David Walliams

But what does that mean?

Are you saying the journo who wrote the article 'Noel Fielding's Reddit AMA was deliciously Noel Fielding' was acting deliciously?

I’m not sure about this.

Abusing his position of power…..he wasn’t these girls teacher or doctor or anything. He was a rich, famous man. Does that automatically mean he can only court rich, famous women?

The girl sending images, not only was she 17 and a half, so legal anyway, she told him she was “old
enough to go drinking” (ie 18).

As a man in his 30s and 40s he pursued younger women. Regardless of whether you see that as a bit ick, it’s not illegal. I don’t really see what he’s done particularly wrong here.

The story of the 15 year old is a different matter entirely. I’m just not sure why it’s being diluted with stories about women in their 20s who he pursued but didn’t actually harm.

All of them are complicit.

‘Oh cmon, he has not been accused of rape,’

this kind of denial is why men like this got to get away with rape, sexual assault abuse of power and all the rest of it for so long even while those working with them knew they couldn’t be trusted around young staff or fans.

Well the Queen paid Virginia Giuffre £9 million pound because she had sex with Andrew when she was 17 so I don't think men having sex with 17 year old is an unproblematic as you claim.

Clue is in the words 'Abuse of power'.

Worst kept secret ever. Do keep up @mrpenny 😆

He wasn’t on my radar until he joined Bake Off but from the moment I saw him he repulsed me.

I wonder what David is up to now.

I don’t see anybody on here defending him.

No no ine has defended him, inaccuracies have been corrected, but that is not defending him, the thread will be pulled if people just make stuff up and post it,

No, we don't. We don't know that you haven't sexually assaulted someone, either but we don't allege it because WE DON'T KNOW.

Why aren't you grasping such a basic fact? I can only think you're being deliberately obtuse or gosdy.

Totally agree.

I think he’s in a secure psychiatric hospital.

Perhaps not in good taste but neither is this entire thing.
I’ve been on the affected end of suicide, including it used as a control method, so I’m probably a little too matter of fact in this instance. Apologies if it came off crass. I do believe he’ll go ahead as his final chance to be able to control any narrative, hypothetically, of course.

How awful to see Jonathan Ross and others making jokes about sex with 15 year olds. How was that ever considered funny? My daughter is 14 and so young, they are only one year older! When will our culture stamp this out? I hope this is the beginning of the end.

That article shows that the threat of abuse of power at work largely comes from men.
We know that men can be abused but as per your article that predominantly stems from other men.

sucked, not kissed.

A couple of posters seem unable to grasp that you can loathe and despise David Williams while at the same time understand the importance of discussing only what is known publicly. Legal cases may follow and/or this thread could get pulled.

Not one person on this thread is defending him, they are being very clear about clarifying what is currently known from what a few are speculating. Those latter few would clearly be hopeless on a jury.

Then it’s best not to make any statements like that until you do know!

Back in the day there was an awful lot of jokes about underage girls. Billie Piper turning 16 had a daily countdown on Radio 1. Bill Wyman dating 14 year old Mandy Smith was in every single tabloid newspaper and not in a negative way. And don't forget 16 year old Sam Fox doing page 3.

Ooooh, tetchy! 😬

I've watched the documentary on YouTube now.

I admit, given the build up and speculation, I was expecting something worse, along the lines of Saville or Brand.

I think the worst that could be said about Walliams is that he's clearly a total creep with fuck all boundaries and a complete lack of propriety. But he doesn't seem to be a rapist or a paedophile.

It will be interesting to see if any prosecutions come from this. The assault on the 15-year-old victim would be criminal for sure, but the CPS will want to see a certain level of evidence before bringing a charge.

Swiftly followed by DW booking himself into the Priory ( other expensive clinics are available) on the grounds that he is having mental health issues which will be sorted in a matter of two or three weeks hallelujah, it’s another Priory miracle.