This week, David Walliams, the best-selling children's author, has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting girls as young as 15.
Parents across the UK are discarding his books and urging schools to remove them from curricula.
The accusations describe a pattern of inappropriate behavior, though Walliams denies any wrongdoing and no criminal charges have been filed.
HarperCollins dropped Walliams in 2025 after an internal investigation, and his books have been pulled from some school libraries.
Waterstones has returned its remaining copies to the publisher, and some schools have asked teachers to stop using his stories.
Walliams, who sold over 60 million books, was once a staple of literary festivals and had a theme park attraction, but his reputation now faces significant damage.