Raging Bull Robert De Niro has been financially gored by furious wife Grace Hightower’s demand for half of his staggering $500 million fortune — despite a 2004 prenuptial agreement that limits her to a $6.5 million payout.
Her money grab in Manhattan Supreme Court sets the stage for an ugly and embarrassing airing of dirty laundry for the extremely private 75-year-old Goodfellas star, who filed for divorce under “Anonymous v. Anonymous” in December and wants custody of their seven-year-old daughter, Helen.
Grace has slugged the Casino actor with documents to KO the prenuptial pact she signed when they remarried in 2004. That document gives her a megabucks payout, a Manhattan apartment, $1 million a year in alimony and half the value of another property.
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