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David Walliams, who is one of Britain’s best-selling children’s authors, lost his High Court battle to avoid being named after initially obtaining an interim order preventing his identification. Photo / Getty Images
David Walliams is selling his multimillion-pound London townhouse amid allegations that he preyed on teenage fans for sex.
The comedian – who tried to use an injunction to silence the media over accusations of sexual misconduct – has listed the four-bedroom home, near Regent’s Park, at £10.5 million ($25 million).
The listing says the property has been “totally refurbished and extended by the current owner” and includes a home cinema, a wraparound garden and large rooms with period features and “21st-century technology throughout”.
The house was initially put on the market for £11.95m in June, with the asking price lowered to £10.5m last month.
It may have been sold recently, as an application lodged on Land Registry last week by a boutique law firm representing “high net worth clients” appears to show that it is waiting for its title to be updated.
Walliams, 55, who is one of Britain’s best-selling children’s authors, lost his High Court battle to avoid being named after initially obtaining an interim order preventing his identification.
The reporting restrictions were lifted on Tuesday because he decided not to appeal against a decision by Justice Nicklin to dismiss his claim.
Walliams was accused of abusing his “power and status as a well-known public figure in order to establish contact with young women … and engage, and/or seek to engage in inappropriate sexual activity, including potential criminal activity”, court documents revealed.
The celebrity author had first faced questions about his behaviour after a Telegraph investigation revealed that he had been accused of “harassing” junior employees at his publisher.
The investigation disclosed last year that HarperCollins investigated Walliams after a junior employee complained about his behaviour.
The timing of his house sale is likely to raise questions over the sums of money he will have been forced to hand over in his legal battle to silence the press.
Land Registry records show that Walliams has taken out a mortgage on the property twice since he first bought it for £8.4m in 2017, with charges on it registered once in 2023 and again the following year.
The gated home is described as being “a beautiful family house” a stone’s throw from the exclusive Primrose Hill enclave of north London.
Images of the interior included on the listing show several trophies in a display cabinet, including a Pride of Britain Award, which was won by Walliams in 2006 after he swam across the English Channel to raise more than £1.5m for Sport Relief.
Posters from the James Bond franchise, including the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore, hang on the living room wall.
In one bedroom, an image of Elton John hangs over the bed, while David Bowie’s image adorns the wall of the bathroom.
Walliams appears to have chosen the same estate agent to market the house as he did for his previous home, Supernova Heights, which was previously owned by Noel Gallagher.
Speaking to Boyd Hilton for his book Inside Little Britain, Walliams said he had initially been concerned that the large house would make him feel lonely.
Several of the alleged incidents of inappropriate conduct are said to have taken place at Supernova Heights, including an alleged sexual assault against a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
The comedian is said to have met the girl for coffee after contacting her on MySpace before driving her to the five-storey townhouse in Belsize Park, where he kissed and undressed her.
The woman, named only as Jade, said: “It’s a sexual assault. It’s grooming. It’s completely wrong in every way.”
Lawyers for Walliams say he never engaged in grooming young women, and he denies that he had any sexual contact with Jade.
In 2017, it is alleged that a HarperCollins intern in her mid-20s was sent to Walliams’ house alone and began what his lawyers describe as “a consensual sexual relationship”.
The Guardian reported that the woman later said the relationship had been consensual but amounted to “abuse of power”.
The media outlet claimed female employees would later warn each other not to go to Walliams’ house alone. It is unclear which house he was living in at this point.
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