Teenage girl says Walliams invited her backstage before guard intervened

Kate, who was 16 in 2017, says David Walliams contacted her unexpectedly on Instagram, arranged tickets for her and her mother to attend Britain’s Got Talent, and invited them backstage. She now describes the contact as unsettling, and says she and her mother were later asked to go to his dressing room, where a security guard stopped them with a warning.

Their account comes amid allegations, reported after an investigation by The Guardian and ITN, that Walliams pursued young teenagers and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl; he denies wrongdoing. BGT’s bosses have launched a probe into his conduct after being told he took teenage girls into his dressing room. Walliams sought a High Court injunction to prevent publication of the allegations, but it was denied on Tuesday.