SEYMOUR, Ind. – A former co-owner of the Vat and Barrel Restaurant in downtown Seymour, was arrested Monday by the Indiana State Police (ISP) on multiple counts of battery after he allegedly touched multiple female employees inappropriately over the past four years.
ISP-Versailles Post detectives began an investigation in February 2024 after a former employee of the business came forward with allegations that a co-owner, Marc Gebhart, 67, touched her inappropriately at a separate location in Seymour in 2023.
Detectives obtained information that other former employees reported that they had also supposedly been touched inappropriately by Gebhart at the Vat and Barrel between the time the restaurant opened in 2020 and the time the allegations were made to law enforcement earlier this year.
The information gathered in the investigation was submitted to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office which resulted in an arrest warrant being issued for Gebhart on seven misdemeanor counts of battery.
He was taken into custody on Monday and incarcerated at the Jackson County Jail. Gebhart will soon face an initial court appearance in this case.
