When Robert De Niro reunited with his second wife, Grace Hightower, he believed he’d protected his financial assets with an ironclad prenup. However, De Niro had a nasty awakening after they split. Page Six reports that the prenup they negotiated definitely didn’t work in De Niro’s favor. In fact, it makes you wonder if he even actually read the document before signing.
In 2021, the actor attempted to renegotiate the contract. In one clause, he agreed to pay Hightower $1 million yearly until death do they part — or until one of them remarries. De Niro’s attorney argued that the annual prenup payment was conditional on her client making $15 million yearly. She claimed COVID-19 had severely impacted his finances and that De Niro would “be lucky if he makes $7.5 million this year.”
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“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?” De Niro’s attorney pleaded to the judge while responding to Hightower’s request for an “emergency order” demanding that her American Express card limit be increased from $50,000 to $100,000 monthly. Now that the father-of-seven has another mouth to feed, courtesy of De Niro’s girlfriend, Tiffany Chen — he needs every cent he can get. Because it’s hard out here for a new dad, especially one who’s nearly an octogenarian.
