"Named & Shamed," reads the headline on the front page of the Sun."Hiding in plain sight: Surrounded by celebrity pals, Walliams 'used fame to groom teenage girls'," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror."Walliams faces police investigation," says the Daily Telegraph, writing that Scotland Yard contacted the Guardian and ITV to say "it wanted to ensure that potential victims knew they could report any criminal allegations to the police"."Teenage girls he targeted in plain sight" is the Daily Mail's headline, featuring photos of Walliams with teenage girls aged 15 to 18."Walliams is unmasked," says the Metro, going on to report: "Multiple teens accuse him of grooming and a sex assault."The i Paper says the comedian and children's author is "accused of preying on girls as young as 15". It quotes Walliams' statement where he acknowledges "at times I behaved thoughtlessly"."David Walliams 'preyed on girls as young as 15'," the Independent's headline reads.The Daily Express repeats the same accusation in its headline, and includes his statement that he is "not a sexual predator"."Court gag case star unmasked", reports the Daily Star, which also includes a photo purporting to show a girl called "Alex", aged 15, meeting Walliams at a fan event. She says they began a sexual relationship two years later, the paper reports. Walliams told ITV News and Guardian he believed she was 18 at the time they had sex. The investigation said Alex had joked to Walliams in an email she was "old enough to go drinking", but was actually 17. Walliams denied grooming Alex. He said he was "mortified to learn" that their "brief, consensual relationship has caused her sadness".The Times reports on the claims against Walliams, alongside a photo of the 55-year-old as a judge on TV show Britain's Got Talent, a position he held until 2022. In its main story, the Times reports that "mansion tax inspectors have been advised how to photograph people's homes without their permission to help determine if a property is liable for the new levy" – citing "official Whitehall instructions". Owners of tens of thousands of properties in England valued at more than £2m are set to be hit with a surcharge of at least £2,500 from 2028.Finally, the Financial Times carries the headline: "Anthropic sets sights on $1.4tn (£1.05tn) value in giant Wall St debut". The AI company's initial public offering (IPO) target is "short of earlier forecasts", the paper says, following "earlier expectations that Anthropic could be worth closer to $2tn (£1.5tn)". Despite the revised estimates, the paper says the developer behind Claude planned to sell 825m shares which could mark "one of the biggest Wall Street debuts of all time".News Daily banner
