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David Walliams dropped from his own film after sexual misconduct allegations
- Newsrooms
- 12
- Last 3 hours
- 2 reports
- Momentum
- New
0 in the 3 before
Rising
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 98% of the past week’s 3556 stories, and number 12 of 428 in Film & TV.Part of a bigger story
David Walliams: 7 developments since Tue 10 Nov.Related
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Background: David Walliams
David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He rose to prominence for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent.4
The bigger story: David Walliams
7 developments since Tue 10 Nov. 2 more since this one.
- Morning Mail: David Walliams accused of preying on young women; Greens’ fury at Labor; and a statue mocks Trump
5 newsrooms. Linked by Morning Mail, accuse, women
- David Walliams Accused of Grooming Teen Girls for Sex
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, celebrity, accuse, prey, young, groom
- David Walliams sexual misconduct allegations spark calls for better safeguarding
18 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, sexual, groom, celebrity, injunction
David Walliams dropped from his own film after sexual misconduct allegations
You’re here12 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, groom, allegations, women, injunction, predator
- Comedian and author David Walliams accused of preying on young women
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, prey, young, women
- Walliams and Brand were leading UK comics. Now they are part of a reckoning over sexual misconduct
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The story so far
12 newsroomsRising- Reports
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- Newsrooms and sources
- 12
- Last 3 hours
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Rising: more reports in the last three hours than the three before (2 in the last three hours, 0 in the three before).
First with it: The Independent, 2 hr 35 min before anyone else.
Reported by 12 newsrooms.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: Brisbane Times, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age (all Nine).
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How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
Brisbane Times
Daily Mail
TV Tonight
Mediaweek
PerthNow
The Independent
TV Tonight
Evening Standard
Brisbane Times
Variety
BBC News
CNA
The Mirror
Deadline
Daily Mail
Mediaweek
PerthNow