‘Taxi Driver’ Screenwriter Paul Schrader Accused Of Sexual Assault By Former Assistant
deadline.comFilmmaker Paul Schrader is the subject of a lawsuit by a former personal assistant, who alleges that he sexually assaulted and harassed her during her time of employment, reports The Independent newspaper.
The UK title adds that these allegations, the subject of a lawsuit filed in civil court by the unnamed woman, came to light after Schrader reneged on a confidential settlement previously agreed and the complainant filed a new affadavit in New York State Supreme Court.
AP News reports that the complainant is seeking a judge’s order to enforce the agreement after Schrader said he couldn’t go through with it.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Schrader’s attorney Philip Kessler told The Independent that the filmmaker – whose screenwriting credits include Taxi Driver, American Gigolo and Raging Bull and an Oscar nomination for 2017’s First Reformed – denied all the allegations made against him, calling it “a desperate, frivolous and opportunistic claim.” We have reached out to Schrader’s legal representatives for comment.
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