The case involves allegations that the celebrity chef forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017.
Chef Mario Batali and his former partner have been ordered to pay $600,000 in a settlement after an investigation by the NY Attorney General's Office.
Batali is among a number of high-profile men who have faced a public reckoning during the #MeToo social movement against sexual abuse and harassment in recent years. Four women accused him of inappropriate touching in 2017, after which he stepped down from day-to-day operations at his restaurant empire and left the since-discontinued ABC cooking show"The Chew.""I have made many mistakes and I am so very sorry that I have disappointed my friends, my family, my fans and my team," he said in an email newsletter at the time."My behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility.
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