The 79-year-old Oscar-winner made the comments as he left a closed-doors custody hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court in his divorce case from estranged wife Grace Hightower.

Robert De Niro said the Christmas break-in at his Manhattan pad was “sad.”Steven HirschWhen asked if the incident left him scared the “Taxi Driver” actor and native New Yorker replied: “No.”

Aviles allegedly broke into De Niro’s pad at around 2 a.m. and rummaged through his things in the basement, the living room and on the second floor, prosecutors said at a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court last month.

“She opened the Christmas presents underneath the tree and repackaged what she wanted in a tote bag,” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Dylan Los Huertos said during Aviles’ arraignment.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ariel Chesler closed the courtroom from the public Tuesday citing “confidential custody” issues in the divorce case.

Hightower — a philanthropist and actress — had also previously sought half of the earnings that De Niro made in Hollywood and business ventures, but an appeals court in 2021 denied that request.