Another male celebrity is said to have obtained an injunction to prevent the publication of allegations against him, just after David Walliams was named as a celebrity accused of sexual misconduct
There is reportedly another celebrity who has obtained an injunction to stop the publication of allegations against him.
David Walliams was yesterday named as the celebrity accused of sexual misconduct who had been trying to prevent publication on mental health grounds. It has been reported that a second famous man cannot be named.
On the Private Eye Podcast recorded before David Walliams was named, journalist Justine Smith claimed: “There are two men at the moment who can’t be named. One for the most recent proceedings, and then one from several months back.
“Both of them have injunctions against reporting anything. Both of them multiple, multiple victims. Both of them in the public eye.”
She added that she had spoke to one of the alleged victims, stating that the woman was “prepared to speak publicly and be named” but that she could not publish the article, due to an injunction.
“He’s managed to get an injunction, very heavily slapped anyone who dares to say anything about it,” Smith continued. “So we know this man is out there potentially abusing other people, and there’s nothing we can do to report it.”
Walliams was named as the celebrity at the centre of an investigation by ITV and The Guardian on Tuesday. Walliams was accused of grooming young women and teenagers, some as young as 15, for sex and using his position of power to manipulate these women.
One woman has also alleged that he groped her when she was 15 years old. He denies all allegations against him, including of any criminal acts.
The TV star had applied for an injunction, citing himself as a suicide risk, but his application was rejected on the grounds that the allegations were in the public interest and that Walliams’ health was the responsibility of the NHS and psychiatric services.
He declined to put in an appeal, meaning a temporary injunction was lifted on 10 November and the allegations were published.
In a statement, Walliams said: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with… I realise I did not always take people’s feelings into account properly.
“That is something I regret. And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did…
“I am not a sexual predator… I have not broken the law… I am devastated that some of the women I met ten to twenty years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
This also comes after comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Many allegations against him were brought to light in a joint investigation between Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Times.
If you’ve been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via www.rapecrisis.org.uk or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999
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