Robert De Niro Claims Ex-Assistant Threatened to Spill Dirt on Him

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Robert De Niro has responded to his ex-assistant's counter lawsuit, and it's not pretty.

's lawsuit against his ex-assistant is getting nastier -- he now claims she made veiled threats against him, if he didn't ante up on her demands.sent him an email in August 2019 claiming she would disclose personal info about him. He insinuates it's no coincidence she sent that when she did, because just days later he sued her for misusing the company credit card and binge-watching"Friends" on the job.

He also claims that in a separate email Robinson threatened to write a memoir containing personal information about De Niro if, again, her demands weren't met. In the docs, De Niro doesn't specify Robinson's alleged demands.in October -- alleging harassment and discrimination -- because he called her out for her work misconduct.

De Niro denies making sexually-charged comments and, as we first reported, De Niro's attorney, Tom Harvey, called the allegations"beyond absurd."De Niro, however, does admit leaving her the angry voicemail ... which Robinson had included in her lawsuit.

 

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