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Mario Batali Is Above The Law

The disgraced world-famous chef is still walkin’ around scot-free

By now, it’s hard not to see #MeToo as the height of bitter black humor.

I hear that male victims of Boy Scout pedophiles are going to receive upward of $2 million each; there are over 30,000 claimants.

But work for a top chef with a foul mouth and 800 hands who serves up Rohypnol cocktails?

That’s worth about 20 grand. Maybe. Or if you cooperate with authorities to press criminal charges, you might end up with criminal charges yourself.

Mario Batali used to be on TV constantly in his orange Crocs, Garanimals-style shorts, gross little ponytail and oily charm cooking weird Italian food.

Now? Thinner, lost the Crocs. Probably still trolling for women to grab and grope.

Detailed allegations about former Food Network star Mario Batali’s egregious, continuous sexual harassment and assault of former employees, employees of restaurants where he was an investor, and fans began emerging in 2017. Five years later? The man’s walking around free as a bird having paid out less than a million dollars in settlements for offenses against dozens of women.