Robert De Niro has found himself in a real-life court drama, trading dueling lawsuits with his former assistant after their decade-long working relationship went dreadfully sour. Chase Robinson sued the 76-year-old De Niro on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, seeking $12 million. De Niro’s company, Canal Productions, sought $6 million six weeks ago in state court. She says De Niro made sexually charged comments, was verbally abusive and treated her as his “office wife” while she was an executive assistant and eventual vice president. Canal’s lawsuit alleged Robinson misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars and abused her position.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 03, 2019 18:54 UTC