Mario Batali has agreed to settle two Massachusetts lawsuits that accused the celebrity chef of sexual assault, attorneys for the women said on Wednesday.
The decision to settle the cases comes more than two months after the former Food Network personality was cleared of a criminal charge stemming from accusations by one of the women, who prosecutors alleged aggressively kissed and groped her while taking a selfie at a downtown Boston bar in 2017.
One woman testified in May about how she felt confused and powerless to do anything to stop Batali at the time. Batali's lawyers portrayed the accuser as a liar who was financially motivated because of her civil lawsuit brought against the chef in 2018. The other woman -- who sued Batali in 2019 -- similarly alleged that Batali had groped and kissed her at a restaurant in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood in 2016.
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