Mario Batali

Twenty former employees of celebrity chef Mario Batali and his former business partner Joe Bastianich will split $600,000 following a four-year investigation into allegations the partners engaged in unlawful sex discrimination and retaliation.

New York authorities are investigating celebrity chef Mario Batali after uncovering information during a separate probe of a Manhattan restaurant, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. The state announced a sexual harassment settlement Tuesday for 11 former employees of West Village restaurant The Spotted Pig, where Batali was once an investor. Attorney General Letitia James, at a news conference on…

A hearing on the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali is scheduled. A judge is slated to hear arguments Wednesday from lawyers at a pre-trial hearing in Boston Municipal Court. It’s not immediately clear what issues will be addressed.

A hearing has been held in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. A spokeswoman for Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Batali didn’t attend Friday’s hearing at Boston Municipal Court and wasn’t required to. She also said no trial date was set. The case returns to court Sept. 4.

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. Batali did not appear at a brief pre-trial hearing in a Boston courtroom on Friday. He had waived his right to appear.

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. Batali did not appear at a brief pre-trial hearing in a Boston courtroom on Friday. He had waived his right to appear.

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. Batali did not appear at a brief pre-trial hearing in a Boston courtroom on Friday. He had waived his right to appear.

A not guilty plea was entered Friday for celebrity chef Mario Batali, who appeared in court on a criminal charge that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. Donning a black suit topped with a baseball cap, Batali entered Boston Municipal Court on a charge of indecent assault and battery. He walked into the...

A not guilty plea was entered on behalf of Mario Batali, the celebrity chef charged with indecent assault after he allegedly groped and kissed a woman in a Back Bay restaurant.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali is due in court to face charges that he allegedly groped a woman at a Back Bay restaurant.

A woman who says Mario Batali forcibly kissed and groped her in a Boston restaurant in 2017 says the celebrity chef “must be held accountable … for his despicable acts.”

Celebrity chef Mario Batali will face a criminal assault charge in Massachusetts. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Batali was expected to be arraigned Friday in Boston Municipal Court on a charge of indecent assault and battery. The charge stems from an incident at a restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay on March 31, 2017, the DA’s office said.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali is facing a criminal charge of indecent assault and battery.

More than a year after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, celebrity chef Mario Batali has given up his stakes in all of his restaurants, including two in Boston.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali is officially giving up his restaurants after admitting to sexual misconduct more than a year ago. The partnership between Batali and the Bastianich family has officially dissolved, according to a copy of a letter the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group sent to employees Wednesday. Tanya Bastianich Manuali will run day-to-day operations at a new company that...

A Massachusetts woman has reportedly filed a lawsuit against celebrity chef Mario Batali alleging he sexually assaulted her in April 2017 at a Boston restaurant. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 28-year-old Natali Tene on Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court. It states that Tene was at the Towne Stove and Spirits restaurant in Boston when she saw Batali and...

Mario Batali’s three Las Vegas Strip restaurants will shut down July 27, officials said Friday, as the celebrity chef faces sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali issued a new statement Monday in response to yet another accusation of sexual misconduct, the fifth in about six months, telling NBC News he “vehemently” denies “any allegations of sexual assault.”

The New York Police Department is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against celebrity chef Mario Batali.

Mario Batali presents Jimmy Fallon, Ashton Kutcher, Liam Payne and Vanessa Hudgens with a three-course meal as they take turns guessing the unusual secret ingredient hidden in each course.