Robert De Niro‘s speech at the 2023 Gotham Awards did not go as planned.
09.11.2023 - 22:17 / variety.com
Jordan Moreau Robert De Niro‘s company Canal Productions was found to be liable in the gender discrimination and retaliation trial brought by his former employee, Graham Chase Robinson, a jury ruled on Thursday. De Niro himself was not found to be liable. The jury ruled that Robinson should be awarded $1,264,285.72 by Canal Production for non-monetary and monetary damages.
Robinson was found to be not liable in the breach of fiduciary duty and loyalty while she was an employee at Canal. In her lawsuit, Robinson alleged that De Niro used gendered language against her, like calling her a “bitch,” and requested that she scratch his back and perform other tasks outside the realm of her job responsibilities. She was hired as his executive assistant in 2008 and later became his company Canal Productions’ vice president of development and finance in 2017.
Despite her title, Robinson claimed that she was tasked with clerical duties, treated like De Niro’s “office wife” and asked to mend his clothes, tie his ties and button his shirts. During her testimony over the past week, she said De Niro’s requests for her to scratch his back were “creepy” and “disgusting.” De Niro had denied the workplace misconduct claims. Robinson resigned in 2019 after she was tasked with furnishing his New York City townhouse for De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
She alleged that Chen influenced De Niro to terminate her over several disagreements on the townhouse renovations. Robinson also claimed that a male employee at Canal was being paid more than her, despite their job responsibilities being equal. De Niro denied this, claiming that the male employee, his personal trainer, had worked for him longer.
Robert De Niro‘s speech at the 2023 Gotham Awards did not go as planned.
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have covered Bon Jovi‘s ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’ for the latest instalment in their Sunday Lunch series.The musicians and married couple shared their rendition of the 1986 track this weekend (November 26), for which Fripp wore a novelty arrow headpiece and a Willcox shot a cupid’s bow, while sporting pink love heart glasses and a red and white maid’s frock.“#ToyahWillcox & #RobertFripp are back with a brand new episode!! ( And by far the funniest ever!!),” the description for the new video reads.The new video opens away with a blooper right away, with the former King Crimson guitarist declaring his now signature “bollocks!”, before Willcox launches confetti canons throughout the performance.Check out the latest cover below below.Other recent covers from the couple include Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot‘, The Black Keys‘ ‘Lonely Boy’, Richard Berry’s ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ and The Hives’ ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’.This year, their lockdown covers concept arrived on the Glastonbury stage where they performed David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’.During the festival they spoke to NME backstage and reflected on the success of their viral series.“It did surprise us,” Willcox said. “We were going for about eight months and it was growing and growing and growing.
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lawsuit filed against Robert De Niro, by his former personal assistant.De Niro’s company, Canal Productions, has been ordered to pay more than $1.2 million to Graham Chase Robinson, the actor’s long-time personal assistant, after it was found to have engaged in gender discrimination.However, De Niro himself was found to be not personally liable for the abuse. This follows a two-week trial in New York City, where De Niro denied all claims of being an abusive employer.Robinson, 41, brought claims against De Niro after she quit the job in 2019 following disagreements with De Niro’s then girlfriend, Tiffany Chen.
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A verdict has been reached in Robert De Niro‘s gender discrimination civil trial.
A civil jury in New York City is set to begin deliberating today whether Robert De Niro abused and discriminated against his longtime personal assistant, Graham Chase Robinson, and whether Robinson misused funds from the actor’s company, Canal, and stole office property including millions of frequent-flier miles before she quit in 2019 after 11 years on De Niro’s payroll.
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have returned with the latest cover in their viral online series, this week performing The Black Keys‘ ‘Lonely Boy’.The musicians, who are a married couple, shared the latest instalment in their Sunday Lunch series over the weekend, which they said in the description was “probably one of the funniest Sunday Lunches EVER”.“The Toyah and Roberts lunch is always on time,” Fripp says during the video, which features Willcox dancing around with the large metal frame of a clock.The upload also includes amusing outtakes of the couple introducing the song, during which Willcox snorts in laughter and Fripp yells: “Bollocks!”Check out the cover below.Willcox and Fripp have been releasing covers of their favourite tracks since the COVID lockdowns. The ’80s pop star and former King Crimson member, respectively, have since become viral stars with their quirky renditions.Other recent covers from the couple include Richard Berry’s ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ and The Hives’ ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’.This year they even brought one of their covers to the live stage, performing David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ at at Glastonbury.They caught up with NME backstage at the Worthy Farm bash at the time and opened up about the unexpected success of the series.“It did surprise us,” Willcox said.
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Jordan Moreau Graham Chase Robinson, ex-employee to Robert De Niro and former VP of production and finance at his Canal Productions, took the stand in a New York court Friday in the ongoing trial regarding gender discrimination and retaliation charges against the actor. Robinson was hired as De Niro’s executive assistant in 2008 and later became the VP of his loan-out company. In her lawsuit, she alleged that De Niro treated her like an “office wife” and gave her gendered tasks to do, like mending his clothes, vacuuming his apartment and scratching his back.
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