NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The trial to resolve a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by Sanford Heisler Sharp on behalf of Graham Chase Robinson against the actor Robert De Niro and his company Canal Productions starts Monday, October 30, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before Judge Lewis J. Liman. The trial is expected to last up to two weeks.
Robinson was De Niro’s lead assistant for over a decade and eventually became the Vice President for Production and Finance at Canal. Robinson alleges that De Niro’s girlfriend Tiffany Chen falsely accused Robinson of being in love with De Niro; De Niro then retaliated after Robinson complained, stripping Robinson of her job duties and driving her to resign. The trial is expected to feature text messages and emails between Chen and De Niro concerning Robinson.
Robinson is suing De Niro and Canal for violating the New York City Human Rights Law, seeking compensatory and punitive damages and other relief. Initially filed in October 2019, the suit also alleges that De Niro himself subjected Robinson to sexist comments and conduct, assigned her stereotypically female job duties that were inconsistent with her job title, and paid her less than a male employee based on sex-stereotypes because he was a breadwinner and had a family to support. Canal has countersued and is demanding that Robinson return several years of her salary to Canal.
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