Carl Martin Timell (born 13 November 1957 in

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) 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 ''

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'', one of the most successful and long-running Swedish

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-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

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, a Swedish restaurant manager and radio host.

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* * 1957 births Carpenters Living people Swedish television personalities Entertainers from Stockholm