Multiple women have accused him of sexually inappropriate behaviour and grooming including when they were teenagers, according to the investigation.
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Walliams, 55, has denied all allegations against him, stating: “I am not a sexual predator... I have not broken the law”.
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The Standard has contacted Walliams’ agents and lawyer for comment.
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The three-year joint investigation revealed a number of allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to 2003.
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They include one woman who described her encounter with Walliams when she was aged 15 as “sexual assault”.
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Multiple other women have accused the TV personality of “grooming” them when they were teenagers, according to the investigation.
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One woman alleged Walliams began contacting her when she was 15 after meeting her at a Little Britain fan event, before starting a sexual relationship with her at the age of 17, ITV News reported.
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Walliams is also accused of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment at Britain’s Got Talent and at the publisher, HarperCollins.
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According to the report, Walliams denies any wrongdoing.
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In a letter to the Guardian and ITV News, Walliams wrote: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.
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“I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account.
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That is something I regret.
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“And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did.”
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He added: “I am not a sexual predator.
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I have not broken the law, but I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
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The celebrity had brought legal action against Guardian News and Media (GNM), publisher of The Guardian, and Independent Television News (ITN), which produces news programmes for ITV, Channel 4, Good Morning Britain and Channel 5, to stop them publishing details of a joint-investigation.
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During a two-day trial in late October, the High Court in London was told by lawyers for the media organisations that the allegations they wanted to report involved Walliam’s alleged “abuse of power and status” to contact young women and try to engage in “inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities”.
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Walliams sought an injunction to prevent this broadcast and publication because of a risk that he would take his own life, following two previous suicide attempts, the court was told.
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In a judgment on Tuesday, November 3, Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed the injunction bid.
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But Walliams could still not be named because he was granted the right to appeal the decision.
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The allegations made against Walliams on Tuesday are the lowest moment yet in the career of a man that until several years ago was considered one of showbusiness’s biggest stars, with hit TV shows and a hugely successful children’s writing career.
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But after damning revelations and allegations he lost his role at BGT, and lost his publishing contract with HarperCollins, amid the fallout from claims he harassed young women at the publisher.
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He strongly denied the claims, saying he he had "never been informed of any allegations raised against him".
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"He was not party to any investigation or given any opportunity to answer questions”, a spokesperson for Walliams said in December.
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His barrister told the hearing In October that Walliams “has no intention of returning to public life”.
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Downing Street said the new allegations David Walliams were “deeply troubling.”
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Asked about the investigation, Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s official spokesman said: “I don’t think we’ve seen the full extent of the reporting.
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“They’re clearly deeply troubling allegations, and the Government will doubtless respond to them during the course of the day, I’m sure.”
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