Opening statements in the Anthony Marshall/Francis X. Morrissey trial began yesterday. The two are charged with looting nearly $200 million from the estate of Brooke Astor, Marshall’s mother. Articles about the proceeding are posted in the EoD News Archive. EstateofDenial.com will release a new column on this case in the upcoming days. Meanwhile, thanks to Keep Reading…
Brooke Astor’s son Anthony Marshall goes on trial for stealing from socialite mom Melissa Grace/Corky Siemaszko April 28, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/04/27/2009-04- 27_brooke_astors_son_anthony_marshall_goes_on_trial_for_stealing_from_socialite_mom.html He did it for love – or at least for his wife. Prosecutors charged Monday that Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, pillaged his mother’s $200 million fortune to satisfy his Keep Reading…
How Francis X. Morrissey Swindled New York’s Best and Brightest Joshua Stein January 4, 2008 Gawker.com http://gawker.com/340424/how-francis-x-morrissey-swindled-new-yorks-best-and-brightest Francis X. Morrissey Jr. was the kind of white guy rich white people could trust. He’s a lawyer specializing in wills, he’s old, he wears loafers. He also, incidentally, swindled New York City’s rich and very rich out Keep Reading…
Fight for Astor Estate Mirrors Battle 50 Years Ago John Eligon April 26, 2009 The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/nyregion/26astor.html?_r=1 A battle is raging over the Astor fortune. The main beneficiary is accused of scheming with others to drain the estate. The deceased, it is alleged, did not have the mental capacity to execute the will. Keep Reading…
Was Brooke Astor Competent When She Changed Her Will? The son of the New York socialite and philanthropist goes on trial, charged with defrauding his mother Carole Fleck April 22, 2009 AARP Bulletin Today http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/law/articles/was_brooke_astor_competent_when_she_changed_her_will_.html This is the first in an ongoing series of stories about the trial of Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, and Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
