Warning: This article contains discussion of allegations of sexual misconduct which some readers may find distressing.
A model alleges that David Walliams would ‘pester her for sex’ after meeting him during a Little Britain recording when she was 18 and he was 32.
An investigation into Walliams by The Guardian and ITV News, published following a failed injunction, has accused the comedian of sexual misconduct and grooming. Walliams denies the allegations.
The report includes claims about the comedian from a number of women, including model Lilly Creightmore, who waived her right to anonymity and made her allegations under her own name.
Walliams has denied the allegations against him, saying: “I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken the law.”
According to The Guardian, Creightmore alleges that she was sent a card from David Walliams when she was 18 and he was 32, with a message that read: “When I saw you at the Little Britain recording I was enraptured.
“Then when I saw you in Agent Provocateur I so wanted to speak to you but amongst all those frilly knickers I couldn’t find the words.
“I’d love to take you out sometime. I know we’ve never spoken but you seem lovely, David Walliams.”
David Walliams has denied the allegations against him (Ming Yeung/Getty Images)
She described agreeing to meet him for dinner and that she explicitly told him she was only interested in friendship, but she told The Guardian he ‘would constantly pester her for sex’ and feels he tried to coerce her into sleeping with him.
Lawyers representing Walliams, 55, have denied that he manipulated or coerced her into sleeping with him, saying that he made gifts and offers to her without expectation and wanted to help Creightmore with her career because he had a passion for photography.
They added that their friendship lasted for around five years and Walliams understood it to be special, saying he was ‘devastated’ by the allegations she’d made to the investigation and describing it as a ‘complete surprise’.
Creightmore further described staying with Walliams for a couple of weeks near the end of 2003 after falling out with her mother, telling Newsnight she believed it was around a month after they met that he invited her to move in with him.
She alleged that Walliams offered her a spare room, but claimed that when she arrived at his home he ‘didn’t have a spare bed’ and that she ‘felt instantly pressured to share a bed with him’.
Lilly Creightmore pictured in 2025, she waived her anonymity to make allegations against David Walliams (Ben Montgomery/Getty Images)
Creightmore said she decided to sleep on his sofa instead, and claimed to Newsnight that ‘in the evenings he would come and sit with me and stroke my leg’, adding that ‘one night I think he put his head in my lap’, alleging that he asked her: “Are you sure you don’t want to come and sleep in my bed with me?”
She further alleged that Walliams ‘started to become very moody and rude and cold’ and said she did not feel safe, so she went to stay with another friend.
Describing his alleged behaviour as ‘extremely inappropriate’, she told The Guardian: “He was pursuing me, you know, at a vulnerable age and place in my life, for sexual gratification.
“Yeah, I was a young adult, but I was a vulnerable young adult. [He was] making me feel special, plying me with gifts and then sort of disregarding me when he wasn’t getting what he wanted.”
Lawyers representing Walliams have said he denies grooming Creightmore or behaving inappropriately towards her.
Creightmore alleges that Walliams sent her a card inviting her to meet when she was 18 and he was 32 (James Warren/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Met Police told LADbible Group in a statement: “We’re aware of reports in the media in relation to allegations involving a man in his 50s.
“The Met has not received any related reports of sexual assault or any other offences. Should we receive any reports, they will be carefully assessed. Anyone who contacts the police will be supported by specialist officers.
“Last week, we contacted the media organisations that were involved in civil proceedings relating to the protection of the identity of that individual, to ensure that any potential victims who they have spoken to could be made aware of how they could report any criminal allegations to police.
“Reports can be made by calling 101, providing the reference 4900/10NOV26.”
LADbible Group has contacted David Walliams’ representatives for further comment.
If you have been affected by any of the issues in this article and wish to speak to someone in confidence, contact The Survivors Trust for free on 08088 010 818, available 10am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-3pm and 6pm-8pm Monday to Thursday, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3pm on Fridays, 10am-12.30pm on Saturdays and 6pm-8pm on Sundays.
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