After fighting all the way to the UK’s High Court to protect his identity and warning he was suicidal, the world’s most successful living children’s author and wildly popular entertainer David Walliams has lost his legal bid to silence the media. In this episode of The Front, host Claire Harvey and The Australian’s literary editor Caroline Overington break down the lifting of reporting restrictions, the explosive allegations of predatory behavior that followed, and the wider cultural reckoning that has stemmed from his dumping by publisher HarperCollins and hot mic disaster on Britain’s Got Talent. 

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Jasper Leak and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, and Joshua Burton.