Wimbledon’s David Walliams has been named as the celebrity who used an injunction to silence accusations of sexual misconduct.
The comedian has been named in a joint ITV News and Guardian investigation which reports on allegations dating back to 2003.
Walliams attempted to block the investigation with a High Court injunction, and it includes multiple claims from women claiming that he used his celebrity status to pursue them when they were teenagers or young women.
Reporting restrictions have been lifted because he decided not to appeal against a decision to dismiss his claim.
One woman in the report claims she was sexually assaulted when she was 15. There are also claims of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment at Britain’s Got Talent and his former publisher HarperCollins.
Walliams has denied all allegations, including any criminal behaviour.
The allegations reported in the investigation have not led to any criminal charges being reported. They are claims made in the investigation, which Walliams denies.
It comes a day after Russell Brand was jailed for 10 years and six months after being convicted of rape and sexual assaults against four women — a separate case in which the defendant was convicted in court.
It also follows fresh claims from Jemima Goldsmith, who said on X after Brand’s sentencing that she had to call police during a “violent incident” involving Brand, and that she experienced “violence, coercive control and abuse” from him. Goldsmith reportedly dated Brand in 2014, and her claims are her own account, not established fact.
