Robert De Niro's Company Ordered to Pay Former Assistant $1.2 Million by Court Decision
A former employee of Robert De Niro's company has won a lawsuit accusing the globally renowned actor of gender discrimination. Now, the company is required to pay the ex-employee $1.2 million.
This information is reported by the BBC.
The decision, made by a jury, concluded a years-long legal battle between Graham Chase Robinson and her former employer. The woman was fired from the actor's company in 2019 after working there for 11 years.
In the lawsuit filed by Robinson, she claimed $12 million, highlighting that she was humiliated, underpaid, and treated as an "office wife" by De Niro and his associates.
"I don't have a social life," she said. "I lost my life. Lost my career. Lost my financial independence. I lost everything," Robinson stated.
Later, De Niro's company filed a countersuit for six million dollars, accusing Robinson of misusing company funds, stealing company property, and transferring over $450,000 in airline miles to her personal account.
During the final hearing, after eight days of testimony and five hours of deliberation, the jury did not find Mrs. Robinson guilty of any of the accusations made by De Niro's company.
In a comment to the BBC, Robinson's lawyer, David Sanford, noted that he is "pleased that the jury saw what we saw."
"Not only did Ms Robinson win her case against Canal but the jury completely vindicated Ms Robinson by finding De Niro's claims against her to be without merit," Sanford emphasized.
Despite the jury's decision to award Robinson monetary compensation, they did not hold the actor personally responsible.
Previously, The Gaze reported that designer Asha Daniels, who collaborated with the famous singer Lizzo, filed a lawsuit against her and the managers of her company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, accusing her employers of workplace harassment, racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and exploitation.
It is worth noting that recently it became known that the Sag-Afra actors' union announced the end of the longest 118-day strike in Hollywood, which caused the production process to be suspended in May this year.