Another sad case of 'Guilty before proven innocent'...

And she managed to destroy his multi-million dollar 

TV career in the process.

 Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty of indecent assault and battery during his sexual misconduct trial in Boston on Tuesday. Batali, 61, who had elected for a non-jury trial, was acquitted by of the charged which stemmed from a woman who accused Batali of sexually assaulting her at a Boston bar in 2017 while he posed with her for a selfie. 

The 32-year-old Massachusetts resident was one of a handful of women who accused Batali of sexual harassment and misconduct amid the #MeToo movement, which exposed widespread patterns of abuse of women in multiple spheres of American life. 

Judge James Stanton of Boston Municipal Court found Batali not guilty of the charge brought on in 2019, saying his accuser had 'significant credibility issues' after the defense revealed she claimed to be clairvoyant, joked about the alleged assault with her friend and continued to dine at the restaurant where she was allegedly attacked.

Batali left the courtroom surrounded by reporters without making a comment. If convicted, Batali could have faced up to 2-1/2 years in jail and registration as a sex offender. 

Despite rumors about Batali's alleged misconduct having circulated for decades, this trial was the only criminal case brought against the chef, once a fixture of the popular Food Network and a star of the ABC cooking and talk show The Chew.