Meanwhile elsewhere in #SDNY, Robert De Niro is being sued by former employee Graham Chase Robinson for gender discrimination, not paying overtime - and retaliating. It's before a Magistrate Judge...
De Niro's lawyers complaint to SDNY Magistrate Judge Parker that the plaintiff won't say to whose salary she's comparing what she was paid.
Turns it was "Mr. De Niro's personal trainer," who was paid more than the plaintiff, a director of production.
Turns it was "Mr. De Niro's personal trainer," who was paid more than the plaintiff, a director of production.
Now the government is offering Exhibit 3, recording of a March 20 phone call. They will give jurors binders with transcripts. Judge Gardephe tells them the transcripts are only an aid - but that the audio itself is the evidence.
De Niro's lawyer tells Judge Parker that "Robert" didn't want to sign the [draft] letter of recommendation for Graham Chase Robinson because he didn't agree with everything in it; mentions the state lawsuit.
