Comedian and best-selling children’s author David Walliams has been unmasked as a previously anonymous British celebrity accused of sexual misconduct with “a large number of girls and young women”.
The BAFTA-winning star, known for Little Brittany, Come fly with me and for his 10-year term as judge on Britain’s Got Talentwas accused of sexually assaulting and grooming girls as young as 15.
He had sought an injunction to stop two news outlets, ITN and Guardian News and Media, from publishing his identity amid fears he was “highly likely” to take his own life. He argued that the suicide risk was not attributed to wrongdoing but to what his lawyers described as a “media trial.”
He has not been identified in the press until now, following the judge’s rejection of an injunction last week and Walliams’ refusal to appeal. British news agencies had been warned against publishing details identifying Walliams before the outcome of the injunction bid was known.
And after failing to meet the appeal deadline on Monday, The Guardian and ITV News released their three-year joint investigation on Tuesday, titled: ‘David Walliams: Power and Silence’. Walliams is accused of preying on teenage girls and young women for “sexual purposes”. He denies all allegations and told the media: “I’m not a sexual predator…I didn’t break the law.” » The Hollywood Reporter has contacted its representatives for comment.
One woman has described her alleged encounter with Walliams when she was 15 as “sexual assault”, and several women accuse him of “grooming” them when they were teenagers.
The guardianThe digital report opens with the testimony of Alex, who was contacted by Walliams when she was 15 and he was 32. “Hello, it’s David Walliams,” she says she remembers saying to him on the phone in January 2004. “You know, on TV!
She met him at a fan event Little Brittany a few days before, she said, where he allegedly told her: “You are a very attractive woman. » With ambitions of becoming a comedy writer, Alex says she gave him printed copies of the scripts she had written and included her contact information on the cover letter, without expecting him to contact her. Over the next two years, Alex says she and Walliams spoke on the phone several times and exchanged emails. When she turned 17, they were having sex, she said.
She is one of “numerous women” who claim Walliams “abused his power and celebrity position to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were teenagers or young women”, according to the explosive report.
Most say they were over 18 when they interacted with Walliams. The allegations extend to his conduct in professional environments, with “multiple sources” describing inappropriate behavior towards women both professionally and professionally. Great BritainIt is I have talent And its publisher, HarperCollins.
The investigation follows a slew of information that has emerged about his behavior in recent years, including his complete abandonment by HarperCollins in 2025. Walliams is one of the country’s best-selling authors, having sold more than 50 to 60 million copies of his books worldwide, with Gangsta Granny, Mr. Stinky And The boy in the dress among his most famous.
But a report in The Daily Telegraph In December 2025, Walliams accused Walliams of “harassing” young female employees at HarperCollins, where former employees said they were told to work “in pairs” when meeting him and were advised not to go to his house. He then firmly denied these assertions.
TMZ recently reported that Walliams had been dropped from an upcoming film, The road to never againas allegations of misconduct surfaced. It is unclear whether these allegations are related to the claims made in The guardian and ITV News.
Then last week came the sudden closure of David Walliams’ World, an attraction at one of the UK’s flagship theme parks, Alton Towers. The Merlin Entertainments-owned park has announced it will permanently close the area, which brought characters from Walliams’ hugely popular books to life, after five years.
“As the 2026 peak season at Alton Towers Resort draws to a close and following our regular review of rides and attractions across the resort, we have made the decision to permanently close David Walliams’ World,” a Merlin spokesperson told THR. The spokesperson declined to give further details, but said a series of operational and customer experience decisions had been taken into account.
In June last year, Walliams was widely condemned, including by the BBC, for performing two Nazi salutes during a recording of the British show. Would I lie to you?. He allegedly made the gestures during a segment in which another panelist was joking about injuring his wrist while waving his hand. The audience at Pinewood Studios, where the Christmas special was filmed, were reportedly shocked when Walliams joined in to imitate the waves before holding his arm in a Nazi salute.
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