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Paul Schrader Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Former Assistant
A new lawsuit — which Schrader’s lawyer called “desperate, opportunistic and frivolous” — alleges that he also backed out of settlement payments.
Doe recalls returning to Schrader’s room three days later after receiving “numerous calls and angry text messages” in which he said that he was dying and couldn’t pack his bags by himself. However, the suit claims that Schrader delayed signing the agreement for weeks before telling his legal team that he had gotten sick and done some “soul searching,” ultimately deciding that he could not “live with himself” if he paid out the settlement. “The underlying intentions of the plaintiff here contain many very material inaccuracies, and are obviously designed to paint Mr. Schrader in a very false light, in an effort to intimidate and coerce him into settling,” Kessler said.
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