David Walliams live updates: Comedian says ‘I am not a sexual predator’ as he’s dropped by agent and BBC removes shows

David Walliams can today be unmasked as the celebrity who tried to block reporting of sex abuse claims against him. Watch the Daily Mail’s explainer video from reporter SOPHIA STANFORD here:

Another woman who worked at publisher Harper Collins, referred to as Katie, claimed that a young woman showed her a series of ‘gross’ emails from Walliams.

She and another worker called Helen allege that managers avoided sending young female staff on their own to his flat.

A woman named only as Amy who worked on Britain’s Got Talent claimed that Walliams referred to her as ‘the one with the a**e’, and stared at her chest.

He denies this.

Another fan of Britain’s Got Talent called Abby Tomlinson claims that she and a 13-year-old girl were left alone with Walliams in his dressing room with the door closed.

Walliams’s lawyers have denied this.

Britain’s Got Talent fan Sarah was invited to watch the show by a friend when she was 18, and Walliams invited her and her friends out for dinner the following day.

Two weeks later she and another friend, also 18, were invited to stay at his house.

She claims that while there he tried to kiss her, and later tried to lead her up to his bedroom.

Walliams denies there being any sexual contact.

A fellow model, a woman named as Ella, said Walliams called her in December 2007 when she was 19 and took her and a friend out to dinner, before sending her flowers.

Later he invited her to a celebrity party at his house in 2008, during which she claimed he tried to kiss her and put his head in her lap, ‘begging’ her to stay.

She and her friend left, and she said she believes she ‘dodged a bullet’.

Walliams said he made ‘a clumsy pass’ at Ella, denied putting his head in her lap and said he had no intention of making her feel uncomfortable or intimidated.

Former model Lilly Creightmore said she was 18 when she was first contacted by Walliams, who sent a card to her home address in 2003.

The pair became friends, and Walliams let her stay on his sofa when she was homeless for a time.

She claims that he pestered her to share his bed, saying: ‘He definitely crossed the line physically in moments, when I was young, trying to coerce me into sleeping with him.’

Ms Creightmore accuses the comedian of having tried to groom her.

Walliams denies any inappropriate behaviour and said he is ‘devastated’ by her claims.

Another woman named as Alex claims that he offered to help her with her dream of being a comedy writer when they met at a Little Britain fan event in London in January 2004, when she was aged 15.

He later phoned her and they exchanged emails over several months, it is claimed.

Eventually in October 2005 Alex, then aged 17, messaged him to say she was going to a gig in London with friends and invited him along.

The pair again began exchanging emails, and the woman claims that he pressured her to send sexual photos, which he denies.

She alleges that Walliams groomed her.

She says the pair had consensual sexual contact three times when she was 17 and 18, but that she ‘felt unable to say anything or have any control in that situation once I was with him’.

Walliams denies any wrongdoing.

His lawyers say any suggestion he groomed Alex is false and has caused him significant distress.

One woman, referred to by the name Jade, alleges that she was 15 and Walliams was 36 when they began chatting online in mid-2007, and weeks later met in person in August that year.

He invited her back to his house and once there, she claims that he sexually assaulted her, which he denies.

Jade told journalists: ‘I didn’t want to be touched in that way at all. I mean, I was only a 15-year-old.’

When she said no and pulled away he agreed that they should wait until she was 16, it is alleged.

Walliams denies any sexual contact with Jade and any wrongdoing.

If you’re just joining us, a series of claims have been made about comedian and writer David Walliams in a joint investigation by ITV and the Guardian. He denies any wrongdoing.

Here, we’ll have a look through each of the allegations made today.

The BBC is in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain (pictured below), while it carries out a review of ‘all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms’, a spokesperson said today.

A statement from the corporation said: ‘These are serious allegations.

‘As such, the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms.

‘We are in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, whilst this review is under way.’

Labour has suspended David Walliams as a party member, it is understood.

This comes after he was named as the celebrity accused of sexual misconduct against multiple women.