Robert De Niro has been hit with a lawsuit.

Graham Chase Robinson filed a complaint Thursday, suing De Niro and Canal Productions. Robinson, who most recently served as the company's vice president of Production and Finance until April, was on the receiving end of a suit from her former employer in August.

She aims to win "in excess of $12 million, including back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, and punitive damages," according to the legal documents viewed by USA TODAY.

Robinson and De Niro entered into a working relationship on Feb. 4, 2008, when she became his executive assistant, the complaint says. At the time, she was 25, and "hoped to build a career in the entertainment industry." The document says "she was forced to resign on April 6, 2019" after "years of gender discrimination and harassment."

The complaint paints De Niro in an unflattering light, alleging Robinson was at the receiving end of "gratuitous unwanted physical contact," "sexually-charged comments" and verbal abuse. "He attacked her in gender terms, calling her a '(b-word)' and a 'brat.' "

De Niro's attorney, Tom Harvey, told USA TODAY in a statement: “The allegations made by Graham Chase Robinson against Robert De Niro are beyond absurd.” He shared a copy of a complaint made by De Niro and Canal Productions in August, against Chase that asks for more than $6 million in monetary damages.

The August lawsuit against Chase alleges that she charged hundreds of dollars of personal expenses on the company credit card, submitted false information to be paid for vacation days she used, converted millions of Canal's frequent flier miles for her personal use and binge-watched Netflix shows during work.

Robinson's complaint against De Niro paints a different picture, saying that "De Niro would unleash tirades against Ms. Robinson – often while he was intoxicated – in which he denigrated, berated, bullied, and hurled expletives at her." The complaint alleges, "De Niro made vulgar, inappropriate, and gendered comments to Ms. Robinson. He would joke with Ms. Robinson about his Viagra prescription."

Furthermore, Robinson's complaint says De Niro "urinated during telephone calls with her and met with her wearing only his pajamas or a bathrobe … and directed her to meet alone with him in empty apartments and hotel suites."

Robinson allegedly was asked by the actor to "scratch his back, button his shirts, fix his collars, tie his ties, and prod him awake when he was in bed."

Due to the working conditions Robinson experienced, she has allegedly suffered "substantial emotional distress, including feelings of depression, anxiety, panic, and humiliation, as well as other physiological and psychological manifestations of emotional distress, including insomnia and weight loss.

"She eventually quit because she could no longer endure the hostile work environment," the complaint says, "and through her counsel she warned De Niro and Canal Productions that she was considering bringing a discrimination lawsuit."

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Her complaint addresses and denies allegations. "To be clear, Ms. Robinson did not “loaf’ or 'bingewatch' during work, did not make unauthorized use of Canal’s credit card for personal expenses, did not make unauthorized use of Canal’s petty cash account for personal items, did not engage in unauthorized conversion of frequent flyer miles, and did not submit false information about her unused vacation allotment."

An attorney for Robinson reiterated De Niro's alleged inappropriate behavior in a statement issued to USA TODAY Thursday.

“De Niro made demands of Ms. Robinson that he never imposed on males," Alexandra Harwin, counsel to Robinson, said in a statement. "De Niro’s treatment of Ms. Robinson was inappropriate, demeaning, abusive, and intolerable, and he needs to be held accountable.”

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