By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:12 BST, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 19:12 BST, 7 June 2019
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Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro's estranged second wife Grace Hightower revealed she wants half of his $500M fortune while at a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing on Thursday.
However, the 64-year-old former TWA flight attendant signed a prenuptial agreement in 2004 limiting her to a $6M apartment, $500K cash, and $1M in alimony - according to Page Six.
Grace's attorney Allan Mantel argued that the prenup's language entitled her to half of what the 75-year-old acting legend earned during the remarriage, including from his '35 businesses.'
Divorce battle: Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro's estranged second wife Grace Hightower revealed she wants half of his $500M fortune while at a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing on Thursday (pictured in 2018)
Nickel and diming? However, the 64-year-old former TWA flight attendant signed a prenuptial agreement in 2004 limiting her to a $6M apartment, $500K cash, and $1M in alimony (pictured in 2018)
Aside from his thriving movie career, Robert owns the Greenwich Hotel, the Nobu/Tribeca Grill restaurant chains, Tribeca Film Festival, and Canal Productions.
Career-wise, Hightower has dabbled in acting, singing, and philanthropy; and she founded Coffee of Grace six years ago 'to help rebuild the economy of Rwanda.'
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