David Walliams has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl he met online, according to a joint ITV News and The Guardian investigation. The accuser, named as Jade, alleges the TV star assaulted her in her house after they first contacted each other through the social media platform MySpace.
Jade says Walliams, now 55, reached out to her online after she commented on his photo, with her age visible on her profile. She described the attention as a "whole different level" and said she thought she "must be a bit special in a way."
Alleged Meeting and Assault
After exchanging messages, Jade says they met in a cafe in London before the comedian drove her to his home. She recalled that he asked about school and then, "It wasn't long before he asked me if I'd ever had sex before. I said I hadn't. I didn't like talking about that kind of stuff."
Jade told the investigation that after their coffees, Walliams offered to walk her to a tube station and kissed her down a side street. She claims he then invited her back to his house, where he groped her inside. She said she was not ready for sex and did not want to be touched in that way, adding, "I mean, I was only a 15-year-old."
Denial and Investigation
Walliams strongly denies that he had any sexual contact with Jade. He says he rejects any allegations of criminal activity and has never engaged in the grooming of young women. The three-year investigation also features other women alleging Walliams preyed on them for sexual purposes, including one who says he began contacting her when she was 15 and alleges they started a sexual relationship when she was 17.
In a letter to journalists, Walliams wrote: "Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with. I realise I did not always take people's feelings properly into account. That is something I regret. And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did." He added: "I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken the law, but I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me."
Background and Career
Walliams, a former Britain's Got Talent judge, is known for comedy shows including Come Fly With Me and Little Britain alongside Matt Lucas, and has sold more than 60 million copies of his books globally, including The Boy In The Dress, Fing, and Gangsta Granny. He left Britain's Got Talent in 2022 after apologising for making "disrespectful comments" about auditioning contestants during filming breaks in January 2020 at the London Palladium. In 2023, the show's producer Fremantle apologised and reached an "amicable resolution" with Walliams after the remarks were leaked.
The documentary David Walliams: Power and Silence airs tonight at 22:50 on ITV and is available to watch now on the ITV News YouTube Channel.
