By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 9 – Robert De Niro and Canal Productions were sued in 2019 for gender discrimination by Graham Chase Robinson, who had begun working as De Niro's executive assistant in 2008, at 25 years old.
She said she was discriminated against - then De Niro sued her, and she sued him.
On November 9, a jury found De Niro himself not liable - but found his company Canal liable, for $632,142.68 on gender discrimination, and the same for retaliation, see below.
Back on March 10, 2020 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it. Inner City Press had previously checked in on the case, on January 30, 2020, here.
"in SDNY, Robert De Niro is being sued by former employee Graham Chase Robinson for gender discrimination, not paying overtime - and retaliating. De Niro's lawyers complaint to SDNY Magistrate Judge Parker that the plaintiff won't say to whose salary she's comparing what she was paid."
The case was reassigned to District Judge Lewis J. Liman; a protective order was filed.
On October 30, 2023, the trial is set to begin with jury selection, and to sit daily from 9 to 5. It begin a civil case, each side gets 20 hours...
Inner City Press called to cover the June 28, 2021 conference, and found the defendants hammering away at plaintiff Robinson's alleged misrepresentations.
On December 15, 2021, there was another conference, that Inner City live tweeted here
On January 31, 2022 Judge Parker held another proceeding and Inner City Press again covered it. Judge Parker extended discovery, reluctantly she said, "for the sole purpose of deposing the five individuals identified by Plaintiff: Mr. Robert De Niro, Mr. Michael Kaplan, Tom Harvey, Michael Tasch and Tiffany Chen.
Jump cut to the first day of trail on October 30, 2023. De Niro was on the stand being questioned about his texts with Tiffany Chen, who accused the plaintiff of "imaginary intimacy." Thread
On November 3, Inner City Press managed to really live tweet some of the trial, on SDNYLIVE, thread
Closing arguments on Patreon here
The case is Robinson v. De Niro et al., 19-cv-9156 (Liman)
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