Former MasterChef host was dropped by BBC after allegations of inappropriate behaviour were upheld
The sacked MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has opened a legal claim against the BBC over his dismissal, according to court records.
The data protection claim, which was filed in the high court last week, is understood to request the disclosure of confidential documents about his sacking.
Wallace was dropped by the BBC in July after an independent report by the law firm Lewis Silkin substantiated 45 allegations made against him, including claims of inappropriate sexual language and one incident of unwelcome physical contact.
MasterChef’s production company Banijay UK and the BBC said they had agreed that “Mr Wallace’s return to MasterChef is untenable”. Wallace apologised “for any distress caused”, but said the report cleared him of “the most serious and sensational accusations”.
