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According to BBC News, ITV News and the Guardian have published allegations of sexual misconduct against David Walliams following a joint three-year investigation. Several women, including women who said they first met him when they were 15, alleged unwanted sexual advances and grooming.

Walliams said in a letter to journalists that he was “not a sexual predator” and had not “broken the law”. He said he had sometimes behaved thoughtlessly in casual sexual relationships and regretted not always taking people’s feelings properly into account. He denied abusing any power linked to his fame.

The reports include allegations from women identified as Alex and Jade, who said they first had contact with Walliams at 15. Walliams denied grooming Alex and said he believed she was 18 when they had sex. He strongly denied Jade’s allegation of sexual contact and rejected allegations of criminal activity. His lawyers also denied that he groomed or acted inappropriately towards Lilly Creightmore, who spoke to BBC Newsnight.

Other allegations concern Walliams’s conduct connected to Britain’s Got Talent and publisher HarperCollins. Syco Entertainment said it had no knowledge of the allegations at the time, while Fremantle UK said no complaint had ever been made against him. HarperCollins said it takes employee wellbeing extremely seriously; Walliams denied sexually harassing anyone there or behaving inappropriately in the workplace.

Walliams previously sought a court injunction to stop publication of the claims, but a High Court judge rejected the request and he did not appeal. Independent Talent Group has since confirmed it dropped him. The BBC removed Little Britain from iPlayer, while Sky said it was dropping its planned adaptation of Fing! and had removed content featuring Walliams from its platforms. The Metropolitan Police said it had contacted the Guardian and ITV News so potential victims could be told how to report criminal allegations.