Practice Group(s): Discrimination and Harassment, Executive Representation
The lawsuit from the former employee accuses the Oscar winner of gender discrimination after he claimed in an earlier suit that his assistant stole from him.
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Oscar winner Robert De Niro locked in a bitter legal battle with a former assistant involving dueling civil lawsuits. DeMarco Morgan is here with that. Good morning, DeMarco.
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Juju, good morning to you. The Hollywood actor is in a heated and, at times, fiery court battle with his former employee, who worked closely with him over the years. At one point, the actor even shouting from the witness stand just to make his point. Both sides, however, not going down without a fight.
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See, if I can’t trust you, Greg, then I have no choice but to put you right back outside the circle. And once you’re out, you’re out. There’s no coming back.
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Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro going head-to-head with a former employee in the courtroom involving a lawsuit accusing him of gender discrimination and retaliation after he claimed in an earlier suit that his assistant stole from him and the company.
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You talking to me? Well, I’m the only one here.
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Former personal assistant Graham Chase Robinson seeking $12 million, alleging the 80-year-old used sexist comments toward her, assigned what she claims are stereotypically female job duties that were inconsistent with her job title, and paid her less than a male colleague.
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There was no more loyal, uh, employee. She went into his townhouse when there was a fire to rescue his dogs.
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You’re gonna make trouble, make it big.
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The Hollywood heavyweight currently starring in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, undergoing hours of intense witness examination earlier this week as he was forced to defend his workplace policies. The actor calling her claims nonsense, reportedly exclaiming from the stand, “Shame on you, Chase Robinson,” and at one point saying, “I don’t have time for this.” His girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, also the mother of his six-month-old daughter, taking the stand Thursday, reportedly claiming that Robinson had an imaginary
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intimacy with De Niro, testifying that she gave the actor an ultimatum to choose between Robinson or her. This four-year-long legal battle is one of competing lawsuits. De Niro and his company filed suit first after she abruptly left the company back in 2019, alleging Robinson used the company card for personal expenses and stole five million frequent flyer miles. She then countersued.
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You know, we, we felt that we told our story through the mouths of, um, of, of their own witnesses and their own documents that have been, um, put into evidence over the years.
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ABC News has reached out to De Niro’s team, and they did not provide comment. Now, as for what’s next, aside from more testimony and court arguments, the jury will decide on lawsuits from both sides at the same time. The trial is set to last through the end of next week.
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