NEW: Celebrity chef Mario Batali pleads not guilty to an indecent assault and battery charge that stems from an alleged 2017 incident with a woman in a Boston restaurant.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali pleaded not guilty Friday to an indecent assault and battery charge that stems from an alleged 2017 incident with a woman in a Boston restaurant.
According to court records, on March 31, 2017, Batali was seated at Towne Stove and Spirits in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood 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 same woman filed a lawsuit against Batali last year, alleging she asked the chef for a photo and he tried to kiss her, put his hands between her legs and groped her breasts, according to the Boston Globe.
The New York Police Department investigated two other alleged sexual assaults by the chef, but ultimately the district attorney did not press charges.
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