Robert De Niro in real-life drama over ex-employee's allegations

Robert De Niro has found himself in a real-life court drama, tring dueling lawsuits with his former assistant after ir dece-long working relationship went drefully sour. He’s accusing her of misappropriating money. She says he subjected her to sexist and harassing comments. Chase Robinson sued 76-year-old De Niro on October 3 in Manhattan federal court, seeking $12 million. lawsuit came six weeks after De Niro’s company, Canal Productions, sought $6 million from Robinson in state court. Robinson, who’s 37, said she endured years of discrimination and harassment as De Niro me sexually charged comments, was verbally abusive and treated her as his “office wife” while she was an executive assistant and eventual Vice President of Production and Finance. According to lawsuit, he sometimes directed Robinson to scratch his back, button his shirts, fix his collars, tie his ties and wake him up when he was in bed after hiring her in 2008 when she was 25 and aspiring to a career in entertainment industry.
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“De Niro would unleash tires against Ms. Robinson _ often while he was intoxicated _ in which he denigrated, berated, bullied, and hurled s at her,” lawsuit said. “De Niro me vulgar, inappropriate, and ed comments to Ms. Robinson. He would joke with Ms. Robinson about his Viagra prescription.”

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counter lawsuit of De Niro against Robinson

lawsuit included a link to a profanity-laced voicemail mess De Niro once left Robinson in which he called her a “spoiled brat.” Canal’s lawsuit alleged Robinson misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars, converted millions of company’s frequent flyer miles for her personal use, paid herself from Canal’s petty cash account for personal and luxury items and “loafed during working hours, binge-watching astounding hours of TV shows on Netflix.” It said company “seeks ecomic dams from a disloyal employee who, despite being in a trusted position, repeatedly and methodically abused her position to misappropriate her employer’s funds and property for her personal gain”. Robinson countered in her lawsuit that lawsuit against her was retaliatory because it was filed after she h resigned and informed De Niro’s lawyer that she was considering a lawsuit to dress De Niro’s discrimination and w violations.
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“ lawsuit is replete with ‘bait’ allegations that falsely characterize Ms. Robinson as a loafer, a thief, and a miscreant. w, when her name is Googled, se allegations pop up on screen. results have been devastating to Ms. Robinson. Her reputation and her career have been destroyed,” her lawsuit said.

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