Robert De Niro Gives Grumpy Testimony at NYC Civil Trial

Robert De Niro testified at his civil trial towards his former assistant … and he acquired into some heated exchanges with opposing counsel, uttering at one level, “This is all nonsense!”

The Oscar-winning actor took the stand in an NYC courtroom for many of Monday afternoon — and he appeared grumpy as he tried to maintain his anger in verify, which, at occasions, leaked out.

Throughout his testimony, De Niro mentioned he had beforehand made Graham Chase Robinson his emergency contact and relied on her to get greeting playing cards for his children.

When Robinson’s lawyer requested if she was a diligent employee, De Niro sneeringly replied, “Not after everything I’m going through now.”

At one other level below cross-examination, De Niro turned sizzling below the collar, whereas coming to the protection of his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, who repeatedly clashed with Robinson and accused her of being in love with the celebrity. In a pointed method, De Niro testified that he and Chen “make decisions together.”

Then Robinson’s lawyer implied that De Niro aggravated his shopper one morning in 2017 when he wanted to be dropped at the hospital.

De Niro appeared pissed, testifying, “That was one time when I cracked my back falling down the stairs!” He added that he postpone calling Robinson after the accident, ready a number of hours to contact her at a extra affordable time.

The largest blowup got here when De Niro defended what he described as his good remedy of Robinson after buying a five-bedroom Manhattan townhouse.

De Niro testified, “It isn’t like I’m asking for her to go on the market and scrape flooring and mop the ground. So that is all nonsense!”

The courtroom drama stems from a $6 million lawsuit Canal Productions filed towards Robinson after she give up her $ 300,000-a-year job on the firm.

From 2008 to 2019, Robinson labored as De Niro’s private assistant and was ultimately promoted to Vice President for Manufacturing and Finance at Canal. Within the go well with, Canal claimed Robinson watched Netflix all day whereas on the clock, amongst different complaints.