US EditionEx-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal
- Paul Schrader, 78, faces a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York by Jane Doe, 26, alleging sexual assault.
- Doe, Schrader's former assistant, claims these events happened between May 2021 and September 2024.
- The suit details incidents including unwanted touching and a Cannes Film Festival hotel room encounter last year.
- Schrader wrote in an email, "I sense you are uncomfortable with my affection for you."
- Doe seeks to enforce a settlement agreement, but Schrader refuses to pay, calling the claims "desperate.
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He greeted her in a bathrobe and then kissed her – the director accused of harassment denies the allegations
A former assistant to film director Paul Schrader has accused him of sexual harassment. The woman claims that Schrader fired her when she refused his advances and then reneged on a financial and non-disclosure agreement they had previously reached. Schrader denies the allegations.
Paul Schrader Accused of Sexually Assaulting an Ex-Assistant
Screenwriter Paul Schrader has been accused of sexually assaulting a former assistant, and then backing out of settlement payments. Schrader’s lawyer called the filing a “desperate, opportunistic and frivolous lawsuit.’
Paul Schrader Accused of Sexually Harassing Former Assistant, Refusing to Honor Settlement
“Taxi Driver” and “Mean Streets” screenwriter Paul Schrader has been accused by his former assistant of sexually harassing her and then reneging on an agreed-upon confidential settlement. She is now demanding a court force him to honor that agreement. In a motion filed Thursday in the Supreme Court of New York in New York County, the 26-year-old former assistant, identified as an anonymous Jane Doe, accused 78=year-old Schrader of groping her an…
Paul Schrader accused of sexually harassing assistant, reneging on settlement agreement
Renowned screenwriter and director Paul Schrader, famous for his work on Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, is facing legal accusations of sexually harassing his former assistant. The 26-year-old woman, identified as Jane Doe, claims Schrader grabbed and kissed her against her will at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024. According to the legal filing, after she protested and fled the room, Schrader summoned her to his hotel room days later, where he alle…
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Ex-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal
Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t give in to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential.
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