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Filmmaker Paul Schrader responds after former assistant accuses him of sexual assault and harassment
The acclaimed filmmaker Paul Schrader has been accused in a new legal filing of sexual assault by his former assistant.
The acclaimed filmmaker Paul Schrader — who wrote Martin Scorsese's classic film Taxi Driver and directed American Gigolo — has been accused in a new legal filing of sexual assault by his former assistant. The complaint was filed with the New York State Supreme Court on Thursday after the 78-year-old filmmaker — who was lambasted earlier this year for his willingness to experiment with AI — allegedly backed out of paying a settlement agreed upon by the parties in February. Schrader has written classics for Martin Scorsese like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull (pictured), and he directed films including Blue Collar, American Gigolo, Affliction and First Reformed
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