David Walliams faces fresh allegations: He ‘grew cruel after pestering young model from BGT for sex’

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‘He was naked apart from a towel. I was appalled and freaked out,’ said a woman from the BGT audience

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David Walliams is facing fresh allegations that he plucked a young model from the Britain’s Got Talent audience and pursued her for sex for years.

The comedian, 55, has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, including allegations of preying on teenage girls. He has denied all wrongdoing.

One woman alleged that she was “sexually assaulted” by Walliams when she was 15, while several women accused him of “grooming” them when they were teenagers.

Now, a woman known as Louisa has claimed he acted like a “monster” after plucking her from the audience at BGT.

She said he wore a towel in front of her backstage, asked her for sexual photos and “used” her for two years, growing “cruel” when she didn’t comply.

Louisa told The Sun that BGT production staff picked her, then 24, out of the queue to sit near the front during auditions in Birmingham in February 2015. She said she was then moved again to the front row, leaving her dad at the back of the auditorium.

She claimed Walliams “clocked” her as soon as he came out with judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden and was “smiling and trying to catch my eye”, before turning around and throwing her a sweet.

After the show, a producer told Louisa she could return the next day to film a sketch with them for the spin-off show, Britain’s Got More Talent, and later that night, Walliams rang her to ask if she could fill in for one of their models, The Sun reported.

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