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Comedian Lucy Beaumont has revealed she was among the people who came forward in the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming against David Walliams.
The 43-year-old TV star said the TV industry needed better procedures for people to raise safeguarding issues and explained that she had been ‘really worried’ that one of his alleged victims was going to ‘take her own life’.
Beaumont said she raised concerns about Walliams after being told he was hosting teenage girls in his dressing room while working on a TV show, making her ‘really worried’ about if he had behaved inappropriately.
The best-selling author and former Britain’s Got Talent judge, 55, was named as part of a three-year investigation by The Guardian and ITV News on Tuesday, after he tried to obtain an injunction to prevent the reporting of allegations against him, which included claims he had abused his celebrity status to exploit teenagers, with some of his accusers as young as 15.
A judge refused the application for a permanent injunction last week, a decision that Walliams did not appeal.
He denies any wrongdoing, saying he ‘behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with’ and adding: ‘I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken the law.’
Beaumont said she had come forward publicly about her whistleblowing role because she ‘wants to...
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