Celebrity chef Mario Batali to appear in court on indecent assault charge
Celebrity chef Mario Batali is due in a Boston court Friday to be arraigned on an indecent assault charge that stems from an alleged 2017 incident with a woman in a Back Bay restaurant.
It’s the first felony criminal charge Batali has faced since he's been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct.
According to court records, on March 31, 2017, Batali was seated at Towne Stove and Spirits when a woman noticed him and tried to surreptitiously take his picture. Batali saw her and said "come here right now," according to court documents.
The woman went over to apologize, but Batali told her it was OK and offered to take a selfie, court documents alleged. While seated on a bar stool, Batali put his arm around the woman, who was standing, grabbed her breast, pulled her closer, put his hand between her legs and touched her inappropriately, documents said.
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