David Walliams named as UK celebrity behind sex claims court injunction

David Walliams has been named as the UK celebrity who tried to get an injunction to prevent the reporting of allegations against him.

He has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, including from when they were as young as 15.

The 55-year-old brought legal action against Independent Television News (ITN) and Guardian News and Media (GNM) ahead of the two organisations reporting those allegations against him.

The media organisations lawyers previously told the High Court in London the allegations involved his alleged "abuse of power and status" to contact young women and try to engage in "inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities."

Walliams denied the claims and unsuccessfully sought an injunction because of the risk he would take his own life - after two previous suicide attempts.

In a statement to both The Guardian and ITV News, he said he realised he had "behaved thoughtlessly."

Walliams said looking back at his "casual sexual relationships" that he "didn't always take people's feelings properly into account."

He acknowledged that a power balance is "inevitable" when one party is famous, but that abusing that power is entirely different, and something he "never did."

"I am not a sexual predator...I have not broken the law...I am devastated that some of the women I met ten to twenty years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me."

He has since been dropped by his literary agents, Independent Talent Group.

A spokesperson for the company says: "ITG is deeply disturbed by the allegations concerning David Walliams.

"Our thoughts are with anyone who has been affected. We are no longer representing him in any capacity."

The children's writer was signed to publisher HarperCollins in 2008, following an inquiry into his relationship with a company's intern he was dropped from the firm in December 2025, with HarperCollins announcing in September it would no longer publish his books.

The Guardian reported he allegedly began a consensual sexual relationship with an intern in her mid-20s - at the time he was 45.

Their report claims women around the office were reportedly warning about Walliam's behaviour, one woman saying she went to HR after a young colleague showed her messages he had sent, asking her out.

Earlier this month, British theme park Alton Towers permanently closed its World of David Walliams attraction, which featured rides inspired by his books.

Walliams left Britain's Got Talent in 2022 after he apologised for making "disrespectful comments" about contestants during filming breaks in January 2020.