Gino D'Acampo faces more 'inappropriate behaviour' claims as 40 people come forward

Gino D'Acampo faces much allegations of inappropriate behaviour with an ITV News probe claiming to person spoken to 40 women regarding the TV chef

A pistillate who accused Gino D'Acampo of "inappropriate and intimidating behaviour" has been near "disappointed" by his denial.

The claims came to airy successful an probe published by ITV News connected Thursday, which said it had spoken to "dozens" of people who accused him of "unacceptable", "distressing" and "horrendous" comments. He has strongly denied each allegations against him, saying. helium finds them profoundly upsetting.

ITV News said contiguous they had present spoken to "over 40 people" successful their investigation, who person either witnessed oregon experienced alleged inappropriate and intimidating behaviour by Gino. And Gino's TV shows person been removed from the ITV docket arsenic a result. But 1 pistillate progressive successful the investigation, known arsenic 'Hannah' stood her crushed and spoke again to ITV News tonight.

She said: "It is each precise disappointing, helium could person travel retired and said helium was truly sorry, that helium was going to instrumentality immoderate clip retired and bespeak connected what had happened and what he's been accused of. But what helium should person said initially that helium was atrocious that helium has wounded each these people. It is classical bully behaviour."

One pistillate who worked with Gino successful 2018 said: "It took a batch of courageousness to basal up and beryllium counted firstly by complaining astir Gino’s behaviour connected a accumulation successful 2018 and to past travel that up successful 2024 to alleviate my concerns that his behaviour continued. I was pleased to perceive from the accumulation institution that helium had been spoken to. To past perceive his broad denial was disappointing. It would beryllium bully to spot that accumulation institution punctual Gino of precisely what processes took spot successful bid to jog his memory."

The outlet besides said they had spoken to radical who had had affirmative experiences with him. In a connection to ITV News via his ineligible team, D'Acampo "firmly denied" the "deeply upsetting" allegations.

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."

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 shows including ITV's Family Fortunes and Gino and Fred: Emission Impossible. He 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.

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."

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