The Guardian and ITV News said that Walliams, formerly a judge on music mogul Simon Cowell’s “Britain’s Got Talent” television show, had sought an injunction against the newspaper and the broadcaster ITN, which produces ITV News, Reuters reported.
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Walliams, who has, sold more than 60 million books, had sought to block publication of the allegations, which he denies, primarily on the grounds that he would again attempt suicide if they were made public.
Reporting on the investigation on Tuesday, the Guardian said multiple women had accused Walliams of abusing his “power and position as a celebrity to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were teenagers or young women”.
Reuters could not independently confirm the allegations, and a lawyer for Walliams did not reply to repeated Reuters requests for comment.
