Robert De Niro appeared in court as the first witness in a lawsuit filed by his former employee, Graham Chase Robinson, who accused him of gender discrimination and workplace retaliation. De Niro denied all allegations against him and called Robinson's claims 'nonsense'.
FILE - Robert De Niro testified in court on Oct. 30, 2023, as part of a lawsuit filed by his former employee who sued the actor over claims of gender discrimination .became upset in court on Monday during the trial initiated by his former employee, who has accused the actor of gender discrimination and workplace retaliation .
Robinson additionally claimed De Niro’s girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, pushed her to quit working for the Oscar winner because she was jealous of their professional relationship. Though Robinson’s legal team has argued she was a dedicated and exceptional employee, De Niro scoffed at the suggestion during his testimony.
The Associated Press reported De Niro raised his voice twice during his testimony — and was asked by the judge to speak more quietly and slowly.The first instance in which De Niro’s temper seemingly flared came in defence of Chen, whom De Niro said he makes his business decisions with. Throughout Monday’s court session, the jury was shown emails from Chen to De Niro in which she seemingly complained about Robinson.
Robinson’s lawyers used the incident as an example of the type of tasks she was allegedly made to do for De Niro, often beyond work hours.These tasks, De Niro said, regularly included schedule maintenance, making travel arrangements and buying gifts for De Niro’s loved ones.Robinson was employed by De Niro from 2008 to 2019. Her annual salary in the VP role at Canal Productions was around US$300,000 , The Associated Press reported.
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