Topline
A jury on Thursday ruled Robert De Niro’s production company, Canal Productions, must pay $1.2 million to the Oscar-winning actor’s former personal assistant, finding the company liable of engaging in gender discrimination and retaliatory efforts, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
Robert De Niro’s production company must pay $1.2 million as a result of a gender discrimination … [+]
Key Facts
Canal Productions was ordered by a jury in federal court in Manhattan to make two payments of just over $632,100 to De Niro’s longtime assistant Graham Chase Robinson.
Robinson claimed in the suit De Niro treated her like an “office wife,” and had told her to wash his bedsheets, while paying her less than a male employee with a similar job title.
She initially sued Canal and De Niro for $12 million in damages — De Niro has denied the claims, while the jury found De Niro not personally liable.
De Niro has been engaged in ongoing legal battles with Robinson since 2019, when Canal Productions sued her over claims she spent tens of thousands of dollars on food and car services using a company card and improperly transferred more than $450,000 worth of airline miles to her personal account (Robinson claimed De Niro approved the transfer).
The jury, which also ruled on claims against Robinson, did not find her liable.
Tangent
De Niro’s civil trial — which overlapped with the highly anticipated release of the Martin Scorcese period piece “Killers of the Flower Moon” staring De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio — has at times become testy, with De Niro yelling in his testimony earlier this month: “Shame on you, Chase Robinson!” When asked about claims De Niro had urinated while talking on the phone with Robinson, the actor responded: “Give me a break with this nonsense.”
Further Reading
Robert De Niro Yells ‘Shame On You!’—And Other Outbursts During Gender Discrimination Trial (Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/11/09/robert-de-niros-company-ordered-to-pay-12-million-in-gender-discrimination-case/