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"A Maine outpost where the chef’s former general manager last worked with him in 2019 and where that manager also worked alongside the accuser. GoDaddy records produced in the court proceedings indicated a credit card bearing the manager’s name was used to register a domain that published defamatory content about the accuser; the manager denies registering the site or authorizing the card, says his tenures at the restaurants were brief, and maintains he has not seen the chef since 2019. Some former coworkers described the manager and chef as close, though the manager disputes that characterization." - Ashok Selvam