Robert De Niro’s Canal Productions Ordered to Pay Ex-Employee $1.2 Million in Gender Discrimination Trial
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.
