Celebrity chef Batali agrees to $600K sexual harassment settlement
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Celebrity chef Batali agrees to $600K sexual harassment settlement
[NFA] Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $600,000 to at least 20 former employees after an investigation found their Manhattan restaurants were rife with sexual harassment, the New York attorney general announced on Friday.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $600,000 dollars to at least 20 former employees after an investigation found their Manhattan restaurants were rife with sexual harassment.
Thatās according to New York Attorney General Letitia James who said in a statement that the culture of unwanted groping, kissing, hugging, sexual advances and explicit comments at his restaurants Babbo, Lupa and Del Posto broke New York human rights laws.
According to the settlement, the attorney general's probe found that Batali himself grabbed a female server's hand and pulled it towards his crotch, and that he showed a male server an "unwelcome" pornographic video.
Male managers at the restaurants made crass sexual comments, told female employees to wear make-up and insinuated to some of them that they should get breast implants.
Some were told they could not be promoted to captain because they were a "girl." Batali could not immediately be reached for comment, but told the New York Times he would not be publicly discussing the settlement.
In 2018, Batali denied any allegations of sexual assault, but apologized for behavior that he acknowledged had been "deeply inappropriate." Prosecutors in Boston a year later separately charged Batali with forcibly groping and kissing a woman at a restaurant.
He has pleaded not guilty and no trial date has been set.
After waiters and other workers came forward with complaints, Batali sold his stake in his restaurants in 2019.
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Trumpās Civil Fraud Judgement Bond , Is Reduced to $175 Million.
On March 25, a New York appeals court told Donald Trump that if he can pay $175 million within 10 days.
collection of his $454 million civil fraud judgement will be paused, AP reports. .
The payment would also stop the state from seizing any of Trump's assets during the appeals process. .
A previous ruling that Trump and his sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., couldn't serve in corporate leadership for a number of years was also reversed. .
The order, a significant victory for the former president, came just before Attorney General Letitia James was about to begin the process of collecting the judgement, AP reports. .
The order, a significant victory for the former president, came just before Attorney General Letitia James was about to begin the process of collecting the judgement, AP reports. .
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee praised the ruling and criticized Judge Arthur Engoron's initial ruling.
What heās done is such a
disservice and should never
be allowed to happen again, Donald Trump, via statement.
So I greatly respect the decision
of the Appellate Division, and Iāll post
either $175 billion in cash or bonds
for security or whatever is necessary,
very quickly, within the 10 days. , Donald Trump, via statement.
And I thank the Appellate Division
for acting quickly, but Judge Engoron
is a disgrace to this country, and this
should not be allowed to happen, Donald Trump, via statement.
However, James' office points out that the judgement still stands, even if collection is paused. .
Donald Trump is still facing
accountability for his staggering fraud, Letitia James' office, via statement
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Donald Trump Appeals $464 Million Judgment , in NY Civil Fraud Case.
Lawyers for Trump announced Monday that the former president and his company will appeal the judgment handed down last week, NBC News reports.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday that celebrity chef Mario Batali, his business partner Joe Bastianich, and their management group would pay 20 former employees $600,000 "for..
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