NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro’s former top executive assistant said she found it “creepy” when the actor insisted she scratch his back, an example of behavior she found controlling and abusive before she quit her job in 2019, she testified Friday at a New York civil trial. I lost my life. De Niro has asked a jury to award him $6 million on breach of loyalty and fiduciary duty grounds. Robinson portrayed De Niro in her testimony as sexist with his language toward female employees and discriminatory in how he paid them. “He was screaming about not being able to find some of the presents,” Robinson said.

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