David Walliams

no fame is not considered a position of power over a 17 year old, there is no crime,

it appears he’s kept on thr right side of the law apart from the one fifteen year old whose breast he kissed, as I don’t think the sexual images will have legs if she has nothing to show he asked for this and she doesn’t,

so again, I think this is like Schofield, its reputational damage, but not criminal activity,

Penis obsession, testosterone, patriarchy.

@PinkFrogss we have just said the same, let’s hope they put him away with Brand

Must be taking tips from Huw Edwards on that score.

Wouldn’t be at all surprised, if this ends up going to trial, if we’ll see a similar outcome to that case. The reported judge’s comments when sentencing Edwards making reference to “mental health” seemed to me to be a classic example of hoodwinking.
It does a disservice to people who are genuinely unwell. Naturally your mental health is going to take a hit in a situation such as that which Walliams found himself. Doesn’t mean he has an actual mental health condition.

A second celebrity predator has hit the tower. What a week! Joyful beyond words to watch these smug fuckers get their rolling headline comeuppance.

In general it is not illegal. I mean I'm very inclined to dislike him, so I kind of wish it was illegal, but it isn't.

My local school binned all his books a long time ago.

I've raised 3 DD's and I remember getting very prickly as men were watching/staring at them when they were young to mid teens. It's just grim and I did call one man out for taking a photo in Starbucks one day. The manager oiked him out a bit quick thankfully as I was ready to smash his phone over his head.

ahhh - the typical victim mentally of a narcissist. Along with Russell Brand. Both narcissistics. They literally won’t care & will be convinced they’re right & innocent.

This. I'm so tired and depressed. Me and several girlfriends had long talks yesterday about what's happened to us, no one reported and probably never will. It's so so so common. So exhausting and depressing.

Uggg. It does make me feel ill. I said it on the Noel Fielding thread as well but the older I get the more repulsed I am by men my age hitting on young girls. I find it really horrifying that any of them think it’s ok. My own daughters are still primary age but one is only 5 years away from the age of these girls. They are still basically children and it’s repulsive.

Pulped hopefully.

Surely they have all been removed already?

Cheers for the link😁

Oh, i didn’t realise fame was not considered here.

This.
It makes my blood boil. Zero sympathy for these poor menz who are now being found out and their actions are finally finally having some semblance of consequences for them (which is really just a drop in the ocean of the harm they’ve done to women).

I mean, it’s really not that difficult to manage not to sexually harass and/or assault people, the vast majority of us manage to not do that every single day.

DS (who is 12 now) had a primary teacher who purged all his books from the school library a few years back already, she must have known something. I asked her about it and she said he was dodgy.
So what is going to happen to the books now in schools/libraries?

Only where there is a specific position of responsibility over that minor, eg teacher or doctor. Not just because the perpetrator is ‘powerful in general’

There is nothing in the claims so far that would result in a custodial sentence unfortunately. Potentially criminal conviction but v unlikely to get prison time as a first offender. CF Huw Edwards ...

It depends on the definition of "position of power".
That's why teachers aren't allowed to date 6th Formers anymore even though they are over the age of consent.

It’s illegal to abuse your position of power, one of his victims was 17 when they started having sex. That is against the law.

Full report is in the Guardian which led the investigation.

well there’s a surprise- not! Just like brand, he came across as a bigger than life, flamboyant man. But I’ve always thought he was a creep, just like brand.

Awful lot of wipe clean upholstery ....

The worst kept injunction. Everybody knew it was him from before it was announced.