Britain’s Got Talent bosses regarded into s3xu@l abuse allegation in opposition to decide David Walliams claims 6 years in the past

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By Linda Ikeji
11 November 2026, 2:10 pm

Britain’s Got Talent producers reportedly regarded into allegations about David Walliams’s conduct in 2020 however discovered no proof on the time that may justify eradicating him from the present.

The Daily Mail reported that the casual assessment adopted claims from journalists and social media customers that Walliams, then a decide on the ITV programme, had behaved inappropriately at Fountain Studios in Wembley. Sources instructed the newspaper that producers couldn’t set up whether or not visitors who visited his dressing room had first met him by way of social media.

Abby Tomlinson, a fan of the present, alleged that she and a 13-year-old woman had been left alone with Walliams in his dressing room with the door closed. His attorneys denied the declare, saying the door was at all times left open and that his private assistant put younger ladies on the visitor checklist.

No formal complaints about Walliams had been reportedly submitted to Fremantle, the corporate that produces the present. A supply instructed the Mail that the assessment was performed “on a more informal basis with no external company brought in to look at it”.

Walliams, 55, served as a decide from 2012 to 2022. He left after it emerged that he had made specific and derogatory remarks about some contestants.

The account of the 2020 assessment follows an investigation by The Guardian and ITV News through which Walliams was accused of grooming women as younger as 15 and utilizing his place to pursue ladies. He denies the allegations and unsuccessfully sought a courtroom injunction to dam publication. In a letter to the journalists, Walliams rejected accusations of predatory behaviour, saying he had “behaved thoughtlessly” however had not damaged the legislation.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed it had contacted each retailers to ensure anybody who might have been affected knew learn how to report allegations to police.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy mentioned she would meet senior figures from the media and leisure industries to “draw a line in the sand”. Her feedback adopted requires clearer methods to report considerations about highly effective figures within the trade and got here within the wake of Russell Brand’s conviction in a separate case involving defilement.

After the allegations had been printed on Tuesday, Independent Talent Group dropped Walliams, and the BBC started eradicating programmes that includes him, together with Little Britain, from iPlayer.