Children’s author apologises for hosting charity dinner after revelations of sexual harassment
The bestselling UK author David Walliams has withdrawn his lot at the Presidents Club charity auction – offering the chance to name a character in his next children’s book – after the sexual harassment scandal,as several bookshops announced their decision to pull his bestsellers from their shelves in response.
Attended by billionaires, politicians and businessmen, and the Presidents Club fundraising dinner in London was widely condemned this week after the Financial Times published allegations approximately wide-scale groping and sexual harassment of hostesses employed at the men-only event.
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Source: guardian.co.uk