Robert De Niro’s Company Files $6 Million Suit Against Ex-Employee

Robert De Niro’s company has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a former employee,
accusing her of embezzling money and binge-watching Netflix while on the job. Canal
Productions, De Niro’s loan-out company, also accuses Chase Robinson of racking up
exorbitant hotel and restaurant charges and using millions of De Niro’s frequent
flyer miles for her personal trips. According to the suit, filed on Saturday in
state court in New York, Robinson was hired as an assistant to De Niro in 2008. She
was later promoted to “vice president of production and finance” at the loan-out
company, and her 2019 salary was $300,000. She left the company in April, amid
growing concerns about alleged “corporate sabotage,” the suit states. The company
says she rarely came into the office, and alleges she spent “astronomical amounts
of time” watching Netflix during work hours. The company alleges that during a
four-day period in January, she watched 55 episodes of “Friends.” On one of those
days, she ordered lunch from Caviar San Francisco and had dinner at Paola’s
Restaurant, charging both meals on the company card. Over another four-day period
in March, she allegedly watched 20 episodes of “Arrested Development” and 10
episodes of “Schitt’s Creek.” “Watching shows on Netflix was not in any way part of
or related to the duties and responsibilities of Robinson’s employment and, on
information and belief, was done for her personal entertainment, amusement and
pleasure at times when she was being paid to work,” the suit alleges. The suit
alleges that Robinson made $12,696.65 in unauthorized charges at Paola’s over a
two-year period, in addition to $8,923.20 at Dean and Deluca and Whole Foods, and
$32,000 for Ubers and taxis. In her resignation email in April, Robinson allegedly
brushed off concerns about her spending and other issues as “ridiculous.” She later
drafted a recommendation letter for herself, which De Niro refused to sign, the
suit states.

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Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf to Star in Crime Drama ‘After Exile’

Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf are set to star in the crime drama “After Exile,”
which is inspired by the true story of one of the film’s screenwriters, two
individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Joshua Michael Stern is
directing the film from a script by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo, who wrote the
film’s story based on true events from his life. In the film, LaBeouf will play an
ex-convict just released from prison after killing an innocent man following a
violent robbery. He tries to re-enter society while working with his father, played
by De Niro, to prevent his younger brother from falling into a similar life of
drugs and crime. De Niro’s character is also an ex-con who years earlier lost his
wife and still struggles with alcoholism and guilt, even as he hopes to prevent his
sons from following his same path. Also Read: Robert De Niro, Blake Griffin,
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(Video) Filming is expected to begin on “After Exile” this October in Philadelphia.
Stern directed the Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs” starring Ashton Kutcher, the political
comedy “Swing Vote” and the series “Graves.” Stern is represented by MGMT’s Ken
Stovitz. De Niro will next be seen in Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” for Netflix
and in the “Joker” movie starring Joaquin Phoenix. He’s represented by CAA. LaBeouf
stars in both “The Peanut Butter Falcon” and “Honey Boy,” which he wrote based on
his own childhood and which premiered at Sundance earlier this year. He is
represented by CAA, John Crosby Management and Matt Saver. News of the project was
first reported by Deadline. It might be nearly impossible to catalog all of Robert
De Niro's finest roles across decades of being one of America's greatest actors. He
has given audiences many of the most iconic movie lines of all time. Here are just
a few of those greatest bits of dialogue. "You talkin' to me?" - "Taxi Driver"
(1976) - Fittingly, De Niro is behind one of the most famous movie quotes of all
time -- a perfect assessment of toxic masculinity. Columbia Pictures Corporation
“Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.” - "Taxi
Driver" (1976) - Another great line from "Taxi Driver," this early voice-over
monologue showcases Travis Bickle's scary sense of morality. Columbia Pictures
Corporation "You didn't get me down, Ray." - "Raging Bull" (1980) - Jake La Motta
has just taken an absolute beating from Sugar Ray Leonard, but he stands upright as
he takes his punishment. This line echoes the movie's theme of a guy who hurts
himself so much so he can feel anything. United Artists Twentieth Century Fox “I
grew up in a tough neighborhood, and we used to say, you can get further with a
kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.” - "The Untouchables"
(1987) - De Niro makes a terrifying Al Capone in Brian De Palma's film, most
notably in this harrowing scene where he calls, "Batter up!" Paramount Pictures
“Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.” - "Goodfellas" (1990)
- De Niro offers some great words of wisdom in this classic scene from
"Goodfellas." Warner Bros. "I'm bound for the promised land!" - "Cape Fear" (1991)
This is De Niro at his most unhinged, quoting scripture in a Southern drawl and
terrorizing the "counselor," played by Nick Nolte, with his psychotic philosophies
and prison wisdom. Universal "Listen to me very carefully. There are three ways of
doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way that *I* do
it." - "Casino" (1995) - Though not as famous as his other Scorsese work, "Casino"
is one of De Niro's more underrated best roles. Universal "Don't let yourself get
attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you
feel the heat around the corner." - "Heat" (1995) - De Niro delivers this line in a
powerful, emotional scene across from Al Pacino in Michael Mann's action classic.
Warner Bros. "War is show business - that's why we're here." - "Wag the Dog" (1997)
- A rare political turn for De Niro, "Wag the Dog" is still a remarkably timely and
cynical story about media spin and public opinion. New Line Cinema "I have
nipples, Greg, could you milk me?" - "Meet the Parents" (2000) - De Niro has been
in some of the best movies of all time, but an entire younger generation knows him
for this comdey movie line. 
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talkin’ to me?” It might be nearly impossible to catalog all of Robert De Niro's
finest roles across decades of being one of America's greatest actors. He has given
audiences many of the most iconic movie lines of all time. Here are just a few of
those greatest bits of dialogue.