Celebrity Chef Mario Batali Found Not Guilty at Trial in Boston

Disgraced celebrity chef Mario Batali braced himself as a judge in Boston prepared to deliver his verdict. Batali, a restaurateur and former co-host of “The Chew,” was charged with fondling and assaulting a young woman at a bar in 2017. When the judge announced that the defendant was found not guilty of indecent assault and battery, Batali turned to a woman at his defense table and kissed her on the cheek.