David Walliams named in sexual misconduct allegations after failed injunction
David Walliams used Schillings to threaten powerless young women into silence. The lawfare? Just like Russell Brand. These aren’t tools which protect women and girls; they’re about power and money. Common among Gender Critical transphobes though.
A Mere Solicitor96This absolutely goes both ways. Anti-trans campaigners use these tools to silence people and the press target trans people and other minoritised groups who can’t wield the same threats: bsky.app/profile/sexa...
🎆Alice Anne Fayth🎆30Okay. There’s need to be more discussions about enablement. If the media could move on from blaming minorities for five minutes to have a helpful discussion about enablement, that’d be a good start.
Amy From Iacon.4And people try to defend these vermin with, why didn't the women come forward sooner?
Ian H 💚🇬🇧🏳️🌈🇪🇺3these SLAPPs, NDAs & Gags should not be legal. full stop.
Decahedron 🏳️🌈2"Regulated" by the SRA 🙄
Natacha46“The masters tools will never dismantle the masters house.” GCs using the same tools of oppression as abusive cis men are not feminists.
naoarte29Media transphobia is “Don’t look at us. Look over there. Yeah, they haven’t done anything, but by God, they look like they’re about to.”
This interview is heartbreaking. Lucy Beaumont has revealed she was one of the main whistleblowers who reported David Walliams. She’s never worked with him but his former runner raised his concerns with her and she listened youtu.be/wiuOCjS62JI?...
Carys Hannah101She tracked down the girls, checked in with them, and even offered to pay their legal fees. She said she had to go to the press because there’s no HR department to report him to. There‘s a total lack of safeguarding in the entertainment industry. Lucy says she knows she may never work again
Clair Woodward55So interesting that she points out that these were working class girls. It's so hard for people like that to get into TV, so this must have seemed like a wonderful opportunity for them. What an utter shit Walliams is.
Kim Marshall 🏴 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇺20Kudos Lucy. When are you touring so I can buy a ticket and bring a bunch of friends?
Chris20She deserves massive credit for this, as does the runner who spoke to her.
You dont need to know this13Lucy is a hero for this, and the TV industry if it sidelines her will just be proving her point. This ain't new, this is Weinstein, Wllliams, Saville, Brand. Prob plenty we never found out about, it will continue happen unless TV companies that enabled this behaviour r held to account.
Ruth Shaw1Lucy, you will probably find work after all, but I'm betting it won't be in the heart of the TV industry - because fame is too precious a commodity nowadays for integrity like yours to burst that bubble.
Jennifer Kretchmer30Lucy Beaumont is a hero for this. Everything she says in this interview is spot-on about the ways that entertainment lacks central accountability systems and how that is exploited. I hope this woman is showered with support and praise for her incredible courage and as much work as she wants.
Dr Mand13Nothing but love and admiration for Lucy Beaumont.
Squiddy10Heck yeah, Lucy Beaumont! 💪 This is how you do it. You listen, you take it seriously and you speak up for those who don't have the abilty to do that for themselves (and damn the consequences).
Chin4Y'know there's been a glut of people disavowing Brand & Walliams recently..? (Seems as if NOBODY on these isles was EVER moved to a titter by EITHER of them.) Well, I'd like to AVOW my longstanding love for Lucy Beaumont. She's just got funny bones. &here, she's an absolute HERO..
Flintworks4Thought beaumont was amazing, now fears having talked about this she may have lost tv work. Beaumont is on tour at the moment if anyone wants to support her bravery www.lucybeaumont.co.uk
Dave Bulmer3Bloody hell, this is worth a watch. Feels like this kind of conversation hasn't ever really been allowed to happen on telly before.
Isobel_Starling2Lucy Beaumont is so brave talking frankly about the issues of predation within the TV industry. She thinks that she'll never work in TV again because she's spoken out. I hope she's wrong, but there are so many dodgy powerful men in the entertainment business who won't like that she spoke up.
