# David Walliams whistleblower Lucy Beaumont backs change to ‘insane’ UK consent laws

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/david-walliams-whistleblower-lucy-beaumont-backs-change-to-insane-uk-consent-laws/
- Published: 2026-11-13T07:09:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T08:52:06+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-walliams-consent-law-lucy-beaumont-b3084289.html
- Topics: Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Lucy Beaumont backs a campaign to change UK consent laws.
- She says she relayed concerns shared by a young TV worker.
- Walliams faces allegations he has not been convicted of.

## Summary

Comedian Lucy Beaumont has backed the Close The Consent Gap campaign, arguing that UK law should change because adults can legally have sex with 16- and 17-year-olds. Her comments came as she said she had passed concerns to journalists investigating allegations about David Walliams, raising questions about both legal protections for teenagers and how concerns are handled in television workplaces.

Beaumont said a young person had told her that teenage girls, described as over 16, were taken to Walliams’s dressing room and that they seemed vulnerable. She said she had not worked with Walliams or witnessed misconduct, and could not verify the allegations; several women have accused him of grooming them as teenagers, while one woman described an alleged encounter at age 15 as sexual assault. Walliams reportedly told journalists that he had sometimes behaved thoughtlessly in past casual sexual relationships.

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