Comedian David Walliams has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a £5million mansion which was infamous for its raucous celebrity parties in the 1990s.Walliams, one of the world's best selling children authors, is alleged to have driven the schoolgirl back to Supernova Heights, his former five-storey townhouse in Belsize Park, north London, in August 2007.Inside, he is accused of sucking the teenager's breast and placing her hand down his trousers while he had an erection.Supernova Heights gained a reputation as an epicentre for debauched parties thrown by a group of hedonistic celebrities dubbed the Primrose Hill set in the 1990s. The Victorian townhouse was owned by Noel Gallagher during the height of Oasis mania and fans would often gather outside day and night - or scrawl their names on the front garden wall.Gallagher, who lived there with his ex-wife Meg Mathews, named the mansion after Champagne Supernova, the final track on Oasis' record-breaking album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?Walliams, today unmasked as the celebrity who tried to seek a High Court injunction to block ITV News and The Guardian's reporting, bought the house for a reported £3.5million in 2005. He later lived there with his ex-wife Dutch supermodel Lara Stone, 42, and their son before selling it for £5.35million in 2019.The TV star and author has been accused of 'abusing his status' to conduct 'inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities' with 'a large number' of women and girls.Children's author and TV star David Walliams, pictured last month, is accused of abusing his status to target girls and young women. He denies the claims David Walliams, 46, bought Supernova Heights in Belsize Park, north London in 2005 The five-storey Victorian home has a huge living room area (pictured)The Victorian townhouse was named Supernova Heights by Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher (pictured in 1997) - a tribute to their song Champagne SupernovaOne, named as Jade by ITV and The Guardian, claims she was sexually assaulted by Walliams at Supernova Heights when she was 15 after he contacted her on MySpace. In August 2007, a few days after Walliams turned 36, the schoolgirl says he arranged to meet her at Fresh & Wild, a high-end grocery store and cafe in Soho, London.She claims that Walliams asked her if she had 'ever had sex before' over a coffee before he kissed her 'forcefully' on a sidestreet as they walked towards the tube station.Jade claims that Walliams then invited her back to Supernova Heights and drove them there in his Aston Martin. Jade recalls sitting on a large L-shaped sofa in the sprawling open-plan home while Walliams leaned on a kitchen island. 'I just went silent,' she said, until 'he asked me to come over and gave me a hug. And that's when he kissed me again.'Jade claims he lifted up her T-shirt, pulled down her bra and sucked her breast.She also alleges he put her hand down his trousers and could feel that he had an erection so pulled away. 'I wasn't ready for sex. I didn't want to do that with him or with anyone. I was very uncomfortable with my own body as well. And I didn't – I didn't want to be touched in that way at all. I mean, I was only a 15-year-old.'Walliams agreed to stop and allegedly told her they should wait until she turned 16.Lawyers for Walliams deny that he engaged in grooming young women, and deny any sexual contact with Jade. They say allegations of serious criminal conduct are false. In the months after, Jade and Walliams continued to email each other but that he began to 'cool off'.Then in February 2008, she says she spotted an article in the News of the World that featured 20-year-old Russian model Elizaveta Osova, who claimed Walliams had contacted her on Facebook and had been 'using me for sex'.Jade claims she sent Walliams the article to ask him about it but he never replied.She later took friends to see Supernova Heights, the house where Walliams had taken her.She says she rang the buzzer, planning to confront him but left scared when someone answered on the intercom. Jade says she went there with friends a second time.Now older, Jade considers the incident as sexual assault and grooming. The house (garden pictured) used to belong to Oasis star Noel, 51, who named it Supernova Heights after the final song on the album What's The Story Morning Glory, which made the band millions of pounds The master bedroom (pictured) The spacious property has been owned by multiple celebrities over the yearsIn January 2008, five months after Jade says she was taken there, Walliams is said to have hosted a party at Supernova Heights with comedian David Baddiel, Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant and Jonathan Ross among the guests.But a woman, named as Ella, was also invited with a friend. She had just turned 20.'I had picked up on the fact that these quite high-profile celebrities felt uncomfortable in me and my friend's presence,' said Ella. 'And one of the guest's wives did pull me aside at one point, and was like, 'you're very young. Be careful, be careful'.'Ella claims Walliams kept insisting on giving her a tour of his house. She said she repeatedly said no but eventually relented.When they went upstairs, Ella claims Walliams tried to kiss her.'I remember walking into his bedroom with him and feeling him come up really close behind me, and the hairs going up from the back of my neck,' she said. 'I turned around and he'd placed his hands either side of the window. And he's a big man. It's quite intimidating.'He lent in for a kiss and I just remember going 'eurgh' and ducking underneath his arm and running away.'She said she felt 'vulnerable' and 'intimidated,' adding: 'I would've been scared if I'd been on my own with him.' A separate bathroom area has a stone freestanding bath and wet room shower Pictures of Walliams can be seen framed on the walls Ella claims that he did not give up, adding: 'I remember him coming to sit next to me… And he just lay down, put his huge head on my lap… And [was] holding my face and saying, 'please don't leave, please don't leave, please stay with me'. He was begging me to stay.She described her experience with Walliams as 'unwanted physical touching and emotional manipulation'. Walliams told ITV that after he made a 'clumsy pass' at Ella, he made no further approaches. He denies putting his head in her lap. He claims he had no intention of intimidating or making Ella feel uncomfortable. Walliams sold Supernova Heights for £5.35million in 2018.When Walliams bought the house, he turned it from a four-bed house to a three-bed, knocking out some floors and ceilings.The property now boasts double and triple-height rooms, mezzanine floors, three bedrooms and a huge open-plan bathroom with a cast stone bath.Its neighbours have included actress Sadie Frost and movie star Bob Hoskins. Walliams had purchased the home off actress Davinia Taylor, who herself had bought it off Noel Gallagher in 1999. The Guardian once said of the house: 'Drunken guests were regularly seen spilling out of Supernova Heights'Fans milled around seven days a week, and loutish groupies staggered around in drunken stupors.'
David Walliams's £5m 'Supernova Heights' mansion where he's accused of 'sexually assaulting' 15-year-old girl and hosting a celebrity party where he targeted a young woman
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