Imperati and Pintens expressed their gratitude to New York Attorney General Letitia James for her dedication in holding the powerful accountable for their wrongdoings.
Mario Batali sexually harassed employees
Multiple employees personally experienced or witnessed inappropriate touching, unwanted sexual advances, and sexually explicit comments by Batali, restaurant managers. and co-workers.
“Several female employees were forcibly groped, hugged, and/or kissed by male colleagues. Batali himself sexually harassed a female server by making explicit comments to her and grabbing her hand while she was serving him and pulling it towards his crotch. On another occasion, Batali showed a male server at Lupa an unwelcome pornographic video,” according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Meanwhile, Batali told the New York Times, “The past few years have truly been a transformative period. Including the pandemic, there have been a lot of lessons learned over the past three and a half years, and it has given us an opportunity to redefine our business and the culture we want to foster within our restaurants, emerging as the company we want to be.”
