Comedian Lucy Beaumont reveals she was a whistleblower on David Walliams investigation as she says she was 'really worried' one of his alleged victims would 'take her own life'

Lucy Beaumont has revealed she was a whistleblower on David Walliams after allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct made against the comedian were revealed on Tuesday. 

The former Little Britain star has been unmasked as the celebrity who fought for a court order to suppress allegations that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl and preyed on multiple teenage girls while 'abusing his status' to exploit teens.

On Tuesday, a three-year joint investigation by ITV News and The Guardian revealed a series of allegations dating back to 2003, with some accusers being as young as 15. David denies all the allegations.

Lucy, who starred in the first series of Celebrity Traitors last year, has now revealed she gave information to The Guardian after being 'really worried' one of his alleged victims would 'take her own life'. 

Lucy was working on a show and a young person came to her and shared the information that they had worked on a show with Walliams and their job was to take 'young girls' to his dressing room. They believed that the girls were over 16. 

Speaking on Sky News, Lucy explained: 'I did as much as I could do privately and whenever I've heard a rumour about anyone, I've done everything I can. 

'There's only so much you can do. I'm not the police. Nothing seems to be illegal, but I was really worried, and I was one of the whistleblowers. I was one of the people to let the Guardian know.' 

Addressing the nature of the TV industry she continued: 'There's no HR department in TV. There's no proper duty of care. There's no social services that you deal with, and it's partly because the industry is very well managed. 

'These are very rare things to happen. It's full of very polite, really hardworking people under pressure. Everyone you work with is lovely, and these things slip through the net because there hasn't been a process that you can that you can deal with.

'People have got agents, but the agents work for the talent. People move around a lot in their positions. You know, someone might be an exec one week, and then the next week they're not, they're working with someone else. So that it does need it does need looking at.'

Lucy confirmed she hasn't worked with Walliams herself and hasn't witnessed any of the allegations first hand. 

She confirmed: 'No, no, I haven't. I've never worked with him. I haven't witnessed anything, and that that's the point, isn't it? And obviously, if there's false allegations against someone, you don't want to be party to that.

'I was worried that these girls were young. What I did was I then tried to contact some of them to check and to ask if they were all right.

'Now I'd been privy to this information, because I used to work in a school, if a pupil came to tell me something that they'd witnessed, you have a duty of care to do that. And I think that's probably never left me.' 

Lucy got in contact with one of the alleged victims and offered her legal help. However, the girl denied her offer of help after explaining she had been silenced. 

Lucy explained: 'So I contacted one of the young girls, and she was in a really bad way. I was really worried about her. I was really worried she was going to take her own life because of it, she had put stuff online, and there was evidence that she was in a dressing room. 

'I offered to pay legal fees to try and get her some protection, and I'm not saying necessarily that what she said was true, but I wanted to help her because it was a world that she was really out of a depth with, and she, I believe, had signed an NDA.

'And this is the issue with some of these NDAs, the NDA wasn't just about she couldn't talk to the media, I'm nearly crying telling you this, it was that she couldn't talk to family or friends or a therapist.

'And the reason I'm speaking out about this when I know everyone I know knows this, and I don't hear anybody talking about it. And honestly, I don't think I'll work in telly again. I honestly don't.

'The reason you high-profile people are not saying anything is because they lose work because you're seen as that you might be a trouble causer, and it does need to be said that there needs to be some intervention.'

Lucy confirmed the girl declined her offer of support. 

'She wouldn't talk to me much. She declined my offer. She declined my offer of support, and she just explained that she's been silenced. 

'And she was worried about other people. She was worried that if she told someone, then there was a legal burden on them as well.'

Walliams denies all allegations. 

In a statement to The Guardian and ITV News, the comedian 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.'

Last month the High Court judge previously dismissed David's bid to prevent the publication of the allegations but granted him permission to appeal and temporarily kept his identity secret. 

However, the comedian-and-writer missed a 4.30pm deadline on Monday to take the case to the Court of Appeal, meaning he can now be named.

Walliams denies any wrongdoing and argued in the High Court that he would kill himself if his identity were revealed. On Tuesday afternoon, Downing Street said allegations of sexual misconduct made by multiple women were 'deeply troubling'.

One accuser, named as Jade by ITV News and The Guardian, alleges she was sexually assaulted by Walliams when she was 15 after he contacted her online.

Jade claims they met in London's Soho before he drove her to his home in his Aston Martin. She alleges Walliams sexually assaulted her at Supernova Heights, the mansion once owned by Oasis star Noel Gallagher.

'He asked me to come over and gave me a hug. That's when he kissed me,' Jade alleged of Walliams, who was 36 at the time.

'He lifted my top up and sucked on my breast and then tried to put my hand down his trousers. That's when I pulled away and said, "No". He had an erection at the time,' she said.

'I wasn't ready for sex. I didn't want to do that, with him or with anyone. I didn't want to be touched in that way at all. I mean, I was only 15.'

She claimed she had confided in him that she had previously been sexually abused by someone else as a child, to which he responded: 'Sorry to hear that.'

Jade said she considers what she alleges happened to her to have been 'sexual assault' and 'grooming', adding: 'It's completely wrong in every way.'

Another woman, identified only as Alex, claims Walliams began contacting her when she was 15 and studying for her mock GCSEs after meeting her at a Little Britain fan event where he was dressed as his character Lou.

The moment they met was captured on camera. They began a sexual relationship around two years later, when she was 17.

Asked how she feels about him now, she said: 'I want to vomit. I hate him. My body reacts when I think about it. It's like a trauma response. I think I was groomed. One hundred per cent.'

Walliams launched a High Court bid to prevent the media reporting the allegations, prompting fevered speculation online about his identity.