No A-Lister has really made it unless they have been sued by – and have counter-sued – a personal assistant. Yes, the stars can win all the Oscars they want, but what fans really want from them are revelations about their spoilt daily behaviour at home, which court room battles with their disgruntled PAs gleefully provide.
Robert De Niro is the latest star to go through this Hollywood rite-of-passage: he and his former assistant Graham Chase Robinson are suing each other a civil trial in New York. For fans of celebrity drama, De Niro is providing plenty by losing his cool in true Goodfellas fashion, shouting “shame on you, Chase Robinson!” in the court room.
