Robert De Niro takes the witness stand in civil case brought by ex-assistant

from THU 12:00 AM EDT until THU 9:00 AM EDT, Southern Westchester County, Eastern Bergen County, Eastern Essex County, Eastern Union CountyActor Robert De Niro took the stand Monday as his civil dispute with a former assistant heads to trial.

"When there is an objection, you pause," Liman told De Niro after several similar moments had already occurred, adding that since De Niro had already answered the question before the judge ruled, the answers would remain in the record. De Niro took particular exception to questions soon after he took the stand, when Macurdy asked him if Robinson’s role as his lead assistant was to do "anything and everything," since that was how De Niro described it in an earlier deposition.

During opening statements, Robinson's attorney Brent Hannafan told jurors that De Niro once asked Robinson to scratch his back. When she asked why he didn’t use a back scratcher, De Niro replied, "I like the way you do it."

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