Robert De Niro's assistant accused him of being "toxic" and extracted more than a million dollars from the actor (6 photos)

The 80-year-old artist immediately paid and tried to hush up the story.





Robert De Niro is a world famous actor and producer. He starred in the films “Taxi Driver”, “Once Upon a Time in America”, “The Godfather” and many other projects. He and Al Pacino saw the golden age of Hollywood - when censorship was not so strict and tolerance was not so merciless.



Robert De Niro in the movie "Casino"

Now the master is 80 years old. He rarely appears in big movies - his last major role was in “The Irishman” from 2019. However, he has already proven everything and may not act again at all - he already has enough money to live in retirement.

Although the actor’s money is not so simple.

Between 2008 and 2019, De Niro had an assistant, Graham Robinson. Robert registered her as a vice president in one of his companies, Canal Productions, but in essence, she was a give-and-take. For this the lady received $300 thousand a year.





Not bad for an assistant.

She did different things: booked air tickets, bought a Christmas tree for the actor’s house. She called an ambulance when he got drunk and fell down the stairs in his mansion. I argued with De Niro's lady love - she suspected that the assistant worked with the actor on the night shift. Robinson eventually got fed up and quit.

And a few years later, the ex-assistant suddenly announced that she worked in a “toxic atmosphere”, and De Niro yelled at her, humiliated her and “spoke unflatteringly about women in general.”



Graham Robinson

The actor hired good lawyers and they were able to partially exonerate him: responsibility for the “toxicity” was ultimately shifted to Canal Productions. De Niro doesn't seem to be involved now. And so that the lady would completely calm down and no longer run to court, Robert paid her 1.2 million dollars.



At the last court hearing, Robinson's lawyer asked the actor whether he considered his former assistant to be a conscientious employee:

Not after everything I'm going through right now,” De Niro replied.