David Walliams has been accused of grooming girls as young as 15 and harassing women in the workplace after he lost a court battle trying to block publication of the allegations.
In an investigation by ITV News and the Guardian, multiple women allege the comedian and author used his celebrity status to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were teenagers or young women.
Walliams has denied all of the allegations but said in a letter to journalists working on the investigation: “At times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.”
The ‘s entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba explains.
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