Posted on 08/19/2019 1:51:35 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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.
I was looking for Nelson from the Simpson’s
HA HA!
Wonder if he wore those to the set of ‘Heat’?
Hookers work there.
That doesn’t look like a movie shot. I can understand wearing the lift shoes for a movie. But in real life?
Whats up with the shoes?
You can’t sue for performance ya manage. He’s such a typical liberal by blaming someone else.
“Something must have changed.”
She got older.
What is up with the giant lifts on deNiro’s shoes
I wonder what she assisted him with.
[What is up with the giant lifts on deNiro’s shoes]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3772934/posts?page=27#27
He and Pacino were playing some famous gangsters in a movie and the guy DeNiro's playing was supposed to have been taller than Pacino's guy.
So, instead of digging a trench for Pacino to walk in, they put DeNiro on blocks.
Bingo! Not Rocket Science. Even in today’s world.
A woman with the last name of Robinson getting paid $300k for a no-show job? Not quite what Michelle (Robinson) Obama was getting, but darn close.
I hope she was a Trump supporter on top of it. 8>)
If the case was real and had any merit, she would be in Jail facing Multiple Felonies.
I’ve always said conservatives should play the infiltration game and get inside information. I have a dream of working for Soros and transferring all his money to Conservative causes.
That'd have to be in the butt, Bob...
Afterwards, Bob became head of The Lollipop Guild...
Looks like he is trying to get the herman Munster role when they do a remake
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