ABC takes The Great American Baking Show off the air after judge Johnny Iuzzini is hit with four MORE allegations of sexual misconduct
Season Three premiered last week and was scheduled to air its second episode on Thursday
The decision comes two days after four more people came forward to accuse judge Johnny Iuzzini of sexual misconduct
Iuzzini was first hit with sexual misconduct allegations in November, when Mic published a report from four women
Those who have come forward were either victims or witnesses to Iuzzini’s behavior when he worked as a pastry chef at Jean Georges in New York City
The sources said Iuzzini would act inappropriately to female chefs under his supervision – including sticking his tongue in their ears and asking for massages
By ASHLEY COLLMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
14 December 2017
ABC has taken The Great American Baking Show off the air over sexual misconduct allegations against judge Johnny Iuzzini.
Iuzzini was first hit with the allegations on November 29, when Mic published the accounts of four women who had worked under Iuzzini at Jean Georges in New York City.
The women described being sexually harassed and even verbally abused by the inappropriate and temperamental executive pastry chef.
Iuzzini partially apologized for some of the behavior recounted in the story, while claiming innocence when it came to some of the other accusations.
In the end, ABC decided to go forward with airing the third season of The Great American Baking Show, which debuted last week. Iuzzini judges the show alongside Paul Hollywood, who also judges the original British show.
But ABC pulled the show off the air on Wednesday, a day after Mic published a second report, citing four more people who had either been personally harassed by Iuzzini or witnessed his misbehavior. The second episode was set to air on Thursday.
In a statement to Variety, the network said that they decided to take the show off the air because of Iuzzini’s reported actions.
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