Robert De Niro’s Ex-Employee Slams Him Back With $12 M Lawsuit For Considering Her ‘Office Wife’

Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro has been accused of gender discrimination and fostering an abusive work environment for women in a $12 million lawsuit filed by an ex-employee, Graham Chase Robinson. De Niro’s side terms it “beyond absurd”.

Among other things, De Niro purportedly used sexist language, calling female employees “c-s” and “bitches” and referred to Robinson, who was his executive assistant, as his “office wife”, reports variety.com.

“Robert De Niro is someone who has clung to old mores. He does not accept the idea that men should treat women as equals. He does not care that gender discrimination in the workplace violates the law. Ms. Robinson is a casualty of this attitude,” the lawsuit read.

De Niro’s company filed a $6 million suit against Robinson in August, accusing her of embezzling money and binge-watching Netflix while on the job. That suit went viral with its claim that Robinson spent a four-day period in January watching 55 episodes of “Friends”.

The latest round of explosive claims hit as De Niro is appearing in two major film releases – “Joker“, a comic-book adaptation that opens on Friday and “The Irishman”, a gangster epic that is considered to be an Oscar frontrunner.

De Niro’s company, Canal Productions, is also named in the lawsuit.

In her suit, Robinson says she was underpaid compared to male colleagues and given “female duties like housework.”

De Niro reportedly joked to Robinson about his Viagra prescription, asked her to imagine him on the toilet and suggested she could get pregnant using sperm from a married male co-worker.