David Walliams (Williams, formally) was a director of the Reform treasurer's foundation until February this year, leaving shortly before it was dissolved
Iain Roberts33"The Candy Foundation" sounds pretty fucking sinister when linked to someone with a penchant for young women and girls.
Josiah Mortimer32His charity roles included at The Candy Foundation, for which he was previously listed as a director and trustee "Walliams took on the position in 2020, but it’s claimed this was ‘terminated’ by founder and millionaire property developer Nick Candy [in Feb]." metro.co.uk/2026/03/08/d...
Ruth Shaw11Reform certainly seem to attract wronguns.
Nick Langley11Billionaire generosity [Charity Commission] The Candy Foundation supports a select number of charitable causes focused on improving the lives of those facing severe disadvantage... Income & expenditure Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024 Total income: £42,000 Total expenditure: £42,000
Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE9The roads from all perverts eventually lead back to Reform ............. curious that, isn't it ?
Reality Bites6It’s almost as if rich people feel entitled to convert their high status into sexual dominance.
full of admiration for @maevemcclenaghan.bsky.social @rachaelhealy.bsky.social & whole team behind getting this story out - don't underestimate the months it takes, the legal minefield, pressure to get every detail exactly right & in this case added complexity www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaby Hinsliff92when people say 'how did X get away with it, everyone knew' the answer is at least partly: because it's far harder to meet the legal bar to publish than you think. it can take multiple attempts (people were trying to nail Brand for years), multiple news orgs, even then not all stories make it
Steve Jary5Interesting to see Jonathan Ross’s name featuring in this story as well as one of the Brand episodes.
Echinatum1Why was he referred to as "PPT"? Not why was some string of letters used. But why THAT string of letters.
Regina Filangi1Well done to them. Looking forward to David’s pivot to vaccine conspiracies on Bumble.
Charlotte Augst7So grateful for brave (female!) journalists- but we really need the police and employers to do their job. There are plenty of dodgy men out there who aren't famous enough for a national newspaper to invest this much resource on their case.
Anna Dent7The pathetic excuse about making a 'comedy' Mr Bean pass was weirdly the thing that made me cringe the most. Perhaps because trying to excuse the predatory behaviour by pretending it's funny is one of the most horribly common things that women and girls experience. Calm down love, it's a joke.
My library seems to have every one of David Walliams's books. It does not have mine, a book about consent for 14 -18 year olds. Depressing week to be an underpaid and undervalued sex educator.
Justin Hancock28If his legal team will be the same as RB's I will fucking lose it
The Last Yorkshireman5Sorry Justin. FWIW I value your work and will continue to promote wherever I can with the small platform I have within education.
zaty2I've been guerilla sneaking queer books into our school library for months and the other week saw two of them up on display 🏳️🌈♥️
Ed Of Fannyside1Have a word with them.
Justin Hancock16I'm just saying that I think this is a signifier of a lot of things that are wrong with our culture around consent, sex, power, celebrity, etc. We are inhibited from resourcing young people around consent. We tolerate and promote people who do non-consent / violence.
pgofton.bsky.social3My kid reads a lot so we’re constantly getting new books. whenever I check out the chazzas the kids sections,90% Walliams. disposable ghostwritten slop, he was tanking even before being outed as a rapist.
Like Brand, there are so many details that are shocking but not surprising. Alex, the 15 year old girl, who first approached him for feedback on comedy scripts she'd written. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-sex-grooming-allegations-young-women
Paul [Atreides] Wood17That really turned my stomach. Someone who admired him and thought he was interested because of her mind, her talent, but no. He just saw a girl to exploit and then move on.
Post Mo Thóin (Dave)11The story just gets worse and worse as you go on. Like, why were BGT letting him have unaccompanied minors in his dressing room? Open secrets like this implicate everyone in charge who covered it up or dismissed it. More Noughties stories to come, I'm sure.
