Robert De Niro Hit With $12M Sex Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuit From Former Assistant
's former assistant has sued the actor for alleged gender discrimination and wage violations, two months after he sued her for alleged embezzlement.claims that she started working as the star's executive assistant in 2008, when she was 25 years old, and quit her job this past April, a year and a half after she was promoted to his production company's Vice President of Production and Finance.
"De Niro subjected Ms. Robinson to gratuitous unwanted physical contact," the lawsuit states."He made sexually-charged comments to her. He was verbally abusive." Robinson also accuses De Niro of routinely assigning her job duties that were"stereotypically female," such as putting away his boxer shorts, hanging up his clothes, washing his sheets, vacuuming his apartment, mending his clothes and selecting gifts for his kids.
Robinson claims she typically worked 11-hour days with no meal breaks and no overtime pay. She is seeking $12 million in damages, including back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, and punitive damages.
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