{"id":2090016,"date":"2023-11-04T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actors-former-executive-assistant-testifies-in-court-about-his-creepy-behavior\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:44:09","slug":"actors-former-executive-assistant-testifies-in-court-about-his-creepy-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actors-former-executive-assistant-testifies-in-court-about-his-creepy-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor&#8217;s ex-assistant testifies in court, reveals his &#8216;creepy&#8217; conduct."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factors-former-executive-assistant-testifies-in-court-about-his-creepy-behavior%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2090016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Actor&#8217;s Former Executive Assistant Testifies in Court\u200b About His &#8216;Creepy&#8217; Behavior<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Robert De Niro\u2019s former top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-its-two-second-woman-claims-cuomo-sexually-harassed-her\/\" title=\"Now It\u2019s Two: Second Woman Claims Cuomo Sexually Harassed Her\">executive assistant<\/a> said \u200dshe found it \u201ccreepy\u201d\u2064 when the actor insisted she scratch \u200chis back, an example of behavior she found\u200d controlling and \u2062abusive before she quit her job in 2019, she testified Friday at a New York \u2064civil\u200d trial.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a full \u200bday of testimony, Graham Chase Robinson became emotional \u200cseveral times\u2064 as she claimed that the trauma she endured before \u200bshe quit working for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-hating-robert-de-niro-tries-defend-biden-ends-making-look-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">De Niro<\/a> in\u2063 2019 after 11 years has \u2063left\u2063 her jobless and depressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was having an emotional \u200dand mental breakdown. I wasn\u2019t \u2062eating. I wasn\u2019t sleeping. Couldn\u2019t\u2064 run. I was overwhelmed,\u201d\u2064 she told jurors\u2062 in \u2062Manhattan\u200c federal court. \u201cI felt like \u200bI hit\u200d rock bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said she suffers from anxiety and depression and hasn\u2019t worked in \u200dfour years\u2063 despite applying \u200cfor 638 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200c don\u2019t have a social life,\u201d she said.\u200b \u201cI\u2019m so humiliated and\u200d embarrassed\u200c and feel so judged. I feel so damaged \u2062in \u2063a way. \u2026\u2062 I \u2063lost my life. Lost\u2063 my career. Lost my financial independence. I lost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, 41, \u200cis seeking $12 million\u200d in damages from De Niro, 80, for gender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/journalist-sues-nfl-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-cowboys-bills-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discrimination<\/a> and retaliation. De \u200bNiro has asked\u200d a jury to award him $6 million\u2063 on breach of loyalty and fiduciary duty\u2062 grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson said the \u200dback-scratching had occurred several times over the years until \u2062she offered a mild protest once, \u2064suggesting to De Niro that there was a device he \u2063could \u200cuse instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the way that you do it,\u201d she \u2063said De Niro told\u2062 her.<\/p>\n<p>She described the comment as \u201ccreepy\u201d and \u201cdisgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/antony-blinkens-senate-testimony-completely-derailed-protesters-repeatedly-interrupt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony<\/a> \u200c earlier in \u2062the \u200cweek, De Niro scoffed at the back-scratching claim and other assertions, saying \u2064he always treated Robinson \u2063with respect and\u200b never with \u201cdisrespect or\u200d lewdness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed he never yelled\u2064 at her \u200bjust before he did in court, shouting: \u201cShame on you, \u2064Chase Robinson!\u201d \u2062He\u2063 quickly apologized for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-staffers-attempt-avoid-alone-time-biden-due-repeated-vulgar-outbursts-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outburst<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson said part of \u2062her duties that required her to\u2063 be available\u200c around the clock included helping De Niro navigate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-repeatedly-fantasized-about-homosexuality-dated-someone-else-while-with-michelle-biographer\/\" title=\"Biographer reveals Obama's homosexual fantasies and infidelity during relationship with Michelle.\">complicated love life<\/a> that at \u2063one\u2064 point involved a\u200b wife, an ex-girlfriend and a \u200cnew girlfriend that he didn\u2019t\u2062 want the world to yet\u2064 know about.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson\u200c portrayed\u200b De \u2063Niro in her testimony as sexist with his language toward female\u200b employees and discriminatory in how he paid them.<\/p>\n<p>Her testimony was \u2063undercut on cross-examination when a\u200c lawyer for De Niro confronted her with the\u2064 fact that the actor\u2019s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-city-schools-a-failing-grade-wont-stop-students-from-moving-up\/\" title=\"Baltimore City Schools: A Failing Grade Won\u2019t Stop Students From Moving Up\">highest-paid employee<\/a> was a woman and\u2063 that a man who\u200c worked for one of De \u2063Niro\u2019s\u200c companies, Canal Productions, just\u2062 like Robinson, was \u200dpaid less than \u200ba third of the\u200d $300,000 salary she secured before she quit.