Posted on 06/07/2019 9:11:06 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
“Raging Bull” star Robert De Niro is worth over a half-billion dollars, an attorney said Thursday as the famous actor spars with his estranged wife over the terms of their divorce.
The new details about the Hollywood star’s finances emerged during a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court that revealed the two are battling over how to interpret a 2004 pre-nuptial agreement signed after a previous divorce.
“Ms. Hightower has taken the position, 'Nope, I’m entitled to 50%,” Judge Matthew Cooper said.
“We are not talking about hundreds of thousands — we are talking millions of dollars here.”
De Niro attorney Krauss-Browne said that under the terms of the pre-nup Hightower was entitled to a $6 million apartment, $500,000 cash, $1 million each year and half the value of their marital residence. Hightower claims to earn only $15,000 a year, Krauss-Browne said.
[More New York] Times Square terror suspect wanted to lob grenades at cops and civilians: sources » Hightower, 64, is arguing she is entitled to much more — and that De Niro, 75, has kept her in the dark about their money since 2008. She believes she is entitled to a cut of 38 movies and 35 new business ventures since 2004 that involved the Oscar-winning actor.
Hightower attorney Allan Mantel put the couple’s revenue since their pre-nup at $300 million — $250 million of which came from movies. He estimated that De Niro’s net worth was $500 million.
In addition to De Niro’s work in Hollywood, much of their earnings came from his ownership of the Nobu chain of restaurants and Greenwich Hotel.
Hightower’s frustration that she was not considered an equal led to their previous divorce in 1999, Mantel said.
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She should also get his Herman Munster shoes
500 million, to take up to Jesus in a year or two. Good for them.
No more chocolate pudding for you, Bobby.
(Sigh...)
I would like to think that comment was beneath you.
“And he gives us Italians a bad name.”
Him and Pelosi.
It is ironic how the Hollywood lefty decries the greed of the wealthy and wants them to pay their fair share. When an estranged wife’s greed is biting them in the shorts, they find the greed they decry is a biotch.
She can't live on a million dollars a year? Chick is a total gold digger. She agreed to this arrangement.
F*ck Robert DeNiro!
“Raging Bull” star Robert De Niro...”
Raging bull shitter.
Always a legal eagle to quash the hopes. ....lol
Now he’s just Ragin’ Bullsh!t.
With all that money, you’d think he could afford to buy a clue.
Yikes!
That is the best he could do?
No wonder he is angry at the world.
As to whether earnings from assets owned prior to a marriage are marital property:
If the assets and their earnings are NOT “comingled” with other earnings or assets, yes, you are correct.
A well-drawn pre-nup will identify the assets brought into a marriage by the two parties (or, nowadays, the several parties). And, the intent of the parties involved to sequester these assets and their earnings from marital assets and property. There can be very legitimate purposes for doing this. For example, one or both have children from a prior marriage. Or, legacy benefactions. Even so, questions can arise as to whether the so identified assets and earnings were sequestered.
In the present case, there’s $500 million on the table. In one division, A, $250 million goes to each party. In another, B, $400 million to De Niro (equal to $300 million of pre-marital wealth and half of the $200 million of marital wealth) and $100 million to the other party. In yet a third, C, $500 million goes to De Niro subject annual payments of $1 million to the other party, and some other things.
I suspect B, or something like it, will prevail. However, with so much money on the table, this can go on as long as some lawyer thinks there’s enough left in somebody’s pocket to pay his fees.
It is unbelievable that a moron like deNiro could amass such money.
BUT.. im reading about video game players making $40,000/hr playing games, Grumpy Cat owner making 15 million, That 21 yr old Kardashian being a Billionaire so i guess it’s no surprise.
I would think the prenuptial was a legally binding document, but I don’t know how the courts view these things.
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They divorced and remarried, so she says she should get half the money he made since they remarried.
Right...
I understand that.
If she hadn’t signed the prenup, I suppose that would be reasoned.
I’m not an attorney, and I don’t study this issue all that much.
If others disagree, they may be right.
After finally watching Taxi Driver recently i was wondering what all the hubbub was about.
I thought it a pretty boring lousy movie.
F deniro
Odd. Folks here referring to De Niro as a “...half a billionaire.” I always thought him a half a bastard?
“Raging bull” describes the emissions from DeNiro’s blowhole.
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