Tag: Brooke Astor
Posted on Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 07:12:16 PM EST
Tags: Brooke Astor, Anthony Marshall (all tags)
BTD is traveling, and I'm on my way out to dinner.
Anthony Marshall, Brooke Astor's 85 year old son was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison today for larceny and fraud in connection with his mother's estate. His 66 year old co-defendant, a lawyer pal, got the same sentence.
Whoopi Goldberg and Al Roker wrote letters of support for Marshall. Marshall's lawyer had argued that this should have been an estate case rather than a fraud or elder abuse case. The jury disagreed. I didn't follow the trial, but after reading about it once the verdict came down, had this to say:
I have no idea if the jury made the right call. Elder abuse sucks. But isn't it just another form of elder abuse to send an 85 year old non-violent offender to prison, even if he's an elder abuser himself?
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Posted on Thu Oct 08, 2009 at 06:51:09 PM EST
Tags: Brooke Astor, Anthony Marshall (all tags)
Anthony Marshall, the 85 year old son of philanthropist Brooke Astor, was convicted today of 16 crimes related to his handling of his mother's $200 million estate. The trial lasted 5 months. Astor, who died at age 105, had Alzheimer's.
What do you do with an 85 year old man who's convicted of a non-violent offense? Marshall can be sentenced to anywhere between 1 year and 25 years in prison.
What's next? The charities fight over which of Astor's wills is valid to get the most money they can. [More...]
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