Second male celebrity ‘has injunction’ that will stop him from being named in allegations

Just one day after David Walliams was revealed to be the celebrity who had tried to prevent the publication of allegations against him using an injunction, it has been claimed that there is a second high-profile man who took legal action to stop himself from being named in allegations.

Walliams had attempted to use a High Court injunction to prevent The Guardian and ITN from publishing allegations of sexual misconduct against him. The comedian has denied all allegations and denies any criminality.

Speaking on The Private Eye Podcast, journalist Justine Smith has claimed that Walliams is not the only celebrity to have used the courts to try to prevent allegations from being public.

Justine Smith made the allegation on the Private Eye podcast (The Private Eye)

According to Smith, the ‘high-profile male celebrity’ was successful in their legal bid as they were granted an injunction. Smith alleges that the man has ‘multiple, multiple victims’.

The podcast was released yesterday (10 November), prior to the publication of the Little Britain star's identity and said that there were ‘two men at the moment who can’t be named’.

She explained that one was ‘the most recent proceedings’, while another was from ‘several months back’.

Of the one from 'months back', she said: “He’s managed to get an injunction, very heavily slapped anyone who dares to say anything about it.

“So, we know this man is out there potentially abusing other people, and there’s nothing we can do to report it.”

Walliams failed in his bid to take out an injunction against the allegations made by The Guardian and ITN (Philip Toscano - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Walliams’ injunction was denied after the comedian claimed that it was highly likely he would ‘kill himself’ if the allegations were made public. This was denied, but he was given a temporary injunction in case he appealed the decision.

Walliams did not lodge an appeal in time, which led to the publication of The Guardian and ITV’s three-year investigation.

Walliams released a letter to the media in response to the allegations. The letter 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 into account properly.

"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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