Robert De Niro shouts at female employee in leaked voicemail
‘How dare you f*****g disrespect me. You spoiled f*****g brat’: Robert De Niro goes full Godfather on female employee in leaked voicemail as she counter-sues after he accused her of stealing from his company
- De Niro is said to have spoken to Graham Chase Robinson in a ‘hostile, abusive, and intimidating manner’, according to an explosive new lawsuit
- Robinson claims De Niro gave her ‘stereotypically females duties’ and made ‘sexually-charged comments to her’ and would lash out at her while drunk
- In the 2012 voicemail De Niro can be heard shouting at Robinson, calling her a ‘spoiled brat,’ saying ‘how dare you f***ing disrespect me,’ and threatening her
- De Niro’s production company announced in August they were suing former executive Robinson for $3 million, claiming she binge-watched Netflix at work
- Canal Prods claims Robinson, on $300k a year, raided company coffers, using their card to lash out tens of thousands of dollars on lavish trips and items
This is the shocking moment Robert De Niro tells a former female employee she is a ‘spoiled brat’ who is ‘f***ing history’ in an explosive voicemail leaked as part of an ugly lawsuit against the Hollywood star.
The Godfather actor is being sued over alleged ‘gratuitous unwanted physical contact’ and gender discrimination by Graham Chase Robinson and can be heard telling his former assistant she is ‘about to be fired’ in the November 2012 call.
Robinson, who became the star’s personal assistant at Canal in 2008, claims De Niro, who made his name playing mobster Vito Corleone, made ‘sexually-charged comments to her’ and gave her ‘stereotypically females duties’.
She also says he would lash out at her while drunk, treating her as his ‘office wife’ and ask her to ‘imagine him on the toilet’.
In the voicemail De Niro can be heard shouting at Robinson, calling her a ‘spoiled brat,’ saying ‘how dare you f***ing disrespect me,’ and threatening her, saying ‘you’re f***ing history’.
He can be heard telling her: ‘You f***ing don’t answer my calls? How dare you. You’re about to be fired.’
De Niro himself had already launched legal action against Robinson for allegedly spending four full days ordering delivery and watching 55 episodes of Friends on the job.
Canal Prods claims the once-trusted employee raided company coffers and even stole the 76-year-old actor’s frequent flyer miles while also binge-watching ‘astounding hours’ of Netflix.
Robert De Niro, right, is being sued over alleged ‘gratuitous unwanted physical contact’ and gender discrimination by Graham Chase Robinson, left. The actor is already suing Robinson for spending four full days ordering delivery and watching 55 episodes of Friends on the job
De Niro’s production company announced they were suing former executive Robinson for $3 million, according to the suit filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court in August.
DE NIRO’S RANT TO HIS EMPLOYEE IN FULL
Lawyers for Robinson say De Niro was ‘verbally abusive’ and ‘would frequently bully, berate, and curse at her’.
One example was captured in the November 2012 voicemail, transcribed below:
De Niro: ‘Chase, you are living in Spain and you’re fucking upset with me cause now you tell me how nice you have it your life over there and you f***ing don’t answer my call?
‘How dare you. You are absolutely fired, you’re f***ing history.
‘How dare you with all the good things you do this is bulls*** after Christmas.
‘F*** this, how dare you f***ing disrespect me how much you did. You want a f***ing another position? You want another position. Then change and go off somewhere.
‘Don’t f***ing get angry with me cause I’m p***ed off cause I didn’t get a simple thing I need more than right now here out in California when I am here for less than 24 hours.
‘You got to be f***ing kidding me you spoiled brat, f*** you! So quit whenever you want, god damn ya how can you f***ing so you don’t answer you’re upset cause you’re living in Spain you spoiled f***ing brat.’
Robinson, who became Vice President of Production & Finance netting a $300,000 salary, abruptly quit on April 6 when ‘suspicions arose’ about her ‘honesty, integrity, work ethic and motivation,’ Page Six had reported after seeing the papers.
But Robinson’s newly filed complaint argues: ‘De Niro was enraged at the prospect of Ms. Robinson bringing a lawsuit challenging his behavior. So, he retaliated and struck first.’
Robinson’s new suit states: ‘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.’
‘Among other things, De Niro would direct Ms. Robinson to scratch his back, button his ties and prod him awake when he was in bedDe Niro also stood idly by while his friend slapped Ms. Robinson on her buttocks.’
De Niro’s production company said a review of the books after she left found Robinson allegedly used the company’s American Express card to lash out tens of thousands of dollars on lavish trips, floral arrangements, iPhones, Uber rides, a Louis Vuitton handbag, dogsitters and pricey dinners.
She also allegedly used three million of De Niro’s frequent flyer miles for personal trips and vacations while transferring five million to her personal account — estimated to be valued at $125,000 in total.
Because of her senior role within the company, Robinson was able to approve her own expenses, including an alleged bogus three-day LA business trip in March 2018 that allegedly turned out to be for a friend’s birthday — racking up a $5,000 bill, according to De Niro’s suit.
DeNiro took aim at Fox News pundits in an appearance on CNN last month saying: ‘F*** ’em’
In one voicemail De Niro, pictured playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather right, can be heard shouting at Robinson, calling her a ‘spoiled brat,’ saying ‘how dare you f***ing disrespect me,’ and threatening her, saying ‘you’re f***ing history’
‘This lawsuit seeks economic damages from a disloyal employee who, despite being in a trusted position, repeatedly and methodically abused her position to misappropriate her employer’s funds and property for her personal gain,’ their filing reads.
De Niro’s suit is reportedly seeking $3 million worth of damages, including repayment of all cash, goods and frequent flyer miles.
De Niro will next be seen in The Irishman, due out on September 27, about a mob hitman recalling his possible involvement with the slaying of union leader Jimmy Hoffa, played by Al Pacino, in July 1982.
He took aim at Fox News pundits who have criticized him in the past for speaking out against Donald Trump in an appearance on CNN last month, saying: ‘F*** ’em.’
DeNiro has come under fire from Fox commentators for his past criticisms of the president, specifically after he declared ‘F*** Trump’ during a speech at the Tony Awards in 2018.
After The Irishman his origins story for Batman’s nemesis, The Joker, is set to be released on October 4.
He also has another unnamed Scorsese drama with Meryl Streep and Sharon Stone plus The Comeback Trail with Emile Hirsch and Morgan Freeman in post-production.
De Niro also has Killers Of The Flower Moon and After Exile in pre-production and the just announced Untitled De Niro/Ramirez/Jakubowicz Project.
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