Meryl O'Rourke5As someone who was watching and writing comedy at 13, and someone who was constantly told to get my ideas in front of professionals... partic upsetting. I mean, my son is nearly 15, imagine if your approach to his fandom of yours was his.
James3That was so horrible. The betrayal implicit there - a child who thought someone she admired on tv was being nice to her.
matilda "mutant virus" jay1a lot of sickening parts in the article, but honestly the most shocking (but yes, not surprising) is quite how many people must have known more than enough about it and did nothing
ours is a literary quiz at a bookstore so 'The David Walliams Experience Has Been Closed for Unspecified Reasons' would be acceptable, except I don't think anyone knows who he is in America
BeijingPalmer84lol I had *not* seen the morning's 'news' when I posted this
Scott Stein11Our quiz team name is "Third Place." Very childish of us, but we like them to have to announce, "In second place, Third Place."
Gareth Watkins2The David Walliams experience has been closed for unspecified reasons. \ \
Greg Stolze1I didn't, now I do. :( The Wikipedia 'Controvesies' tab strikes again.
Joe Friday I'm In Love1Kind of an awkward time for Matt Lucas to have been on Taskmaster. My understanding of Walliams is that he swam the Thames or something?
Will Stancil1I found out an hour ago
In a shocking development David Walliams has been named as the 'mystery celebrity' who was using injunctions to hide from the allegations against him. He also appears to be removing himself from the Little Britain Corporation he ran. Under which many of his assets are stored.
You’re terrible Muriel! 🏳️🌈5I thought stuff about him was already out there. I remember reading a while ago that his agents wouldn’t send lone not send one woman to meet with him, they always sent two people. Amazing how predators are protected.
Andrew Quinn🏳️🌈🏴🇬🇧🏴🇵🇸🤘🏻😸2I don't think many people are "shocked" at all.
wysiwyg94.bsky.social2Wonder what Matt Lucas will have to say??
Jacqui1It’s not shocking or surprising everybody knew it was him!
Sue Ryan1Another one that ‘everybody knew about’ but did nothing.
Behaviour that does not meet the threshold of criminality can still be in the public interest. Allegations grooming of young women — which Walliams denies — would meet that test. You seem very desperate to suggest any accusations against men are ‘concocted’. It’s a pattern of behaviour.
Mic Wright31A huge publisher like HarperCollins doesn’t ditch a massive moneymaker for nothing. Women working for his publisher had to be told not to engage with Walliams alone. He was the ‘missing step’ at that company for YEARS.
András Forgács W17Abusing the ECHR for reputation management purposes at the minimum should come with public shaming
wariotifo7lmao this cunt is doing 'listen to women' but specifically and near exclusively for this woman: Ghislaine Maxwell (!)
clairbreathnach.bsky.social5He's busy both sidesing on Russian aggression as well so at best he's a professional contrarian
Holly Brigstocke4imo "behaviour that does not meet the threshold of criminality" may be based on the mindset and lack of expertise and methodology of the local plod etc. Cumulative behaviour or a pattern of behaviour may cross the criminal threshold even if the individual events are "grey zone"/lawyered etc
Ben Dunnell2I was trying to come up with something cutting as a response but could only really think of “Ewww, yuck.”
NEW: What are the key legal issues surrounding the David Walliams case? I explain his failed attempt to secure an injunction - on the grounds that he was at risk of self harm - here: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/n...
jonmbailey.bsky.social3Jess Phillips summed it up accurately .-- if the injunction had succeeded then every suspect in a similiar situation would henceforth have used the same grounds.
Coolhandluke2Powerful predators and the media that gave them platforms cannot be examined separately. Who knew? Who looked away? Who protected reputations and connections? The press and media must face serious questions too. Accountability cannot stop at the predators themselves.
Mr Lichen Green1I'm harmed every day knowing that David Walliams wrote books And people actually bought them
