Television star David Walliams has suffered suicidal thoughts since being dropped from Britain’s Got Talent, court papers reveal.
The explosive claim is in a UK High Court writ against the makers of the hit ITV show.
Walliams, 52, who was axed after leaked jibes about contestants, also claimed bosses of Britain’s Got Talent spied on him in the £10 million (A$19 million) High Court showdown.
His writ says makers Fremantle Media “recorded, transcribed and retained” private conversations for ten years.
Walliams is demanding up to £10 million (A$19 million) after being dropped last year following a leak of crude comments he made mocking two contestants.
In his devastating opening salvo, he accuses Fremantle of an unlawful data protection breach on an industrial scale.
He alleges they collected private and sensitive details of conversations throughout his time on the family favourite series.
And he claims fellow judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon were monitored the same way by production staff.
Walliams, who says he has suffered suicidal thoughts after being cancelled from public life, is seeking £1 million (A$1.9 million) he stood to get from the prime-time ITV show, plus £1.7 million (A$3.25 million) in lost earnings from the last year.
He wants an additional £3.4 million (A$6.5 million) covering future losses over at least the next two years, taking the total to £6.1 million (A$11.65 million).
In addition he is seeking further unspecified damages for psychiatric harm, distress and upset and the loss of control over ...
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