New sexual scandal of a British comedian: they accuse David Walliams of preying on minors

BarcelonaAn investigation by the newspaper The Guardian and the ITV News network points to the popular British comedian David Walliams as a sexual predator, with a preference for very young girls, including minors. According to the accusations, he allegedly pressured various female coworkers for sex over the years and committed acts of grooming with young girls: establishing friendly conversations, taking advantage of his position – of age and status – to lead them quickly into the sexual realm. One of the girls who the media features as a witness was only fifteen years old when the comedian asked her if she was still a virgin.

According to the young woman's account, she was dazzled by his promises to help her with her aspirations of being a comedy screenwriter and the praise he gave her when she sent him samples of her work, and they both began a sexual relationship when she was still seventeen. Walliams, who was 32 at the time, denies the accusations. The media, however, brandish around thirty first-hand sources to support their report.

The case, in fact, had been known to the media for some time, but the comedian had managed to get the British justice system to block the publication of his name. He did so by relying on the figure of the injunction that prevented the Guardian from publishing his name. Finally, however, this protection was dismissed, despite a defense strategy that was based, among other things, on suggesting the possibility that Walliams might take his own life if the scandal came to light and reminding the court that the relationship with his son could be severely damaged. The judge finally considered that the public's right to know about the case prevailed. In his reasoning, the magistrate recalled that the threat of suicide cannot be a determining factor and that the State had an obligation to protect his integrity, but not through this judicial measure, but by offering him the psychiatric services of the British social security system.

Born in 1971, the comedian partnered with Matt Lucas in two series of success and politically incorrect humor – which would be cancelled today – such as Little Britain and Come fly with me. For a decade (2012-2022), he was a judge on the program Britain's got talent, and received several television awards. Walliams is also a bestselling author of children's books, which have been translated into about fifty languages, including Catalan.

The news of the revelation of his name comes just one day after the British comedian Russell Brand was also sentenced to ten and a half years in prison, in this case for one rape and three sexual assaults.