ITV is set to air a documentary about comedian and children's author David Walliams tonight (November 10).
It comes after it was announced today that Walliams was the previously unnamed celebrity who tried to block the publication of his identity amid allegations of "inappropriate sexual activities" with girls and young women.
Multiple women have accused David Walliams of sexually inappropriate behaviour and grooming, including when they were teenagers, according to an investigation by the Guardian and ITV News.
Walliams denies all allegations against him.
A joint investigation by ITV News and the Guardian alleges Walliams preyed on teenage girls and young women for sexual purposes.
Multiple women accuse Walliams of "grooming" them as teenagers, while another described her alleged encounter with Walliams as "sexual assault".
Walliams is also accused of inappropriate conduct and sexual harassment at his former publisher HarperCollins, and while working on Britain's Got Talent.
Responding to the ITV and Guardian investigation, Walliams denied all allegations against him.
He 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 properly into account.
"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."
Walliams, 55, brought legal action against Independent Television News (ITN) and Guardian News and Media (GNM), publisher of The Guardian, ahead of the two organisations reporting allegations against him, including of sexual misconduct and potential criminal activity.
Lawyers for the media organisations previously told the High Court in London the allegations involved Walliams’ alleged “abuse of power and status” to contact young women and try to engage in “inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities”.
Walliams denied the claims and unsuccessfully sought an injunction to prevent these publications because of the risk he would take his own life, after two previous suicide attempts.
The author was granted anonymity during the proceedings, which was lifted after his injunction bid was dismissed and GNM and ITN published their investigations on Tuesday.
During a two-day trial in October, the court was told by the media organisations’ lawyers that the allegations were gathered after “a wide-ranging and rigorous investigation” and that there was a “strong” public interest in publishing them.
Gavin Millar KC said that reporters from the media organisations had spoken to more than 100 people, including more than 30 sources with first-hand accounts as well as Walliams’ friends and colleagues.
Walliams’ lawyers said that he had initially attempted suicide after receiving letters from ITN and GNM asking for his reply to the allegations, because of “long-term trauma and the fear of trial by media”.
Sara Mansoori KC, representing Walliams, told the court that any publication relating to him about these allegations “would have a potentially fatal impact”.
The barrister said: “The only reason they would not be fatal is because the claimant would be locked up and prevented from his desire to end his life.”
Judge Mr Justice Nicklin…
