Will Anthony Marshall and estate attorney Francis Morrissey spend time in jail for having looted the estate of Marshall’s mother, New York socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor? Yesterday, the answer was maybe. This morning’s sentencing, deemed by the New York Post as a lengthy beg-a-thon for mercy, left real jail time as still an unknown. Keep Reading…
Astor son gets 1-3 years for looting mom’s money Jennifer Peltz/Associated Press December 21, 2009. Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_re_us/us_brooke_astor NEW YORK – The 85-year-old son of philanthropist Brooke Astor was sentenced Monday to as many as three years in prison for exploiting her mental frailty to plunder her millions, but the legal saga surrounding the society Keep Reading…
Anthony Marshall has been sentenced to 1-to-3 years in a New York state prison for having looted the estate of his mother, Brooke Astor. Click here for the early reports. More to follow.
Anthony Marshall sentenced to 1 to 3 yrs. in prison for fleecing mother, Brooke Astor, out of estate Jose Martinez/Corky Siemaszko December 21, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/12/21/2009-12-21_sentencing_in_brooke_astor_case_prosecutors_push_for_serious_prison_time_for_ant.html Brooke Astor’s son is going to jail. A frail, white-haired Anthony Marshall was sentenced Monday to 1-to-3 years in state prison for looting his late mother’s 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.Celebrity gossip websites ran a story last week claiming that Whitney Houston is “broke as a joke.” They even quoted an unnamed (of course) source claiming that Whitney would be homeless if not for the generosity of friends. She called someone to ask for $100, the story goes. If true, that would be quite a fall Keep Reading…
Sam Manzo, the Southington caretaker on the old Smoron farm, is still without his inheritance and still living in probate hell. I stopped by to talk with Manzo on Tuesday because it’s been two years since I first heard about the elaborate scheme that sought to disinherit Manzo and take the broken down old Smoron farm Keep Reading…
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Heir to a Texas air conditioning fortune and founder of his Wellington polo club, John Goodman is now fighting on multiple legal fronts. Investigators say Goodman drove drunk at twice the legal limit, sped through a stop sign and killed 24-year-old Scott Wilson. The lawsuit filed by the victim’s parents reveals Keep Reading…
Over the past months we’ve posted several stories about a dispute between heirs of Elizabeth Beall Banks, the former Belward Farm property owner known also for her anti-development activism, and Johns Hopkins University. A condition of the 1989 property sale requires “the property would be used only for academic purposes, research or medical care with Keep Reading…
As problems with the Tennessee judiciary are a regular topic here at Estate of Denial®, this post from Memphis’ The Daily News was noted with interest: GOP Proposals Take Aim at Tennessee Courts Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are taking a close look at the judiciary branch this year, with several proposals expected to be Keep Reading…
Astor estate looters’ fate still unknown
Jail time for Astor estate looters still in question Lou Ann Anderson December 21, 2009 www.EstateofDenial.com Will Anthony Marshall and estate attorney Francis Morrissey spend time in jail for having looted the estate of Marshall’s mother, New York socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor? Yesterday, the answer was maybe. This morning’s sentencing, deemed by the New Keep Reading…