- July 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Celebrity chef Mario Batali, his business partner and their New York City restaurant company have agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve a four-year investigation by the state attorney general’s office into allegations that Batali and other workers sexually harassed employees.
The money will be split among at least 20 former employees of B&B Hospitality and their Manhattan restaurants Babbo, Lupa and the now closed Del Posto, which Batali co-owned with Joseph Bastianich until March 2019, the New York attorney general, Letitia James, announced Friday.
The company must also revise employee training materials and submit reports to the state for the next three years documenting training and policies.
Batali, whose high-flying career crumbled amid myriad sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, was accused in the New York investigation of pulling a waitress’ hand toward his crotch as she served him and showing a waiter an unwelcome pornographic video.
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