Robert De Niro’s company on the hook for serious scratch in former vice president’s gender discrimination lawsuit as star actor escapes personal liability

Robert De Niro, Graham Chase Robinson

Actor Robert De Niro exits federal court after attending closing arguments in civil trial on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey); Graham Chase Robinson, center, and her attorney Brent Hannafan, right, depart a federal courthouse in New York on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

When Robert De Niro took the stand at trial in a federal lawsuit by his former executive assistant and vice president at his company, a civil case that accused the star actor and Canal Productions, Inc. of gender discrimination and retaliation, he yelled “shame on you” while acknowledging that on two occasions he asked Graham Chase Robinson to scratch his back.

“Ok, twice? You got me!” the actor shot back in court, while defending the back-scratch ask as something he “never” did with “disrespect or lewdness.”

Though De Niro the individual skated on liability in Robinson’s lawsuit, a federal jury on Thursday did find Canal Productions, Inc. liable for gender discrimination and retaliation — to the tune of $1.2 million.

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