British movie star who fought to cover misconduct allegations by means of lawsuit unmasked

Celebrity

By Linda Ikeji
10 November 2026, 5:57 pm

British creator and comic David Walliams has been recognized as the person who sought to stop ITN and The Guardian from naming him in experiences about allegations of inappropriate and exploitative conduct involving women and younger girls. Walliams denies the allegations.

The kids’s creator, who starred within the BBC sketch exhibits Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, was recognized solely as “PPT” in the course of the court docket proceedings. According to TMZ, he was accused of utilizing his fame and affect over a number of years to pursue inappropriate intimate relationships with a number of women and younger girls.

In an hour-long ITN documentary, a girl recognized as “Alex” stated she met Walliams at a Little Britain signing in London in 2004, when she was 15 and he was 32. She alleged that he known as her engaging and stared intently into her eyes.

Another lady alleged that Walliams assaulted her at his dwelling when she was 15. She stated he kissed her and touched her with out her consent, and that she pulled away and informed him no.

TMZ beforehand reported that Walliams had been faraway from the upcoming UK movie The Road to Nevermore. A supply near the manufacturing informed the outlet that he was dropped after the allegations surfaced and that his title was faraway from the movie’s IMDb itemizing.

Walliams’s attorneys argued that revealing his identification would put him at severe threat of making an attempt to unalive himself. Lawyers for ITN and The Guardian argued that publication was within the public curiosity and that his psychological well being issues ought to be addressed by means of medical care.

Mr Justice Matthew Nicklin rejected Walliams’s bid to dam publication, though his identification remained briefly protected whereas a attainable attraction was thought of. The choose had beforehand warned that anybody who breached the court docket order by figuring out Walliams might face imprisonment.