Martin Timell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Martin Timell

Swedish carpenter

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1957

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Profession: joiner, television presenter

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Martin Timell

  • Carl Martin Timell (born 13 November 1957) is a Swedish television presenter. He started his career as a television host on SVT in the 1980s, hosting several entertainment and children's programs.
  • In 1996, he moved to TV4 where he worked as one of the channel's main profiles, as a host for multiple television programs.
  • He is best known for hosting Äntligen hemma, one of the most successful and long-running Swedish Do it yourself-shows, since 1997. In October 2017, all of Timell's shows on TV4 were cancelled after the hashtag #MeToo had been used by a few women to point out Timell's sexual and mental abuse of them.
  • He was also suspended from TV4.
  • On 6 March 2018, he was formally charged with rape for having performed digital penetration on a woman against her will whilst having a bath in a hot tub.
  • The incident was alleged to have taken place in the fall of 2008.
  • The trial began on 21 May 2018, and on 8 June, he was acquitted.Timell is married and has two children.
  • He is the brother of Anders Timell, a Swedish restaurant manager and radio host.

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