Mark Williams-Thomas, the former police detective whose investigation helped expose Jimmy Savile, has warned that some powerful names in television and film have yet to face justice. He made the claims on the latest episode of the Daily Expresso.
Investigator names figures he knows
At the start of the episode, host JJ Anisiobi showed Williams-Thomas a list of nine men on a tablet, which he did not name out loud, and asked if he had heard anything about any of them.
Williams-Thomas said: "Yes, I know four of them very well. They're not all offenders. It depends on what you're talking about. Lots of individuals over the years have had relationships with women and because of the power imbalance between being a celebrity and being a fan, that power imbalance leads to, a misconception in terms of your relationships but my focus is always those people who abuse their power, and of course abuse children."
Wealth protects the unexposed
Following the Savile scandal, Williams-Thomas said he had been "inundated" with people giving him information about other celebrities. He explained that some high-profile individuals remained unexposed because their wealth and influence make others reluctant to take them on.
He said: "The sad reality in this country is that there are still people who are too powerful, who carry too much weight, too much clout, are too financially supported that nobody will take them on."
Asked what he believed was the biggest scandal hiding in plain sight in Britain, he said: "There are still a number of people, high-profile people, who walk amongst us, who haven't been exposed."
Information shared with Operation Yewtree
Williams-Thomas said he had shared information with the team behind Operation Yewtree. He claimed that, in the aftermath of the Savile scandal, he received numerous names of high-profile individuals, some of whom he believed should have been prosecuted but never were.
He told the podcast: "There are a number of other people, and there's one that I've written to the then DPP. I wrote to Keir Starmer when he was the DPP, and I made it very clear to him that there is this individual who should be prosecuted for sexual offences and on a technicality that person wasn't prosecuted."
He alleged: "There are other people. There's a lord who I have information on who sexually abused a child, has never been arrested or prosecuted."
Other cases discussed
In the episode, the investigator also spoke about Russell Brand, Hugh Edwards and recent allegations regarding David Walliams. He argued that inappropriate comments should not simply be dismissed as jokes, particularly when made by people in positions of influence.
Daily Expresso episodes are available every weekday at 5pm on The Daily Express YouTube Channel, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
