Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Simon Cowell ‘feared David Walliams was not a good person’ as his reaction to sex claims ‘revealed’
uncertain
reaction → fear → claims
One women alleged that Walliams used his position as a BGT judge to contact young female fans privately, invite them to his dressing room or home and make unwanted advances.
asserted
Walliams → allege → advances
An employee said he saw very young female guests in Walliams’ dressing room while he was wearing only a towel.
asserted
he → say → towel
Cowell seemingly distanced himself from Walliams four years ago after his BGT exit, with sources telling The Mail that he had harboured suspicions about the entertainer.
asserted
he → distance → entertainer
As for the current allegations, an insider said: “Simon hasn’t had anything to do with David for a long time now and he won’t ever again.
asserted
he → say → time
“He is pleased that David went from BGT and that it has now moved on without him.”
asserted
it → go → him
The Standard has contacted Cowell’s representative for comment.
asserted
Standard → contact → comment
Walliams left BGT after he was caught making sexual remarks about a female contestant and describing an elderly contestant as a “c***”.
asserted
he → leave → *
Cowell later said that Walliams was “very respectful and emotional” about other contestants for much of his time on BGT.
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Walliams → say → BGT
But he continued: “We had a conversation.
asserted
We → continue → conversation
But you know, he owned what he said, he wasn't proud of what he said.
asserted
he → know → what
This is not something that I would ever condone.”
asserted
I → condone → that
He added that, while he is an executive producer on the show, he wasn’t “really involved” in the decision for Walliams to leave, saying two other producers were “more hands on”.
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producers → add → decision
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Earlier this week, multiple women came forward with allegations about Walliams.
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women → read → Walliams
Walliams said in a statement: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.
asserted
I → say → relationships
“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.
asserted
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.”
asserted
I → abuse → that
He added: “I am not a sexual predator.
asserted
I → add → ?
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.”
asserted
I → break → me
The injunction bid was dismissed and, after Walliams failed to appeal, he was named in the three-year Guardian and ITV News investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to 2003.
asserted
he → dismiss → 2003
One woman alleged Walliams began contacting her, then 15, after meeting her at a Little Britain fan event, before starting a sexual relationship with her at the age of 17.
asserted
Walliams → allege → 17
Another said she was 18 when the then 31-year-old Walliams first contacted her in 2003.
asserted
Walliams → say → 2003
She told the investigation: “He groomed me as a young adult, I was vulnerable.
asserted
I → tell → adult
He made me feel special, plying me with gifts.
asserted
me → make → gifts
Then disregarding me when he didn’t get what he wanted.”
asserted
he → disregard → what
Walliams is also accused of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment at Britain’s Got Talent and at the publisher, HarperCollins.
asserted
Walliams → accuse → publisher
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