witch set him up: a me-too hoax fails in a court of law, but still succeeds at destroying an innocent man’s life: Mario Bateli—after Career Damaged and Reputation Besmirched—Cleared of “Indecent Touching”

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 5:45:00 P.M. EDT

GRA: A bench trial cleared chef Mario Bateli of indecent touching, grabbing, and rubbing in 2019. Charges were brought by a female who had wanted a picture with Bateli—during which, she claimed, he placed his hands in her private areas. The judge, however, ruled her story, “not believable.”

The subsequent fallout of the accusations cost Bateli a spot on his co-hosted cooking show, The Chew, besmirched his reputation, and forced him to separate from the restaurant business.

And now he’s found not guilty—after three years of hell, I’m sure. It isn’t right with these types of cases. What can Bateli do to erase the damage done and the stress of those three years, waiting for vindication?

Not much--and the killer of the whole thing is, the woman just walks away from an obvious scam—with zero punishment against her.

--GRA

N.S.: All he can do, is sue her.