Call it the “not so fast” era: Powerful men who plotted career comebacks mere months after being taken down by accusations of sexual misconduct now face even more alarming claims. Mr. Batali has been in career exile since December, when the website Eater reported numerous accusations of sexual harassment and groping against him, dating back decades. Even worse, a subsequent report in The Times included a claim that Mr. Batali had, at a party in 2008, kissed and groped a woman who appeared to be unconscious. Despite a disastrous public apology — it was appended with a recipe for pizza dough cinnamon rolls — Mr. Batali barely seemed to take a breath before pondering his professional future. But over the past few days, “60 Minutes” and The Times have disclosed two previously unreported allegations, both from women who said Mr. Batali had drugged them.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2018 09:45 UTC