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British comedian and children's author David Walliams is at the centre of one of the biggest celebrity stories in the UK this week, after a joint investigation by the Guardian and ITV News accused him of using his fame to prey on teenage girls and young women for sex. Walliams, 55, denies any wrongdoing.

The investigation, published on November 10 after a three-year inquiry, was released only after Walliams lost a High Court bid to stop the allegations from being published. A judge dismissed his attempt to obtain an injunction a week earlier, and Walliams did not appeal. The court had heard that Walliams had attempted suicide and been hospitalised since first being approached about the story in May. The judge ruled that the risk of suicide was genuine and grave, but "not inevitable", and that blocking publication would be an exceptionally serious interference with the media organisations' rights.

What the Investigation Alleges

The Guardian and ITV News report details first-hand accounts from several women who say Walliams abused his fame to pursue them sexually when they were teenagers or in their early 20s, with alleged incidents dating back as far as 2006. It says some women were still pupils when he first contacted them. In one case, a girl described being groomed over three years.

Two of the women say they first had contact with him when they were 15. A woman given the pseudonym "Alex" says she met Walliams at a fan event in 2004, when she was 15 and he was 32, and that they first had sex when she was 17. She says she was groomed. Walliams said he believed she was 18 when contact resumed and denies grooming her. A second woman, "Jade", says she met him in a Soho cafe in 2007, also aged 15, and alleges that he later kissed her and sexually assaulted her at his home. Walliams strongly denies any sexual contact with her.

The investigation also alleges inappropriate behaviour towards women in the workplace, citing sources at Britain's Got Talent, where Walliams was a judge from 2012 to 2022, and at his publisher HarperCollins, where he is said to have had a sexual relationship with a much younger, junior employee. His lawyers deny the workplace allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour.

The Fallout So Far

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The consequences have been swift. Walliams' literary agent, Independent Talent Group, dropped him after the investigation was published. HarperCollins had already said in December 2025 that it would stop publishing any new titles by Walliams, though it did not publicly give a reason at the time. The BBC described the allegations as "serious" and removed Little Britain, the sketch show that made Walliams famous alongside Matt Lucas, from BBC iPlayer. The UK Labour Party has suspended his membership.

The Metropolitan Police said it had contacted both outlets to ensure that any potential victims are made aware of how they could report any criminal allegations to police.

In a letter to the journalists, published by the Guardian, Walliams wrote: "I am not a sexual predator. 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." He said he had "behaved thoughtlessly" in casual relationships.

An Industry Under Pressure

The story has also put the wider entertainment industry under scrutiny. UK ministers have warned the industry that it must bring in better protections for women and children, and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is expected to meet industry leaders next week. The fallout is still unfolding, and the investigation's full accounts — along with Walliams' detailed denials — are published by the Guardian and ITV News.

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