexual misconduct, with the allegations dating back to 2003.
The information was released a day after comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Multiple allegations
The Guardian and ITV said they spoke to more than 100 people during a three-year investigation.
One woman said Walliams sexually assaulted her at his London home when she was 15, while others accused him of grooming them when they were teenagers. The reports also contained allegations that he harassed younger female colleagues.
In a letter to ITV and the Guardian, he said: “While an imbalance of power is inevitable when a party is famous, abusing that power is another thing entirely and is something I have never done. »
He added: “I’m not a sexual predator…I didn’t break the law.” »
The investigation reports were published after he lost a High Court bid to stop the media from naming him.
The judge, Matthew Nicklin, said an injunction would constitute “an exceptionally serious interference” with media rights.
Released by the BBC, literary agency
A BBC spokesperson told the AFP news agency that it had axed some shows involving Walliams, including all episodes of Little Britain, the sketch comedy series that made him famous.
His literary agency, Independent Talent Group, said it “no longer represents him in any capacity.”
Walliams’ publisher, HarperCollins, fired him last year, following accusations that he had harassed female staff, which he had also denied.
Walliams rose to fame as a comedian with sketches Little Britain and Come Fly With Me. He was also a judge on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.
He wrote children’s books that reportedly sold more than 50 million copies, including Mr. Stink, Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress.
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