Gregg Wallace is suing the BBC and one in every of its subsidiaries for inflicting him “distress and harassment”, after being sacked from the company in July.
The previous MasterChef presenter is claiming as much as £10,000 in damages from the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Restricted, who he says didn’t disclose his private information, in accordance with court docket paperwork.
Wallace, 60, apologised after a report, commissioned by the cooking present’s manufacturing firm Banijay UK, upheld a number of historic accusations in opposition to him, largely for the usage of inappropriate language and humour, however together with one in every of “unwanted physical contact”.
Wallace instructed his not too long ago recognized autism had performed a component in his conduct.
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John Torode and Gregg Wallace in 2008. Pic:PA
After the discharge of the report, the BBC stated Wallace’s behaviour had didn’t dwell as much as the company’s values, including, “we accept more could and should have been done sooner.”
MasterChef co-host John Torode additionally had an allegation that he used an “extremely offensive racist term” upheld, as a part of the identical investigation. Torode was additionally dropped from the present in July, and stated he had “absolutely no recollection” of the alleged incident.
Mr Energy continued that Wallace made topic entry requests (SARs) to each the BBC and BBC Studios on 6 March.
Requests for entry to private information needs to be processed inside a month, however this deadline might be prolonged if the knowledge is complicated, Mr Energy stated.
BBC Studios is claimed to have advised Wallace that it was withholding components of his private information as a result of “freedom of expression”.
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Mr Energy stated that the physique had “wrongly redacted” data and had “unlawfully failed to supply all of the claimant’s personal data”.
He stated: “By reason of the defendants failing to fully comply with the SARs made by the claimant for his own personal data, the defendants acted in breach of their statutory duty and in doing so caused distress and harassment to the claimant.”
Mr Energy stated that Wallace was in search of damages for “distress, harassment and loss of amenity not exceeding £10,000”, damages beneath the UK Normal Knowledge Safety Regulation, and curiosity.
Wallace can be in search of a court docket order that the BBC and BBC Studios adjust to the topic entry requests.
The BBC made the choice to air the newest sequence of MasterChef this summer time, with Wallace and Torode nonetheless on the helm, regardless of each males having been fired because it was filmed.
