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David Walliams

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mrpenny · Today 12:16

To Think it could not have been DW??

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Namechange5684 · Today 13:01

Bundleflower · Today 12:49

Maybe a link to an article that included the name would be a suitable workaround!

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There is a hint...

cowxst · Today 13:01

Firesidechatter · Today 13:00

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

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

NooNakedJacuzziness · Today 13:01

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

Lifeomars · Today 13:01

KidsDoBetter · Today 12:33

I am just feeling fucking weary. Weary of all this shit.

Not all men of course. But essentially always ... men.

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.

BrandiedAromatics · Today 13:02

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 ......

Sartre · Today 13:03

AInightingale · Today 12:59

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?

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.

KidsDoBetter · Today 13:03

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.

zacsGranny · Today 13:03

cowxst · Today 13:01

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

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Just said that earlier.

Celer · Today 13:03

Firesidechatter · Today 13:00

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

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What is wrong with these men.

Firesidechatter · Today 13:03

Sartre · Today 12:57

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.

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Also is accepting images a thing though, it’s not like a physical thing, it’s digital, you don’t actually accept them, you just get them, and clearly he’s saying he didn’t ask for them.

CustardySergeant · Today 13:03

OP, why are you asking if you are unreasonable to think it could not have been David Walliams? Why do you think it couldn't have been him?

Sadcafe · Today 13:05

Think most people knew when his publishers pulled his books

Firesidechatter · Today 13:05

cowxst · Today 13:01

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

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Thing is I think it’s limited to kissing rhe fifteen year olds breast, I am genuinly not sure accepting images is a thing, more it’s soliciting, which it seems the woman has no evidence of,

he seems to have been very careful not to break the law. Apart from one incident.

Dreamingofsnowymornings · Today 13:05

Celer · Today 13:03

What is wrong with these men.

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Entitlement, as with a large minority of men.

junkoenoshima · Today 13:06

Glad the cat is out of the bag, and if true, justice will be serviced.

Although thankfully we will not see him on the TV ever again - always made me feel uncomfortable.

His poor son - feel for him.

Sartre · Today 13:06

Firesidechatter · Today 13:03

Also is accepting images a thing though, it’s not like a physical thing, it’s digital, you don’t actually accept them, you just get them, and clearly he’s saying he didn’t ask for them.

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Oh but he did. He kept asking for more and told her how to pose. I’m happy these women kept the paper trail.

cowxst · Today 13:07

Firesidechatter · Today 13:05

Thing is I think it’s limited to kissing rhe fifteen year olds breast, I am genuinly not sure accepting images is a thing, more it’s soliciting, which it seems the woman has no evidence of,

he seems to have been very careful not to break the law. Apart from one incident.

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Well, we don’t actually know much but abusing his position of power is illegal and apparently involved a 17 year old, which is definitely illegal.

Firesidechatter · Today 13:07

Sartre · Today 13:06

Oh but he did. He kept asking for more and told her how to pose. I’m happy these women kept the paper trail.

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But if you read the article he’s saying he didn’t ask for anything sexual, and not nudity, it does appear the woman can’t prove he asked her to do that. I of course beleive her, I’m thinking more in terms of a court case,

JoshLymanSwagger · Today 13:08

honesthetty · Today 12:51

If anyone is interested he’s selling up his house https://www.reddit.com/r/SpottedonRightmove/s/RAoUaLsrFR

Doesn't look worth 10.5 million...

Firesidechatter · Today 13:09

cowxst · Today 13:07

Well, we don’t actually know much but abusing his position of power is illegal and apparently involved a 17 year old, which is definitely illegal.

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But it’s not, 16 is the age of consent, don’t get me wrong he’s a sick sleazy fucker, but I don’t think it’s illegal.

Namechange5684 · Today 13:09

BrandiedAromatics · Today 13:02

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 ......

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Yes, all of this, even if he did nothing directly himself, does not paint JR in a good light.

And "I didn't write it" is the flimsiest defence. He still blatantly understood why he was saying it.

dontforgetme · Today 13:09

@Dreamingofsnowymornings bang on.

Firesidechatter · Today 13:09

Namechange5684 · Today 13:09

Yes, all of this, even if he did nothing directly himself, does not paint JR in a good light.

And "I didn't write it" is the flimsiest defence. He still blatantly understood why he was saying it.

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As will everyone who laughed,

SilverPink · Today 13:10

PinkFrogss · Today 12:48

I’m not sure if we’re allowed to speculate on names, wouldn’t want MN getting into any legal tRouble if someone gives a Toss about what is posted here.

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I see what you did there 😆

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