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson testified \u2063about several\u2064 instances when she claimed De Niro,\u2063 who gained fame \u2062and two Oscars \u2064over the past five decades in\u2062 films like \u201cRaging\u200b Bull,\u201d \u201cThe Deer \u2062Hunter\u201d and the new Martin Scorsese film \u201cKillers of the Flower \u2062Moon,\u201d erupted angrily at her, sometimes using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-chip-roy-calls-maga-wing-circular-firing-squad-profanity-laced-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around Christmas of 2017, Robinson said, \u2063an inebriated De Niro called her angry one evening because \u2062he \u200dcouldn\u2019t find some presents that had been sent to him from \u2062the office for the\u2063 holiday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was screaming about not being \u200cable to find some \u200bof the \u2063presents,\u201d Robinson\u200d said. \u2063\u201cHe \u200bwas cursing left and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He \u200cthen called her an expletive and hung up, she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she found\u2063 it \u201cincredibly hurtful \u2063\u2026 \u2064especially \u2064when you\u2019re just\u2063 trying\u200c to do your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and \u200dmay \u2062have \u200baltered it prior to publication to ensure\u2063 that it meets our editorial\u200c standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-robert-de-niros-former-top-assistant-says-found-back-scratching-behavior-creepy\/\">Actor&#8217;s Former Executive\u200c Assistant Testifies in \u200dCourt About His \u2063&#8217;Creepy&#8217; Behavior<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200c Journal<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200dspecific incident \u200ddid Robinson testify about that she found disturbing\u2064 and \u200duncomfortable involving De Niro?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p>Despite De Niro&#8217;s denials, Robinson testified that she witnessed his controlling and abusive behavior throughout the 11 years she worked as his executive assistant. One particular incident that stood out to Robinson was when \u200bDe Niro \u200cinsisted she scratch his back. This request made her uncomfortable and she even suggested an alternative device \u2062for him to use, but \u200dDe Niro insisted that he preferred her doing it. She described this incident as &#8220;creepy&#8221; and &#8220;disgusting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robinson also\u2063 revealed the toll that \u200bher \u2063time working for\u200c De Niro took on her mental and emotional well-being. She shared that she \u200bexperienced an emotional and mental breakdown, resulting in a loss of appetite and sleep. She felt overwhelmed by the \u2064demands and abusive treatment she endured. As a\u2064 result, Robinson suffers from anxiety and depression and has been unable to find employment for the past four \u2063years despite \u2063applying for numerous jobs. She expressed her humiliation, embarrassment, and feelings of being \u200bjudged, and lamented the loss of her career and\u200d financial independence.<\/p>\n<p>In her lawsuit against De Niro, Robinson is seeking $12 \u2064million \u2063in damages for gender discrimination and retaliation. In response, De \u200cNiro is requesting a jury to award him $6\u2064 million \u200cfor breach \u200bof loyalty and fiduciary duty. The legal battle between \u200bthe former executive assistant and the actor\u2062 continues.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the trial, De Niro has refuted Robinson&#8217;s\u2062 allegations, claiming that he \u2064always treated her\u2062 with respect and denying any instances of disrespect or lewdness. He dismissed her claims about the back-scratching incident and highlighted his professional\u200d conduct \u2063towards her. However, Robinson maintains her version of events and stands by her accusations of abusive behavior by De Niro.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Robinson testified about another aspect of her job that involved\u200d managing De Niro&#8217;s personal life. She claimed\u2062 that part of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actors-former-executive-assistant-testifies-in-court-about-his-creepy-behavior\/\" title=\"Actor's ex-assistant testifies in court, reveals his 'creepy' conduct.\">duties included helping<\/a> him navigate\u200b a complicated love\u2063 life,\u2062 which\u200c included juggling a wife, an ex-girlfriend, and a new girlfriend that he wanted to \u200dkeep secret from the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>The testimony provided by Graham Chase Robinson \u2063sheds light on \u2064the issues of control and abuse that can occur\u200c in the workplace, even in powerful industries such as the entertainment world. As the trial\u2063 unfolds, the court will ultimately determine the\u2063 validity of Robinson&#8217;s claims\u200b and whether she will receive the damages she seeks. Regardless\u200b of the outcome, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-woman-who-fatally-shoved-singing-coach-age-87-sentenced-to-more-time-in-prison-than-expected\/\" title=\"NY woman sentenced to longer prison term than anticipated for fatally shoving 87-year-old singing coach.\">case brings attention<\/a> to the importance of addressing and preventing abusive behavior in professional settings.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:\u2063 This article is \u2064based\u200c on the mentioned sources and does not \u2063necessarily reflect the\u200d views\u2064 or opinions of OpenAI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert De Niro&#8217;s ex-assistant testified at a civil trial in New York, describing his behavior as &#8220;creepy&#8221; and controlling. She mentioned an incident where he asked her to scratch his back, which she found abusive. She quit her job in 2019. 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