«I’m dry»Says Robert De Niro, connecting via Skype, with the New York court. His ex-wife, Grace Hightower, 65, filed an urgent appeal to the judge. Reason? The great Italian-American actor, 76 years old, ordered the American Express of halve the credit card limit available to Grace: from 100 to 50 thousand dollars a month.
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Caroline Krauss, De Niro’s lawyer, explained that the pandemic seriously damaged his client’s business. For example the Nobu restaurant, one of the best known in New York, he lost about three million dollars in April and 1.87 million in May. Furthermore, “Bob” recently had to take out a loan to pay $ 500,000 in dividends to shareholders. Finally Covid-19 has blocked distribution for a long time The Irishman, the star’s latest film, shot by Martin Scorsese. From here it will be possible to obtain a maximum of between 2.5 and 2.1 million dollars in 2020 and 2021. Finally Krauss recalled the pre-marriage agreement signed with Hightower: if De Niro collects 15 million a year, he is obliged to pay one to his wife. If it doesn’t reach that threshold, it can reduce the contribution. «And this year will be a lot if my client reaches 7.5 Millions of dollars”.
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Conclusion of the lawyer: “This 76-year-old man, in his full strength, could not retire even if he wanted to, because he cannot afford to keep up with his lifestyle.” Hightower’s lawyers replied that “Robert used the epidemic to stick to his ex-wife’s finances». Grace, also an actress, and De Niro got married in 1997 and separated in 2018. The couple has two children: Elliot, 22 years old and Helen Grace, 8. The interpreter of Taxi Driver, twice Oscar winner, has 4 other children: Raphael, 44, had by his first wife Dianne Abbott, who already had another child. Drena, now 48 years old, recognized by De Niro. Then there are the twenty-four year old twins, Julian Henry and Aaron Kendrick, conceived with the actress Toukie Smith.
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July 11, 2020 (change July 11, 2020 | 08:38)
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