Gregg Wallace claims he is the victim of a ‘terrible injustice’ as he hits out at the BBC following his MasterChef sacking amid misconduct allegations

Gregg Wallace has claimed his lawyers believe he is the victim of a ‘terrible injustice’ after he was axed from MasterChef following misconduct allegations.

The former TV presenter, 61, is currently suing the BBC in a bid to access unredacted copies of his personal data – a move that could pave the way for a separate legal claim against the corporation. 

Speaking to The Mirror about his ongoing legal battle, Gregg said: ‘There is a legal team around me now, and I can’t say too much. They have picked it up and gone: “This is a terrible injustice. A terrible, terrible injustice.” 

He added: ‘They are saying: “here’s an investigation that says you’re not groping, you’re definitely not flashing, you’re not sexually harassing, you’re not bullying anybody. So why are you in this position and who is responsible for it?” 

Daily Mail has contacted the BBC and Gregg’s representative for comment.  

Gregg was dropped by the BBC following a report which upheld more than 40 allegations relating to his behaviour while filming the hit cooking show. 

In October last year, the BBC hit back at Gregg’s £10,000 damages claim after it was revealed he was said to have lodged a lawsuit at London’s High Court and vowed to ‘not go quietly’. 

He was seeking the release of hundreds of pages of internal documents, which he claims would help clear his name and recover millions in lost earnings. 

However, the BBC hit back at his claim for up to £10,000, as he alleged the broadcaster caused him ‘distress and harassment’ by not releasing the documents.

Lawyers for the BBC filed their defence, claiming their former star presenter is ‘not entitled to any damages’.

In the documents, seen by The Sun, the corporation says Gregg pursued his claim without giving any prior notice.

The BBC are quoted as saying: ‘That voluntary disclosure demonstrates the claimant has no basis to claim damages for distress in respect of the withholding of such information.’ 

According to The Sun, Gregg’s data was eventually released on October 7, after he first requested the documents in March.

Gregg, who revealed an autism diagnosis in 2025, was fired from BBC MasterChef following a nine-month sexual misconduct investigation, with reports that 50 more people had made fresh claims against him over his alleged inappropriate behaviour. 

The greengrocer turned presenter insists that his at-times off-colour jokes and ‘banter’ were a sign that his autism meant he ‘didn’t know what was right’ to say in social situations.

Since then, he has accused the BBC of failing to provide enough support for his condition.

Friends of Wallace told The Times that he suffers from ‘autistic hypersensitivity’, which means he has an ‘oddity of filters and boundaries’. 

The condition also means he has ‘an exaggerated sensory experience’, which means he is hypersensitive to ‘labels and tight clothing’ and is therefore unable to wear underwear.

Wallace had earlier said himself that he felt the BBC failed to provide enough support for his condition during his 20 years working on Masterchef.

‘My neurodiversity, now formally diagnosed as autism, was suspected and discussed by colleagues across countless seasons of MasterChef,’ Wallace said. 

‘Yet nothing was done to investigate my disability or protect me from what I now realise was a dangerous environment for over 20 years.’

But the comments have not gone down well with neurodiversity charities, who rejected the notion that his condition could be attributed to his alleged behaviour in any way. 

Seema Flower, the founder of disabilities consultancy Blind Ambition, told BBC News there was ‘no excuse’ for any form of inappropriate behaviour in society. 

She also questioned what sort of precedent it sets using autism ‘as an excuse to behave in whatever way we like’. 

Emily Banks, founder of Enna – a charity that provides training for companies in hiring and retaining neurodivergent people –  also told BBC News: ‘To be clear: being autistic is never an excuse for misconduct.

‘It doesn’t absolve anyone of responsibility, and it certainly doesn’t mean you can’t tell the difference between right and wrong,’ she added. 

Her comments were echoed by Dan Harris, founder the Neurodiversity in Business charity, who is himself autistic. 

He said that while autistic people like him ‘may miss social cues sometimes’, the condition ‘is not a free pass for bad behaviour’.