A new phase of the #MeToo movement may be upon us. Call it the “not so fast” era: Powerful men who plotted career comebacks mere months after being taken down by accusations of sexual misconduct now face even more alarming claims.

Mario Batali, the celebrity chef and restaurateur, is the latest case. Mr. Batali has been in career exile since December, when the website Eater reported numerous accusations of sexual harassment and groping against him, dating back decades. Among other allegations, he was said to have grabbed colleagues’ breasts and compelled a female employee to straddle him. Even worse, a subsequent report in The Times included a claim that Mr. Batali had, at a party in 2008, kissed and groped a woman who appeared to be unconscious.

Despite a disastrous public apology — it was appended with a recipe for pizza dough cinnamon rolls — Mr. Batali barely seemed to take a breath before pondering his professional future. By February, he was in talks about potential next steps, including an idea for a new company, this time headed by a female executive.

But over the past few days, “60 Minutes” and The Times have disclosed two previously unreported allegations, both from women who said Mr. Batali had drugged them. One of the women said she was at his restaurant Babbo in 2004 and woke up as he was raping her. The other woman said he assaulted her in 2005 at the Spotted Pig, the New York City gastro pub owned by Mr. Batali’s close friend Ken Friedman, who also was accused of widespread sexual harassment. The New York Police Department reportedly is investigating both incidents.