HarperCollins UK ta yi watsi da fitaccen marubucin yara David Walliams bayan rahotannin da ke cewa mawallafin ya binciki zargin cin zarafin kananan ma’aikata mata.
Rahoton ya nuna cewa mawallafin ya duba koke-koke daga kananan ma’aikatan, kuma, bayan binciken, ya hana wasu ma’aikata daga Walliams.
Rahoton ya kuma ce wata mata da ta nuna damuwa game da matar mai shekaru 54 ta samu sulhu mai lamba biyar sannan ta bar kamfanin.
A cikin wata sanarwa da ya fitar, HarperCollins UK ya ce: “Bayan yin la’akari da kyau, kuma karkashin jagorancin sabon shugabanta, HarperCollins UK ta yanke shawarar kin buga wani sabon lakabi da David Walliams.
Mawallafin ya san da wannan shawarar.” Mawallafin ya kara da cewa yana ɗaukar jin daɗin ma’aikata “da mahimmanci” kuma yana da matakai don bayar da rahoto da bincika abubuwan da ke damuwa, amma ya ƙi yin ƙarin bayani kan al’amuran cikin gida.
Walliams ya musanta zargin. Kakakin ya ce ba a sanar da shi wani bincike ba kuma ba a ba shi damar mayar da martani ba.
“David ya musanta cewa ya nuna hali ga Mawallafin Yara na UK David Walliams Ya Sauka Bayan Zarge-zargen Cin Zarafin da ba ta dace ba kuma yana karbar shawarar doka,” in ji kakakin.
Walliams ya sayar da littattafai sama da miliyan 60 a duk duniya, waɗanda aka fassara zuwa harsuna 55. Shahararrun takensa sun hada da The Boy in the Dress, Billionaire Boy da Gangsta Granny.
Ya fara yin fice a gidan talabijin na Burtaniya tare da Little Biritaniya tare da Matt Lucas kafin ya fara aikin rubutu.
Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin alkali a kan Got Talent na Biritaniya na tsawon shekaru goma, yana barin wasan kwaikwayon a cikin 2022 bayan ya nemi afuwar yin “lalatai marasa mutunci” game da masu takara yayin hutun yin fim.
HarperCollins UK ita ce reshen Burtaniya na ƙungiyar wallafe-wallafen duniya mallakar Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp kuma a yanzu ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin shugabar zartarwa Kate Elton.
Reuters /Aisha. Yahaya, Lagos
