David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct in ITV News and Guardian investigation
Two women say they were 15 when they met him. Walliams denies any wrongdoing as the BBC pulls Little Britain off iPlayer.
David Walliams has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women, two of whom say they were 15 when they first had contact with him.
The allegations come from a three-year joint investigation by ITV News and the Guardian, published on 10 November 2026 after the comedian and author lost a High Court bid to stop it.
Walliams, 55, denies any wrongdoing.
After the investigation was published, his literary agent, Independent Talent Group, dropped him. The BBC described the allegations as “serious” and took Little Britain, the sketch comedy that made Walliams famous alongside Matt Lucas, off BBC iPlayer.
UK theme park Alton Towers also permanently closed The World of David Walliams, an attraction dedicated to the comedian.
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”.
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Walliams: ‘I am not a sexual predator’
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 acknowledged he had “behaved thoughtlessly” towards some casual sexual partners, adding: “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.”
What the women allege
A woman given the pseudonym ‘Alex’ alleges she met Walliams at a fan event in 2004, aged 15, and that they first had consensual sex when she was 17. “I think I was groomed. 100%,” she said.
Walliams said he believed she was 18 and denied grooming her.
A second woman, ‘Jade’, alleges she met him in a Soho cafe in 2007, also aged 15. She alleges that later, at his home, he kissed her and committed an act she now describes as a sexual assault. Walliams strongly denied any sexual contact with her.
Lilly Creightmore, who was 18 when Walliams contacted her, waived her anonymity and told BBC Newsnight she “felt instantly pressured to share a bed with him” after moving into his home as a flatmate. “I felt I was being manipulated,” she said. Walliams denied grooming her or acting inappropriately.
Other women allege he invited them to his dressing room at ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, where he was a judge. Production company Fremantle UK said “no complaint has ever been made” against him.
The investigation also alleges Walliams had a sexual relationship with at least one junior employee at HarperCollins. The publisher dropped him after an internal investigation and said earlier this year it would stop publishing his back catalogue. Walliams denies behaving inappropriately in the workplace.
How the injunction bid failed
Walliams took legal action against ITN and Guardian News and Media to block publication. His lawyers cited a serious risk to his mental health, while the outlets argued publication was in the public interest. A High Court judge rejected the injunction last week, and Walliams did not appeal.
Walliams’ Stan connection
The fallout has an Australian side. In March 2025, Stan announced Fing!, a Stan Original Film adapted from Walliams’ 2019 children’s book. Its cast includes Taika Waititi as the villainous Viscount, Mia Wasikowska, Richard Roxburgh, Robyn Nevin, Blake Harrison, and Penelope Wilton.
Walliams co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Cecil and appears in the film as the headmaster. Jeffrey Walker directed. The film is an official Australian-UK co-production, shot in Brisbane with Screen Queensland and produced by Jo Sargent of King Bert Productions and Todd Fellman of Story Bridge Films.
Fing! premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2026. Transmission is set to release it in Australian cinemas on 14 January 2027, before it streams exclusively on Stan.
“It’s a film with universal appeal, and we are confident it will resonate with Australian audiences of all ages,” Stan Chief Content Officer Cailah Scobie said when the film was announced.
Mediaweek has contacted Stan for comment.
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