'Taxi Driver' writer accused of sexual harassment and assault

The writer behind Robert De Niro classics "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver" is being sued by his former assistant for sexual harassment and assault.

Paul Schrader has been accused by the unnamed 26-year-old of grabbing and kissing her while they were at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

A lawsuit filed in New York last week says after she escaped his clutches, the woman -- given the pseudonym Jane Doe in the suit -- was summoned to his hotel room three days later where Schrader exposed himself.