"Nath, who has a portfolio of top restaurants in the UK and Spain, including two with Michelin stars, admits spiking the woman's spicy margarita drink, but says it was to relax the woman rather than as part of a plan to have sex with her, prosecutors say. Giving evidence on Wednesday, Nath, of Knightsbridge, west London, tearfully told jurors: What I did was wrong and I regret it very deeply."
"The defendant said that he had mixed the substance, which he thought was cleaning fluid, with tequila and that he had put it in the woman's drink to calm her, the court heard. Nath tearfully told jurors at Southwark Crown Court that he regrets it very deeply (Sean Dempsey/PA) He said that the woman had been erratic, adding that he intended for her to be less anxious and for her to calm down a little bit."
Vikas Nath, 63, used a straw to put gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) into a woman's spicy margarita at the rooftop garden bar at Annabel's in Mayfair on January 15, 2024. Nath admits spiking the drink but denies any intention to stupefy and overpower the woman, stating he intended to calm her because she appeared erratic and anxious. He said he thought the substance was cleaning fluid, had consumed it himself previously to heighten alcohol effects, and took a swig before entering Annabel's. Nath has a portfolio of high-end restaurants, including Michelin-starred venues, and the two had met socially before.
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