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Jeremy Edwards ‘haunted for years’ after David Walliams sexually humiliated him on stage

Metro UK and Daily Mail describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Jeremy Edwards ‘haunted for years’ after David Walliams sexually humiliated him on stage.
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Left / center-leftJeremy Edwards ‘haunted for years’ after David Walliams sexually humiliated him on stage

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Right / center-right'I was sexually humiliated by David Walliams': 'Deeply uncomfortable' TV star Jeremy Edwards says he's suffered years of shame af...

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Metro UKNews report · Nov 15, 10:33 AM

Jeremy Edwards ‘haunted for years’ after David Walliams sexually humiliated him on stage

‘It simply was abuse. I did not agree to it,’ Jeremy Edwards said of the sketch with David Walliams (Picture: Jeremy Edwards) Jeremy Edwards has accused David Walliams of ‘sexually humiliat...

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Daily MailNews report · Nov 15, 1:04 PM

'I was sexually humiliated by David Walliams': 'Deeply uncomfortable' TV star Jeremy Edwards says he's suffered years of shame after 'predatory' comic pulled down his pants and mounted him on stage in degrading game of hide the sausage

The actor has told how he is still angry with Walliams over the embarrassing incident when he was naked from the waist down in front of 3,500 people for the Comic Relief sketch.

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