Celebrity chef Mario Batali accused of sexually assaulting unconscious women in restaurant

Already accused of sexual harassment and groping, US celebrity chef Mario Batali now faces allegations that he sexually assaulted impaired women at a New York restaurant, 60 Minutes reported Sunday.

Batali had already stepped away from his eponymous gastronomic empire over previous allegations of sexual misconduct.

One woman who was employed at one of Batali’s establishments said he invited her to a party at “The Spotted Pig” restaurant, in which he had invested, where she drank white wine with him.

“I remember a moment where I was on his lap, kissing him. Like, he was kissing me. And then I remember throwing up – in a toilet. And that is all,” the unidentified woman told the CBS news show.

“I woke up by myself on the floor, I don’t know where I am, of an empty room, wooden floor. I see broken bottles. The first thing I think is, ‘I’ve been drugged.’ That was the first thing I thought is, ‘I’ve been – I’ve been assaulted.’”

After finding what appeared to be semen on her skirt, she called a crisis hotline and went to a hospital for an examination, but declined to file a police report, and her “rape kit” from the hospital was not processed.