Hearing held in Mario Batali’s indecent assault case

BOSTON (AP) — A hearing has been held in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali.
A spokeswoman for Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Batali didn’t attend Friday’s hearing at Boston Municipal Court and wasn’t required to.
She also said no trial date was set. The case returns to court Sept. 4.
Batali pleaded not guilty in May to forcibly kissing and groping a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017.
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