Robert De Niro's company has been ordered to pay more than $1.2m to his former personal assistant after it was found to have engaged in gender discrimination and retaliation - but a jury found the star was not personally liable for the abuse. A judge ordered De Niro's company, Canal Productions, to make two payments of $632,143 to his long-time personal assistant Graham Chase Robinson.
' He also denied ever yelling at her, saying every little thing she was trying to catch him with was nonsense and that, at most, he had raised his voice in her presence but never with disrespect.