did that guy on that cooking show on PBS really molest kids?

whatever happened to him? didn't most of the boys wait 20 years to file the suits?

Check this link at The Smoking Gun. Nothing says "innocent" like a settlement.

The frugal gourmet? Don't remember it.
Duckie

was gonna post the same thing.. different link tho

http://umns.umc.org/98/jul/423.htm


TACOMA., WA. - Six more men have filed lawsuits against TV's "Frugal Gourmet" for sexual abuse, bringing the total to ten plaintiffs so far. Rev. Jeff Smith, 58, ordained as a Methodist minister, served as a campus chaplain at the University of Puget Sound in the late 1960s. He gave up preaching for cooking in 1973 when he started a restaurant and catering business called the "Chaplain's Pantry." Located near a high school, he hired students to help him in the kitchen as part of the work study program.

Eight of the plaintiffs are men who say Smith abused them as boys, with accusations ranging from fondling to rape. The other two plaintiffs are the parents of an alleged victim.

The earliest incident is said to have happened in 1974 and the most recent in 1992. The statute of limitations for criminal prosecution has passed. The civil suits are scheduled for trial next January.

Smith has kept quiet about the cases, but they have already put his burgeoning career in jeopardy. His newest cable TV cooking show has been suspended and talks with PBS about new episodes for his series are also on hold. His book publisher won't talk about him.

Smith, who has two adult sons, is married but has not lived with his wife Patricia for more than 20 years. She is named in the suits as having known of her husband's activities and has retained her own lawyer. (6/17/97)

I think he's had a few strokes and isn't in very good shape. Loved to watch him but he had some really godawful recipes with ingredients you couldn't get this side of Cuzco.