Author says there were 'real concerns' about David Walliams within publishing industry27 minutes agoLucy Manning,Special correspondentandJo Adnitt,BBC News Investigations
Getty Images  David Walliams attends the Charles Finch x CHANEL Night Before BAFTA Dinner, at 5 Hertford Street, on March 12, 2022 in London, EnglandGetty Images

Author and columnist Chloe Combi has said she had heard rumours that there were "real concerns" about David Walliams's behaviour within the publishing industry more than a decade ago.

Combi told BBC News she had heard there were allegations about his "behaviour around young female staff" and says she was told in 2015 to warn schools that he was "not an appropriate booking".