The British police announced that they have opened an investigation into the actor and best-selling author of children’s books David Walliams, regarding alleged serious sexual offences.
Without naming him, the Metropolitan Police said that “in recent days they have received several reports concerning alleged serious sexual offences committed in the past” by the author, in the wake of Tuesday’s publication by The Guardian and ITV News of testimonies from women accusing him of sexual predation.
The Met Police noted that these reports “are different from the cases mentioned” in the journalists’ investigation, but added that it is “proactively examining” this journalistic work “to determine whether it contains elements attesting to the commission of offences.”
The individuals who have come forward “are supported by specialist officers,” she further added, without specifying their number.
The opening of this investigation comes after last week’s conviction of ten years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assaults of another entertainment and British media star, former comedian Russell Brand, who reignited the debate on the protection of women in this field.
David Walliams, 55, is among the United Kingdom’s best-selling children’s authors, with around twenty books published, including “The Boy in the Dress” (“The Day I Dressed as a Girl” in its French translation), or “Mr Stink.”
As part of the Guardian and ITV News investigation, several women accuse him of using his celebrity to obtain sexual relations when they were young, or even underage. One describes a sexual assault when she was 15.
David Walliams has denied any illegal conduct and has unsuccessfully sought through the courts to prevent the publication of his name in this investigation.
“I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken any law,” he told The Guardian, acknowledging, however, “a reckless behaviour towards certain people with whom he had casual sexual relations.”
The press reports led David Walliams’s literary agent to announce that he was separating from him, while the BBC removed certain programs related to the author and comedian from its platforms, such as the series “Little Britain” which made him famous.
The British publisher HarperCollins had announced in December 2025 that it would no longer publish the author’s books, targeted by accusations of sexual harassment within that publishing house.
