Gino D’Acampo accused of sexual misconduct in ITV News investigation

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ITV News investigation.The outlet claims dozens of people reported “unacceptable”, “distressing” and “horrendous” experiences working with D’Acampo over a period of over 12 years.

Many of them, as freelancers, said that were too afraid to to make complaints in case it risked their future employment.One woman, referred to as Hannah, said that D’Acampo told her he would “like to turn me over and fuck me up the arse against the kitchen counter” when they were working on a magazine shoot in 2011.

The whole crew were allegedly witness to this and there was allegedly “a ripple of laughs”, while the people stood beside her “looked nervously into their cups of tea”.“I definitely saw it as some kind of power play.

The very act of what he said was aggressive,” she said, adding it made her feel “very, very, very small.”“I felt like Gino, in that moment, was very entitled and he felt very safe,” she continued. “He did not think that was an inappropriate thing to say to me.”A statement provided to ITV News by Gino D’Acampo’s legal team, said: “This allegation from almost 15 years ago has never, until now via a media request for comment, been raised or put to Mr D’Acampo.“He does not recall it, nor accept that this happened.