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Several women accuse star chef Stefano Catenacci of sexual harassment while working at the Opera Cellar.
During a meeting at the restaurant on Tuesday, management told all staff that Stefano Catenacci will be taking a break.
Abbe Ibrahim, CEO of Operakällaren, writes in a comment to Expressen:
“I ended a staff meeting with Operakällaren 20 minutes ago, where we talked about the posts from the last day.“
The comment continues:
“These are serious charges that have been brought against Operakällaren as an employer and workplace. Therefore, we will appoint an independent investigation into the work environment at Operakällaren. Until it’s over, Stefano Catenacci will take time off from his post. I want to emphasize that Stefano denies several of the accusations that are made against him. “
Does that mean you don’t deny it to everyone?
“He denies the accusations.”
You have reported to the police for gross defamation
The Court did not know that Stefano Catenacci was taking a break from the Opera Cellar, but the information director of the Royal House, Margareta Thorgren, repeats that the accusations are taken very seriously.
– Now we follow the course of events and now it comes with new additional information. So when it comes to the title, court tractor, it’s a question that we’ll of course take a position on, but we haven’t gotten there yet, but in that case it’s further ahead.
Stefano Catenacci’s lawyer, Hanna Lindblom, told Expressen that Catenacci reported the Dagens ETC newspaper to the police for gross defamation.
In addition, he said on Tuesday that he does not know that someone has reported him to the police and repeats that Stefano Catenacci denies the accusations.
– We have no comment other than that he rejects it of course, says Hanna Lindblom.
The lawyer: “remarkable”
On Monday, Dagens ETC published an article with testimonies from twelve people who say they have witnessed or that they themselves feel they have been exposed by Catenacci at the Opera Cellar.
Expressen reporter Karolina Skoglund has spoken with 14 former and current employees, who relate a series of sexual harassment to those who they believe have been exposed by court tractor Stefano Catenacci in various ways.
Attorney Hanna Lindblom again:
– As far as I know, none of these people have reported Stefano to the police for anything, we have not received that, and you can possibly react to that, to process such a thing in the media instead of taking it through the police. authorities. I think it’s a bit remarkable, he says.
