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    Paul Schrader Denies Alleged Sexual Assault of Former Assistant in Cannes Lodge Room

    David GroveBy David GroveApril 4, 20254 Mins Read
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    Filmmaker Paul Schrader has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by his former assistant. Regardless of agreeing to a confidential settlement with this particular person in February of this 12 months, Schrader has apparently reneged on that deal based on just lately filed civil court docket paperwork. In a movement filed the night time of Thursday, April 3 in New York State Supreme Court docket, the 26-year-old assistant, going by “Jane Doe, alleged that Schrader is in breach of contract for violating the phrases of the settlement.

    Doe said that the alleged assault and harassment came about between 2021 and 2024. In an announcement shared with NBC Information, Doe’s legal professional, Menaka Fernando, stated, “Ms. Doe is solely searching for to implement the settlement settlement between the events resolving her sexual harassment and sexual assault claims.”

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    IndieWire has reached out to Fernando for extra remark.

    Talking with IndieWire over the telephone on Friday, April 4, Schrader’s legal professional, Phillip Kessler, alleged that there have been two kisses throughout nights of consuming — one on the Cannes Movie Pageant in Might 2024 and one other some months prior — however that Schrader backed down after his advances have been unreciprocated.

    Within the movement filed on Thursday, Doe states that Schrader sexually assaulted her on the Cannes Movie Pageant in Might 2024, when he “demanded Ms. Doe go to his lodge room, trapped her inside, grabbed her arms, and thrust his face into hers to kiss her towards her will, after which additional restrained her in an effort to maintain her within the room earlier than she managed to free herself and flee the lodge room.” 

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    Schrader was at Cannes 2024 to premiere his newest movie “Oh, Canada,” however Kessler denies the sexual assault allegations pertaining to the incident described within the lodge room. He additionally advised IndieWire that the confidential settlement apparently agreed upon in February was “unsigned” and subsequently “legally baseless.” The director’s authorized staff intends to combat these accusations vigorously.

    The court docket paperwork additionally went into element on Doe’s complete tenure as Schrader’s assistant from Might 2021 by way of September 2024, when she was terminated. The movement claims Schrader “used his place of energy over Ms. Doe (who’s 52 years youthful than him) to power her to work in a sexually hostile, intimidating, and humiliating setting on a each day, if not hourly, foundation.” 

    Describing one other incident that came about at Cannes, the movement claims, “Defendant Schrader opened the door to his lodge room carrying nothing however an open bathrobe along with his penis totally uncovered.” It continued, “As Ms. Doe tried to pack Mr. Schrader’s luggage in terrified silence, he repeatedly commented, ‘I’m so sweaty. I sweated by way of the bedsheets. Really feel how moist they’re.’ Ms. Doe packed his luggage as shortly as she might, and left.” 

    The movement additionally alleges that various emails have been despatched from Schrader to Doe that acknowledged his conduct was “unwelcome and offensive” to his assistant and that after Doe was fired for refusing Schrader’s advances.  

    Within the aftermath, the movement states, Doe retained authorized counsel and, following months of negotiations, was in a position to attain a settlement with Schrader’s legal professionals in February of this 12 months. Doe alleges that this settlement was agreed to in writing and the fee was to parsed out over seven months. 

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    Nevertheless, the movement goes on to say that final month, Doe’s authorized staff was reached over the telephone by Schrader’s legal professional, who reported that his shopper had been ailing, had accomplished some “soul looking out,” and determined to not go ahead with fee to Doe for the total quantity allegedly agreed upon. That is what prompted Doe’s current submitting in court docket. The settlement quantity stays confidential with particulars redacted in court docket filings. 

    Extra reporting by Ryan Lattanzio.



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