Celebrity Chef Mario Batali acquitted of charges accusing him of groping a woman back in 2017.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been acquitted of charges alleging that he groped a restaurant patron.
Batali, 61, was among the first prominent public figures to be accused of sexual misconduct at the beginning of the #MeToo Movement in late 2017. On Tuesday, he was found not guilty on charges of indecent assault and battery after a bench trial by Judge James Stanton in Boston,The well-known chef's accuser, Natali Tene, 32, alleged that he groped her while she took a photo with him at one of his restaurants in Boston, Towne Stove and Spirits, during an interaction earlier on March 31, 2017.
"His right hand is all over my breasts, all over my rear end, all between my legs," Tene told prosecutor, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Nina Bonelli."I've never been grabbed like that before ... squeezing my vagina and pulling me closer to him. As if that's a normal way to pull someone in." Celebrity chef Mario Batali listens during testimony at Boston Municipal Court on the second day of his sexual misconduct trial on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Boston. Batali was acquitted of a charge of indecent assault and battery stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017.Tene said that she was unnerved when the chef asked her if she wanted to come back to his hotel room after the alleged groping.
Stanton noted in his decision that Batali's conduct during the interaction was"not befitting of a public person of his stature." Nevertheless, Stanton also stated that Tene had"significant credibility issues" which could lend credence to the argument from Batali's defense team that"her motive was financial gain."
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