David Walliams has denied allegations of wrongdoing following a three-year investigation (Image: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
A young model has claimed she was given a chilling warning by a guest at a celebrity party hosted by David Walliams before an alleged uncomfortable encounter with the comedian. The woman, known only as Ella, was 19 when she attended a gathering at the former Britain’s Got Talent judge’s multimillion-pound London home. Speaking to ITV News, she revealed that Walliams, then 36, had contacted her after spotting her in a magazine and obtaining her telephone number through her modelling agent. After meeting for dinner, he reportedly sent her a handwritten card and a large bouquet of roses before inviting her to a celebrity party at his home, known as Supernova Heights, in Primrose Hill.
Ella said: “I had picked up on the fact that these quite high-profile celebrities felt uncomfortable in me and my friend’s presence.”
She added: “And one of the guest’s wives did pull me aside at one point, and was like, ‘you’re very young. Be careful’.”
Ella alleged that Walliams repeatedly offered to show her around his home before attempting to kiss her when they were alone upstairs.
She recalled: “I remember walking into his bedroom with him and feeling him come up really close behind me, and the hairs going up from the back of my neck.”
She added: “He lent in for a kiss and I just remember going ‘eurgh’ and ducking underneath his arm and running away.”
‘Ella’ said she feels her story with Walliams “fits a certain pattern” (Image: ITV news screengrab)
The model described feeling “vulnerable” and “intimidated”, claiming Walliams later placed his head on her lap and repeatedly begged her not to leave.
She said: “And [he] was holding my face and saying, ‘please don’t leave, please don’t leave, please stay with me’. He was begging me to stay.”
Ella claimed his attitude changed when she and her friend continued insisting they wanted to leave.
She added: “And then something just shifted in him – it was basically, like, get out. And I never heard from him again.”
Looking back, she said: “My overwhelming emotion is relief. I feel like I dodged a bullet, because I know my story fits a certain pattern.”
Ella described the alleged encounter as “unwanted physical touching and emotional manipulation” and accused Walliams of abusing his celebrity status.
Supernova Heights, where Ella claims her encounter with David Walliams took place (Image: Getty)
Walliams acknowledged making what he described as a “clumsy pass” at Ella but denied making further approaches or placing his head in her lap. He said he had no intention of intimidating her.
The claims form part of a three-year investigation by ITV News and The Guardian into allegations involving teenage girls and young women, which Walliams strongly denies.
Responding to the wider investigation, Walliams said: “Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.
“I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account. That is something I regret.
“And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did.
“I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken the law. I am devastated that some of the women I met ten to twenty years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.”
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