British author and actor David Walliams accused of sexual predation by several women

British comedian and bestselling children's book author David Walliams is accused of sexual predation by several women interviewed in an investigation by the Guardian and the ITV News channel published Tuesday, November 10.

These accusations led his literary agent to announce that he was parting ways with him, while the BBC indicated that it was withdrawing from its platforms certain programs linked to the author and actor, such as the series Little Britain which made him famous.

David Walliams, 55, who denies any illegal behavior, tried unsuccessfully in court to prevent the publication of his name in this investigation, but the High Court rejected his request. Its British publisher HarperCollins announced in December 2025 that it would no longer publish the author's books, already targeted by accusations of sexual harassment within this publishing house.

The writer is one of the best-selling authors of children's literature in the United Kingdom, with around twenty books published, including The Boy in the Dress (The day I disguised myself as a girl, in its French translation), and Mr Stink (Monsieur Kipu). As part of their investigation, the Guardian and ITV News collected testimonies from 30 different sources about David Walliams' behavior, dating back to 2003. Several women accuse him of having used his celebrity to obtain sex when they were young, even underage.

“I didn’t break any laws.”

Quoted by the Guardian, David Walliams admits to having had “reckless behavior towards certain people with whom (he had) casual sexual relations”. But “I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken any laws,” he assures. While most of the women interviewed say they were adults when they met the star, two of them say they were contacted by David Walliams when they were 15 years old.

One, identified as Alex, said she received a phone call from David Walliams, whom she had met at a book signing, and after two years of telephone and email exchanges, had sexual relations with him when she was 17. David Walliams, she said, was “insistent” and treated her “like a prostitute”.

A reputation already damaged

The other, Jade, claims to have received an online message from the actor when she was 15, before meeting him a few weeks later. She says the actor took her to his house, lifted her t-shirt and bra, kissed her chest, but she ended the contact. “It’s sexual predation,” she told the Guardian. Contacted by AFP, David Walliams' lawyer did not immediately react. Before the High Court, she indicated that the author had made two suicide attempts and was interned in a psychiatric hospital.

David Walliams has sold more than 60 million books, and several of his works have been adapted for television. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2017 for his charitable work. His reputation had already been damaged in 2022 by a Guardian investigation, which revealed that he had been recorded making denigrating comments of a sexual nature about candidates while he was a juror on the television show "Britain's Got Talent".