Robert De Niro has been accused of sexual misconduct at his company, Canal Productions.
The 76-year-old actor has been accused of making “vulgar, inappropriate, and gendered comments” to Canal Productions’ ex-vice president of production and finance, Graham Chase Robinson.
The $12-million complaint was filed on Thursday in New York federal court, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
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The complaint states that “Robert De Niro is someone who has clung to old mores.”
“He does not accept the idea that men should treat women as equals,” the complaint continues.
“He does not care that gender discrimination in the workplace violates the law. Ms. Robinson is a casualty of this attitude.”
The lawsuit details De Niro would have Ms. Robinson “scratch his back, button his shirts, fix his collars, tie his ties, and prod him awake when he was in bed.”
The lawsuit adds, “De Niro also stood idly by while his friend slapped Ms. Robinson on her buttocks.”
“De Niro made vulgar, inappropriate, and gendered comments to Ms. Robinson. He would joke with Ms. Robinson about his Viagra prescription. De Niro smirked to Ms. Robinson about his young paramour, who was around Ms. Robinson’s age. De Niro directed Ms. Robinson to imagine him on the toilet.”
This complaint filed by Robson is in response to an August lawsuit filed by Canal Productions, where the company sued Robson for $6 million and accused her of racking up corporate credit cards on Italian food and groceries, as well as binge-watching “astounding hours” of Netflix shows.
You can read about that case here .
