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Hollywood icon Robert De Niro usually manages to stay away from controversies but at the peak of his career, i.e. in the ‘90s, the actor landed in a legal trouble which made headlines all over the gossip columns. The actor, in 1998 was detained by French Police and was grilled for nine hours over a pr*stitution ring. But how did De Niro get involve here? Scroll down to know the details.
Robert De Niro is best known for his iconic movies like The Godfather series, Taxi Driver, The Irishman, Awakenings, Goodfellas, Casino and a few others. On the personal front, the Hollywood legend recently made headlines when his 19-year-old grandson, Leandro Anthony De Niro-Rodriguez was found dead after he took a combination of illegal drugs, including fentanyl and cocaine.
Circling back to Robert De Niro’s 1998 controversy, according to The List, the actor was suspected of being part of an international pr*stitution ring. De Niro was then detained by the French Police after his name was reportedly found in an address book of an investigation a year ago of a different pr*stitution ring. The actor, however, maintained his innocence as his attorney claimed that De Niro knew a lot of gorgeous women and hence his name being found in an address book was not unusual. “I can categorically state, indeed Mr. De Niro has authorized me to do so, that he has never in his life ever paid to have any woman, including these three in question,” said the actor’s attorney.
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