Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
5 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
64/100
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Outlets on this story
63
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Lucy Beaumont comes forward as David Walliams whistleblower as she calls out TV industry
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journalism → come → readers
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we → purchase → commission
The comedian and writer denies all the claims made against him, saying: “I am not a sexual predator...
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I → deny → him
I have not broken the law.”
asserted
I → break → law
Comedian Beaumont has now revealed that she gave information to The Guardian, as she called for better safeguarding in the TV industry.
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she → reveal → industry
She said: “I don’t know Walliams, I haven’t worked with him but, bizarrely, it’s been a really strange day for me because, about three years ago, a young person – and it was their first job on TV – worked on a show he was on and the next show that they worked on was with me.
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they → say → me
“They took me aside and said, ‘I need to tell somebody something’ and confided in me.”
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I → take → me
Beaumont said that the worker claimed that their job was to take “young girls” to Walliams’ dressing room.
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job → say → room
“He felt they were vulnerable,” the young worker allegedly told the comedian.
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worker → feel → comedian
“At the time, he didn’t think there was a process, a way to let people know within the TV company what was happening and how he felt and I was really worried.”
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I → think → company
Beaumont said she subsequently found one of the alleged victims, who was in a “really bad way” and offered to help, including offering to pay legal fees relating to a non-disclosure agreement.
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who → say → agreement
However, the woman, who Beaumont feared would “take her own life”, declined her offer of help and support.
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Beaumont → fear → help
“I did as much as I could do privately and whenever I’ve heard a rumour about anyone, I’ve done everything I can,” she told Newman.
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she → do → Newman
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“There’s only so much you can do.
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you → read → ?
I’m not the police.
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I → ’m → ?
Nothing seems to be illegal, but I was really worried, and I was one of the whistleblowers.
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I → seem → whistleblowers
I was one of the people to let The Guardian know.”
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Guardian → let → people
She said she had never worked with Walliams or witnessed any inappropriate behaviour from him but was “worried that these girls were young”.
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girls → say → him
Beaumont, who starred in the first series of The Celebrity Traitors, said she feared coming forward would harm her career.
“The reason high-profile people are not saying anything is because they lose work, because you’re seen that you might be a trouble causer.
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you → star → work
It does need to be said that there needs to be some intervention.”
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It → need → ?
She said that there is “no proper duty of care” within the TV industry.
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She → say → industry
“These things slip through the net because, I think there will be now, but there hasn’t been a process that you can deal with.”
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you → slip → that
“I realise I did not always take people's feelings properly into account.
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I → realise → account
That is something I regret.
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I → regret → ?
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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I → abuse → that
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