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UK police launch sex offense investigation into children’s author and TV personality David Walliams

Headline via Hindustan Times · first report 13 Nov, 21:50 IST, latest 14 Nov, 05:52 IST

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11 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from ABC News (Australia) at 13 Nov, 21:50 IST; the latest is from Al Jazeera at 14 Nov, 05:52 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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London's Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into actor and comedian David Walliams, after the entertainer was accused of serious sexual offences earlier this week.
The Met Police said the allegations are separate from those reported by ITN and The Guardian earlier this week.
David Walliams is being investigated for “serious sexual offences,” the Metropolitan Police confirmed Friday. Walliams, a comedian and former “Britain’s Got Talent” judge, was accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in a Guardian article earlier this week…
London police have launched an investigation into David Walliams. A Metropolitan Police statement said the force had “received a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences involving a man now in his 50s,” and these allegations are distinct…
It comes just days after Walliams was accused of sexual assault and grooming in a bombshell Guardian and ITV News investigation, claims which he vehemently denies.
LONDON, Nov 13 - British police said on Friday they had opened an investigation into allegations against British comedian and best-selling children's author David Walliams after two media organisations published accusations of sexual misconduct about him.

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