David Walliams

He was certainly very very calculating about "waiting" until girls were over 16. As was Brand.

With the exception of the 15 year old case.

Doubtless they discussed it at the time. They were of course very good friends and lived only a mile or so from one another.

I’m curious about Ross now, two direct connections to sexual predators. Could just be a coincidence but I noticed he was also in the pic where DW has his arms around one of his young victims.

Jonathan Ross loving it again. We had the Sachsgate humiliation, the vile comments lead by Ross over Lily Allen on a panel, and now introducing David Walliams:

Jonathan Ross, opened the show with a joke pointedly referencing him: “The comedy awards is 15 years old – 15 years old! And like most 15-year-olds, it’s drunk, it’s unpredictable and it’s probably going home with David Walliams.”

Ross, responding through lawyers, said he did not write the joke himself.

Oh, aren't you clever Jonathan ......

Same here, an endless tide of sordid and horrible abuse to the extent it seems quicker to name the ones who have not been accused of anything . And even when a man is a victim the assailant is male. Remember that awful case in Manchester where there were at least 190 victims, all male and of course the perpetrator was male.

I foresee a new reality programme in the making “I’m a nonce get me out of here”

No doubt he would be found ’unfit to face trial’

There is a hint...

I think the suicide was a clever legal move, but it backfired. There is definitely more stuff there though. Same as Brand. Tip of the iceberg…

Yes that’s true, I wonder if there will be criminal proceedings.

The Russel Brand sexual assault convictions were both at Choice FM, and the rape conviction from his show. As others have said, Wailliams had people at Harper Collins who knew what was going on. It's not a BBC problem it's an entertainment industry problem, of them letting the ' talent' get away with abusive behaviour and not protecting their own staff from them. Williams in recent times was at ITV and Brand was all over Channel 4.

Oh that's interesting - Jonathan Ross made a 'joke' about Walliams going home with a fifteen year old at the Comedy awards in 2004. So yet another case of a powerful man, at the fucking BBC as per usual, having a grubby history of abuse and exploitation with very young women and it's an open secret and their mates laugh about it. And he was of course concealing all this behind a facade of good works, charity swims etc, so that if someone pointed the finger, or highlighted his eccentricity or oddness, or criticised the cruel nature of his comedy, his defenders could claim he had a 'good heart deep down.' It's a story as old as time, isn't it? How many times are people going to fall for it?

Yes, I know. I mentioned the groping in my reply. I am in no way making excuses for him!!!

So Walliams has been sectioned and is receiving psychiatric help as an inpatient.
Presumably if he's tried and found guilty, his plea will centre around his mental health, or he will be too fragile to stand trial?

Do you mean JR? I heard (from a policeman) years ago that he was the next one to be exposed.

I think sexual assault of a minor. He kissed a fifteen year old, more than one, and kissed one’s breast, he does seem to have mainly waited till the age of consent I think, so potentially grooming and sexual activity with a minor, but I think this is more reputational damage. I may have missed something though.

i can see why he decided not to lodge an appeal. The press is full of rapist Russel brand and this is sleaze bag central but not in the same league. So suspect he was hoping it would not seem as bad as it is.

Basically he was going after young teenage girls.

I am not sure that the sexual images legislation was in place at the time of that incident. I think it's more recent law.

Move up & Make room Russell

He sucked on a 15 year olds breast and accepted sexual images from another 15 year old.

Watching it now. A 15 y.o child abuse survivor. Oh the poor poor love 😞

He groomed two 15 year olds and had a sexual encounter with one at 15. She stopped before they had full sex but he “sucked her breast”. He also accepted sexual images from a 15 year old, knowing she was 15. So yes, he has broken the law.

I know what you mean. All the women in the Guardian article were over 16. It's sleazy and seedy and definitely a massive power imbalance but not technically illegal.

However, there is a 15 year old girl he groped. That's got to be illegal surely?

Really?
You've never heard of him?

You have access to google or other internet search engines preumably?

Ah - ok gotcha.

Well grooming a 15 year old girl is illegal. And I very much doubt he'd be threatening suicide and getting an injunction if it was just a bit of inappropriate or sleazy behaviour.