David Walliams has had his Labour membership suspended, the party confirmed today. It comes after the Little Britain actor was accused of preying on teenage girls, in two cases first initiating contact when they were 15 years old.
In 2015 Walliams posted on social media that he was ‘so impressed’ by Andy Burnham and that he “even told him that he would be Labour leader one day”. Further back in 2008, in a bid to clear its £18 million of debt, Labour auctioned off a ‘swim with David Walliams’ in ‘temperate’ waters.
The BBC this afternoon said that Little Britain and Come Fly With Me are being removed from iPlayer while the corporation reviews ‘all material’ featuring or written by the Britain’s Got Talent judge.
According to a joint report from the Guardian and ITV, multiple women allege that Walliams abused his power and celebrity status to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were teenagers or young women. They say that they have been left traumatised.
In one example, Walliams is alleged to have preyed on a 15-year-old girl in the summer of 2007. After communicating with the girl online, he reportedly met her at a high-end shop and cafe in central London. He asked if she’d had sex before, and later walked her to a tube station and kissed her. ‘I let him,’ the woman has recalled. ‘I shut off completely.’
Walliams reportedly then invited the 15-year-old to his house, a five-storey townhouse in Belsize Park, lifted up her T-shirt, and sucked her breast. She pulled away, and he agreed to stop. Walliams denies that he had any sexual contact with this woman, and says he never engaged in grooming young women. His lawyers said that he believed those he had sexual contact with were 18.
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