The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation after the force received “a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences” against David Walliams.
It comes after Walliams was named as the celebrity who tried to block the publication of his identity amid allegations of “inappropriate sexual activities” with girls and young women earlier this week.
Multiple women have accused the comedian, 55, of sexually inappropriate behaviour and grooming, including when they were teenagers, according to an investigation by the Guardian and ITV News.
Walliams denies all allegations against him.
The Met Police received a number of non-recent allegations against the former Britain’s Got Talent judge “in recent days”.
In a statement on Friday (November 13), the Met said the complaints made are separate from those previously reported by ITV News and The Guardian.
But it added those reports are being reviewed by officers “to establish whether there is any evidence of offences”.
What did the investigation by ITV News and The Guardian allege about David Walliams?
A joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian alleges Walliams preyed on teenage girls and young women for sexual purposes.
Multiple women accuse Walliams of “grooming” them as teenagers, while another described her alleged encounter with Walliams as “sexual assault”.
Walliams is also accused of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment at his former publisher HarperCollins, and while working on Britain’s Got Talent.
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Responding to the ITV and Guardian investigation, Walliams denied all allegations against him.
He said: "Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with... I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account. That is something 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...
“I am not a sexual predator... I have not broken the law... I am devastated that some of the women I met ten to twenty years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
Who is David Walliams?
The former Britain’s Got Talent judge, known for appearing in comedy shows including Come Fly With Me and Little Britain alongside Matt Lucas, has sold more than 60 million copies of his children’s books globally.
They include The Boy In The Dress, Fing, and Gangsta Granny, the latter of which was turned into a one-hour BBC special in 2013, followed by a sequel starring Sheridan Smith in 2022.
Walliams’ book publisher HarperCollins dropped him in December 2025, after an investigation into allegations he had “harassed” young women, which Walliams strongly denied.
Earlier this month, theme park Alton Towers permanently closed its World of David Walliams attraction, which featured rides inspired by the books.
Walliams left Britain’s Got Talent in 2022 after he apologised for making “disrespectful comments” about auditioning contestants during filming breaks in January 2020 at the London Palladium.
In 2023, Britain’s Got Talent producer Fremantle apologised and reached an “amicable resolution” with Walliams after the remarks he made while on the show were leaked.
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