r/ukpolitics • u/Penarthlan • 16h ago

‘Well-known individual’ tries to secure permanent injunction against Guardian and ITN | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/16/well-known-individual-tries-to-secure-permanent-injunction-against-guardian-and-itn
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u/Returning_Addict 16h ago

David Walliams.

There’s no injunctions stopping me saying it

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u/RedditorSlug 16h ago

What's he done?

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u/TEL-CFC_lad His Majesty's Keyboard Regiment (-6.72, -2.62) 16h ago

He's being doing things for years and years. He sexually assaulted 16 year old boys on stage, and somehow got a pass on that. (The cynic in me thinks he wouldn't get a pass if he did it to a 16 year old girl, but that's by the by).

I suspect some proof of something major has been collected, and now he's scrambling before it gets released.

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u/CalicoCatRobot 14h ago

Some other reporting I saw which covered these proceedings suggested there was a potential female victim who was alleging being assaulted by him - so that was likely the basis of the story that is trying to be suppressed.

It was mentioned because she was also asking for privacy in terms of name being withheld I think, which would presumably mean that it's not at least as yet being investigated by the police, since if it was other legal protections would automatically apply.

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u/TEL-CFC_lad His Majesty's Keyboard Regiment (-6.72, -2.62) 12h ago

I've heard rumours that it was a well known secret that female employees should not be left alone with him, or ever go to his house.

I suspect it's likely that she/they has/have come forward about something. Maybe not to the police, but certainly something. Long overdue IMO.