Robert De Niro’s Divorce Lawyer Claims His Wife’s Spending Habits Are Forcing Him To Work At 77
Robert De Niro’s soon to be ex-wife is reportedly tugging at his pockets. While the claims don’t come from the actor himself, his lawyer claims De Niro can’t retire from acting due to his wife’s expensive habits.
De Niro and actress Grace Hightower have been married since 1997. The pair broke up in 1999, and then renewed their vows in 2004 before the actor filed for divorce in 2018.
Page Six reported that De Niro’s lawyer, Caroline Krauss, told the judge in last week’s hearing that the actor is struggling to keep up with his workload and can’t turn any roles down.
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“Mr. De Niro is 77 years old, and while he loves his craft, he should not be forced to work at this prodigious pace because he has to,” Krauss said. “When does that stop? When does he get the opportunity to not take every project that comes along and not work six-day weeks, 12-hour days so he can keep pace with Ms. Hightower’s thirst for Stella McCartney?”
The pandemic reportedly hit De Niro’s pockets hard, but both sides argued that there doesn’t seem to have been a decrease in their spending habits.
Justice Matthew Cooper said “there’s nothing ordinary about these expenses for 99.99999% of the world.”
“These are extraordinary to an almost unimaginable degree,” he said. “I want to get these parties divorced. I want to get Mr. De Niro and Ms. Hightower to go their separate ways. They’re both going to come out of this richer than most human beings who walk this earth. There’s no question about it.”