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Paul Schrader Accuses Former Assistant of a ‘Money Grab’


In a long email sent to “family and friends,” including film critics and directors.

The list of more than 50 recipients appears to include many film critics and writers, along with directors like Sofia Coppola and Alex Ross Perry as well as American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis. “It also rewrites history, in a desperate attempt to transform our relationship of more than three years, which consisted of Plaintiff’s diligent work and very willing non-sexual companionship, into something unwelcome, coercive and odious to her. Schrader’s letter goes on to claim his former assistant’s “grievances” arose after he reduced her workload and pay after finishing his film Oh, Canada last summer.

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