Second well-known British celebrity has injunction, journalist claims

It comes after Walliams was publicly named this week

After failing to attain this injunction, the comedian and writer was subsequently named in the media.

Walliams denies all allegations against him.

However, now it has been claimed that there is a second well-known British celebrity who has an injunction, preventing them from being named by the media.

As claimed by journalist Justine Smith on The Private Eye Podcast, which was released prior to Walliams being named, there is another man "in the public eye" who has obtained an injunction.

She alleges the man has "multiple, multiple victims".

Smith said: "There are two men at the moment who can’t be named. One for the most recent proceedings, and then one from several months back."

One of these was, of course, Walliams.

She added: "Both of them, there are injunctions on reporting anything. Both of them multiple, multiple victims. Both of them in the public eye.

"I’ve spoken to one of the alleged victims in one of them, she’s prepared to speak publicly and be named, but we still can’t publish that.

"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."

These comments come just days after Russell Brand was convicted on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Injunctions cover a wide range of subjects, and is effectively a court order preventing or forcing something being done.

They can prohibit and enforce actions and the breaching of an injunction is considered contempt of court.

While an injunction is a civil court order, contempt of court is considered a criminal offence.

Many have criticised the use of injunctions in this way to protect certain people from facing public prosecution.

After Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy asked what the Government was doing to prevent the abuse of process, justice minister Alex Davis-Jones said: "I want to reassure him that this Government is determined to do all we can to ensure that anyone who is a perpetrator of these kinds (of potential offences) is held to the full force of the law.

"That includes looking at what we can do regarding injunctions.

"He will know that applications for privacy injunctions are considered independently (by) the courts, and it would not be appropriate for the Government to comment.

"However, we are concerned about the use of these, and the minister for courts is looking at what more we can do with Slapps (strategic lawsuits against public participation) injunctions.

"He will know we have already taken action on NDAs for sexual abuse cases, and what more we can do to prevent abuse of process throughout the judicial system."