After the alleged incident, a friend texted Tene to "just play up the story," according to texts revealed in court during Mario Batali's trial.

Mario Batali has settled lawsuits filed by two separate women who claimed the celebrity chef sexually assaulted them in Boston. Lawyers for Natali Tene and Alexandra Brown confirmed the settlements on ...

Chef Mario Batali has largely stayed away from the cameras following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and his firing from “The Chew” in late 2017, but on Friday he appeared in a Boston court ...

The charge stems from an alleged incident with a woman in Boston in 2017. Celebrity chef Mario Batali pleaded not guilty Friday to an indecent assault and battery charge that stems from an alleged ...

A friend of the woman who has claimed that Mario Batali groped her in 2017 testified at his sexual misconduct trial. Rachel Buckley said the accuser told her about the alleged groping days after it ...

Celebrity chef Mario Batali has waived his right to a jury trial and is opting to have a judge decide his fate in his sexual misconduct trial in Boston. Batali confirmed the decision to Boston ...

Batali pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, and jury selection in the case was slated to begin on Monday.

The chef was first accused of sexual misconduct in December 2017. Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously ...

Mario Batali's sexual misconduct trial opened Monday in a Boston court with his accuser recounting how she'd been "shocked, surprised and alarmed" as the celebrity chef aggressively kissed and groped ...

Celebrity chef Mario Batali's trial on sexual misconduct charges in Boston has been set for April. The trial will take place April 11 in Boston Municipal Court, Suffolk County District Attorney ...

Batali stepped away from his restaurant empire last year. Celebrity chef Mario Batali faces arraignment Friday in Boston Municipal Court on a charge of indecent assault and battery in connection with ...