{"id":8019,"date":"2019-12-18T16:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:47:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:47:56","slug":"a-counterclaim-they-cant-refuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/a-counterclaim-they-cant-refuse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Counterclaim They Can\u2019t Refuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8198\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/money-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/money-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/money-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/money-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/money-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who will win?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filed by his former employee, the former <em>Godfather\u00a0<\/em>is facing a lawsuit that comes in retaliation after an initial claim was filed by the actor\u2019s company.\u00a0 Graham Chase Robinson is going after Robert De Niro for gender discrimination and has provided a list of specific examples and instances to solidify her accusations.\u00a0 Upon learning of Robinson\u2019s intent to file, De Niro\u2019s company, Canal Productions, sued her for $6 million based on her apparently subpar performance as an employee.\u00a0 Robinson confirms that the allegations made against her are false, comparable to cinematic fabrication.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the suit filed by De Niro\u2019s company, Robinson is accused of inaccurately recording her vacation time, using frequent flyer miles for personal travel, charging the company credit card inappropriately, and watching 55 episodes of <em>Friends\u00a0<\/em>throughout the course of four days, during company time.\u00a0 While the statements made against her are arguably unfounded, Robinson and her lawyers are fighting the seemingly extreme $6 million sought by Canal Productions.\u00a0Not only are the accusations defamatory, but Robinson\u2019s lawyers are also pushing a motion to have De Niro\u2019s lawsuit dismissed entirely.<\/p>\n<p>De Niro and his company stand firm in their pursuit of damages but have not necessarily expressed innocence in the claims against them. Robinson sites several instances of how De Niro allegedly executed acts of gender discrimination against her.\u00a0 Robinson reported that De Niro spoke inappropriately around her and subjected her to belittling tasks.\u00a0 In her role of vice president of production and finance, Robinson was treated like De Niro\u2019s assistant and routinely engaged in housework in De Niro\u2019s apartment that included tending to the actor\u2019s tidying of personal appearance. \u00a0Her main argument is that she was paid less than a male who performed similar duties.\u00a0Robinson is looking for $12 million, which would pay for back pay, front pay, and compensatory and punitive damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed by his former employee, the former Godfather\u00a0is facing a lawsuit that comes in retaliation after an initial claim was filed by the actor\u2019s company.\u00a0 Graham Chase Robinson is going&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[2699,2700,1607,248,1676,2409],"class_list":["post-8019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawsuits","tag-actor","tag-compensatory-damages","tag-employment-law","tag-entertainment","tag-gender-discrimination","tag-punitive-damages"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8019"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8199,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8019\/revisions\/8199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}