Met Police investigates David Walliams over serious sexual offences allegations
The Metropolitan Police has opened an investigation into David Walliams following multiple allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences. Walliams denies all allegations.
Metropolitan Police opens inquiry into David Walliams amid sexual offences claims
The Metropolitan Police is investigating David Walliams following "a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences", The Argus reports. The force confirmed it received the complaints in recent days, and that they are separate from those previously reported by ITV News and The Guardian — though officers are reviewing those reports "to establish whether there is any evidence of offences".
Walliams, 55, was named earlier this week as the celebrity who had sought a court order to block the publication of his identity in connection with allegations of "inappropriate sexual activities" with girls and young women.
A joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian alleges that Walliams preyed on teenage girls and young women for sexual purposes. Multiple women accuse him of "grooming" them as teenagers, and one described an alleged encounter with him as "sexual assault". He is also accused of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment at his former publisher HarperCollins and while working as a judge on Britain's Got Talent.
Walliams denies all allegations against him. In a statement responding to the ITV and Guardian investigation, he said: "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."
He added: "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... 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."
The comedian is best known for his roles in Little Britain and Come Fly With Me alongside Matt Lucas, and has sold more than 60 million copies of his children's books globally. Titles include Gangsta Granny, which was adapted into a BBC special in 2013, and a sequel starring Sheridan Smith in 2022.
HarperCollins dropped Walliams in December 2025 following an internal investigation into allegations that he had "harassed" young women — claims he strongly denied. Earlier this month, theme park Alton Towers permanently closed its World of David Walliams attraction, which featured rides based on his books.
Walliams departed Britain's Got Talent in 2022 after apologising for making "disrespectful comments" about auditioning contestants during filming breaks at the London Palladium in January 2020. In 2023, show producer Fremantle apologised and reached an "amicable resolution" with Walliams after those remarks were leaked.
Source: The Argus