Police open criminal investigation into David Walliams as women allege sexual misconduct

The Met Police has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences against David Walliams, who denies wrongdoing.

The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into “a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences” against comedian and children’s author David Walliams, the Daily Mail reports.

The force said the allegations were separate from those reported by ITN and The Guardian, which published an investigation on Tuesday after a judge refused Walliams’ bid for an injunction.

The 55-year-old has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and sexually harassing several young women. He denies wrongdoing.

Detective Superintendent Mike Cagney said: “We would encourage anyone who has been the victim of a sexual offence to come forward and speak to us, no matter when it happened.”

Walliams has acknowledged behaving “thoughtlessly” at times but declared: “I am not a sexual predator.”

His lawyers have said the allegations are false and denied that he groomed young women.

The court was told Walliams was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on October 22. He remains in a psychiatric hospital.2