A senior aide to Prime Minister Andy Burnham has claimed David Walliams invited her to his Britain's Got Talent dressing room when she was just 17 years old.
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Abby Tomlinson, the PM's deputy digital communications chief, is among several women who have made sexual misconduct allegations against the actor and comedian.
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She alleges that she received a random message from Walliams inviting her to a BGT live show in 2015, at which time he was a judge.
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Ms Tomlinson says she took a 13-year-old girl with her and when they arrived, they were taken to Walliams' dressing room, where two other girls, 16 and 17, were waiting.
She says they were left alone with Walliams without another adult present.
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'It was absolutely the case, the door was shut and we were alone with him,' she told The Guardian.
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'He's the sort of person who had obviously a lot of access to young women, teenage girls.'
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Walliams' lawyers say the claim is misleading.
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The Little Britain actor failed in his High Court bid to prevent ITV News and The Guardian publishing the allegations in their joint investigation.
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Ms Tomlinson previously voiced her concerns over Walliams on social media in 2020.
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She said: 'Just thinking about how a certain national treasure comedian invited me to meet him when I was 17, started liking my Instagrams when I turned 18, then DM'd me 'looking good x' when I was 19.
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Abby Tomlinson, a senior aide to Prime Minister Andy Burnham has claimed David Walliams invited her to his Britain's Got Talent dressing room when she was just 17 years old
Ms Tomlinson is the PM's deputy digital communications chief
The PM's official spokesman described the allegations as 'deeply troubling' and Labour has suspended Walliams as a party member.
Walliams was today accused of 'abusing his status' to engage in 'inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities' with 'a large number' of women and girls.
One accuser, named as Jade by ITV News and The Guardian, alleges she was sexually assaulted by Walliams when she was 15 after he contacted her online.
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Jade claims they met in Soho before he drove her to his home in his Aston Martin.
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She alleges she was sexually assaulted by Walliams at Supernova Heights, the mansion he bought from Oasis star Noel Gallagher.
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'He asked me to come over and gave me a hug.
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That's when he kissed me,' Jade alleged of Walliams, who was 36 at the time.
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'He lifted my top up and sucked on my breast and then tried to put my hand down his trousers.
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That's when I pulled away and said, 'No'.
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He had an erection at the time,' she said.
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I didn't want to do that, with him or with anyone.
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I didn't want to be touched in that way at all.
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I mean, I was only a 15-year-old.
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She claimed she had confided in him that she had previously been sexually abused by someone else as a child, and that he responded: 'Sorry to hear that.'
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Jade said she considers what she alleges happened to her to have been 'sexual assault' and 'grooming', adding: 'It's completely wrong in every way.'
Another woman, identified only as Alex, claims Walliams began contacting her when she was 15 and studying for her mock GCSEs after meeting her at a Little Britain fan event, where he was dressed as his character Lou.
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The moment they met was captured on camera.
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They began a sexual relationship around two years later when she was 17.
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Asked how she feels about him now, she said: 'I want to vomit.
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I hate him.
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My body reacts when I think about it.
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I think I was groomed.
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Former Britain's Got Talent judge Walliams, 55, launched a High Court bid to prevent the media reporting the allegations, prompting fevered speculation online about his identity.
However, a judge dismissed his claim last week and Walliams did not lodge an appeal before Monday's 4.30pm deadline.
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ITV and The Guardian named him at midday on Tuesday.
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Walliams denies any wrongdoing.
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