“That’s nonsense.” Accused of sexual harassment, Robert De Niro loses his cool in court

She would decorate her Christmas tree, write her greeting cards and even drive to the hospital at dawn one day. However, Graham Robinson, Robert De Niro’s former assistant from 2008 to 2019, once very close to the actor, has really distanced himself from his former boss. In October 2019, she even filed a lawsuit against him, accusing him of moral harassment. But also for making sexist remarks, causing emotional distress, damaging her reputation and even yelling at her several times. Now he is demanding 12 million dollars (11.2 million euros) in damages. A trial in which Robert De Niro testified on Monday, October 30, in New York. And during which the hero Taxi driver (1976) struggled to control his anger.

“It’s not like I’m asking him to clean the floor.”

During the hearing, the key stakeholder was specifically asked whether he considered his former employee to be “honest”. “Not after what I’ve been through lately,” she replied. The actor was also questioned about this episode in 2017, during which he allegedly called Graham Robinson in the early hours of the morning to take him to the hospital. “I’ve only done it once because I hurt my back and fell down the stairs,” he lost his temper, stressing that the accident happened at 1 or 2 a.m. and that he had first returned to his bed, only to called both of them. or three hours later.

The comedian insisted he always treated Graham Robinson well, even after he moved in with wife Tiffany Chen. “It’s not like I’m asking him to clean the floor,” she said. It’s all nonsense.” When asked about the alleged conflict between his former employee and his wife, who was convinced that he was having a relationship with his assistant, the actor replied: Lawyer Andrew Makurdi, however, clarified that “nothing romantic happened” between “Bob” and his former employee.

Uber, luxury hotels and Pilates

In his complaint, Graham Robinson also claims that the actor said harsh words to him. – and would subject him to “unwanted physical contact.” Thus, she accuses her former boss of sexual discrimination. “Mr. De Niro, when he was drunk, would call Ms. Robinson to insult her, reprimand her, swear at her,” her attorney Alexandra Harvin told Fox Business in January 2020. De Niro’s lawyer Graham Robinson once paid $300,000 (€281,000). year, he also claimed that his client could no longer leave the house or find another job because of his partnership with Robert De Niro.

An option contested by the main stakeholder. In turn, the actor also filed a lawsuit in August 2019 against his former assistant, whom he accuses of taking advantage of his arrogance. According to him, he used the American Express credit card of his company Canal Productions for personal purposes, as recalled Radar online In January 2022. Having become the company’s vice president of production and finance in 2008, a position he held for ten years and left in 2018, Graham Robinson, he says, would spend without reckoning. Uber rides, sumptuous meals, luxury hotel rooms and pilates classes – all at the expense of the actor and his company. Robert De Niro is now hoping to receive $6 million (€5.3 million) in damages.

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