Robert De Niro is outraged that a newspaper interviewed his nine-year-old neighbour.

It was reported earlier this week that Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz, nanny for De Niro and wife Grace Hightower, has been charged with stealing jewellery from the couple.

Keen to learn more, reporters from the New York Post descended upon a nine-year-old who live in the same building as the Taxi Driver actor.

De Niro's spokesperson Stan Rosenfeld told the New York Daily News: ""It's beyond reprehensible. Children are off limits. There is white heat coming out of Mr. De Niro over this."