BREAKING: Gino D'Acampo accused of 'sexually inappropriate' behaviour as 'dozens' come forward

Celebrity cook Gino D'Acampo has travel nether occurrence aft 'dozens' of radical raised concerns astir alleged 'sexually inappropriate' behaviour from the TV star

Gino D'Acampo has been accused of "distressing" and "sexually inappropriate" behaviour successful an ITV News probe.

Dozens of radical person elaborate experiences described variously arsenic "unacceptable," "distressing" and "horrendous" portion moving with him implicit a play spanning much than 12 years.

The TV cook who has appeared connected the likes of ITV's Family Fortunes and Gino and Fred: Emission Impossible faces accusations dating backmost implicit 10 years. Individuals are said to person been fearful of immoderate consequences if they ever spoke of their alleged encounters with the 48-year-old.

Gino has "firmly denied" the allegations made by "dozens" of people", adding that they were "deeply upsetting". One woman, who has been named arsenic Hannah to support her individuality has told an probe that she was connected the receiving extremity of vulgar comments from Gino successful 2011.

She claims Mr D'Acampo said helium would "like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter." The woman, whose individuality has been protected claims that determination were laughs from unit members aft helium made the comment. But she says she saw the "shock" and "horror", claiming his alleged behaviour made her consciousness "very, very, precise small."

Speaking to ITV News Correspondent Sejal Karia, Hannah added: "I decidedly saw it arsenic immoderate benignant of powerfulness play. The precise enactment of what helium said was aggressive. He did not deliberation that was an inappropriate happening to accidental to me."

In response, Gino's ineligible representatives told the outlet: "This allegation from astir 15 years agone has never, until present via a media petition for comment, been raised oregon enactment to Mr D'Acampo. He does not callback it, nor judge that this happened. Mr D'Acampo is horrified to beryllium accused of 'power play' and an 'aggressive act'. He emphatically and unequivocally denies these allegations."

However, different pistillate has spoken astir their alleged enactment with Gino, telling the quality broadcaster: "He opened the doorway successful his boxer shorts, thing else. And jumped connected the furniture and was benignant of – limb up." The woman, whose individuality had besides been protected went connected to assertion that she felt "disgusted" aft having to "sit there" looking astatine Gino who allegedly made a notation to his penis, saying: "It's lone small."

Legal representatives for the cook told the broadcaster: "Mr D'Acampo categorically denies these allegations of inappropriate intersexual behaviour. To his cognition nary specified allegations person been made against him successful narration to his clip connected 'Gino's Italian Express' and this is the archetypal time, six years later, helium has been informed of these alleged incidents, and helium does not judge them, not slightest due to the fact that immoderate of this is considered by Mr D'Acampo to beryllium a fabricated enactment of fiction."

He has besides been accused of telling a inferior subordinate of unit that helium would "f**k" their woman if the younger workfellow didn't fetch him an crystal cream. Responding to this claim, his lawyers said: "Mr D'Acampo is mortified to beryllium accused of saying inappropriate words to a inferior subordinate of unit connected Gino's Italian Express. He does not callback this incidental astatine all, and the words alleged are perfectly not ones that helium would say."

A spokesperson for Objective Media Group said that erstwhile concerns were raised, Gino was "spoken to astir the differences betwixt connected surface character worldly and behaviour disconnected surface with members of the team." Gino is besides accused of saying: "When are we each going to get drunk and person enactment together," to members of a accumulation team.

In effect to each allegations, Gino told ITV News: "I person been told by ITN quality that allegations person been made astir maine acting inappropriately, immoderate dating backmost implicit 10 years ago. I person ne'er been made alert of these matters antecedently and the allegations are firmly denied. I would not bash thing that I thought would upset oregon distress anyone. This is simply not successful my nature. I bash not recognise the mentation of events being enactment to me.

"Not lone person these allegations ne'er been raised with maine before, I person been repeatedly supported by executives astatine the highest level and was commissioned connected prime-time programmes during the play successful which it is present suggested I was acting inappropriately. I americium a father, hubby and person worked with good implicit 1,500 radical connected astir 80 productions successful my career, which I person been truthful arrogant of. I instrumentality specified matters extremely earnestly and the proposition that I person acted successful an improper mode against is profoundly upsetting."

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