Ex-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal

Paul Schrader admits he tried to kiss his assistant, who is more than 50 years his junior, but the Hollywood icon denies the sexual harassment allegations in an open letter.

Paul Schrader admits he tried to kiss his assistant, who is more than 50 years his junior, but the Hollywood icon denies the sexual harassment allegations in an open letter.

‘Taxi Driver’ writer accused of sexual harassment and assault

The writer behind Robert De Niro classics Raging Bull and Taxi Driver is being sued by his former assistant for sexual harassment and assault.Paul Schrader has been accused by the unnamed 26-year-old of grabbing and kissing her while they were at the Cannes Film Festival last year.A lawsuit filed in New York last week says...

American director Paul Schrader, a major figure in independent cinema, is prosecuted by his former assistant for sexual assault and harassment. He denounces accusations of "false and opportunistic" and refuses to give in to a prior financial agreement.

1976 film Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader accused of sexual assault

Schrader, who wrote the Robert De Niro classic, allegedly grabbed and kissed a 26-year-old at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

A former assistant of Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver and El toro Salvaje, sued the filmmaker who accuses of harassing and sexually assaulting her, as well as failing to comply with a legal agreement to compensate her.