Fall-out and coverage of Anthony Marshall’s sentencing in the Astor estate looting trial continues. Many media outlets though are running abbreviated versions of the story which fail to explain how this case is far from over. The one-to-three year sentence is usually the headline, but rarely mentioned is how the jail sentence represents potential time Keep Reading…
With Brooke Astor’s son Anthony Marshall sentenced, big-bucks battle of the wills about to resume Jose Martinez/Corky Siemaszko December 22, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/12/21/2009-12-21_bigbucks_battle_of_the_wills_about_to_resume.html Now that Brooke Astor’s son is bound for prison, the fight for her millions begins again. Convicted swindler Anthony Marshall had been trying to convince Westchester County’s Surrogate’s Court Keep Reading…
Brittany Murphy Leaves Will Decemnber 21, 2009 TMZ.com Staff http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/21/brittany-murphy-will-simon-monjack-home-house-death-sharon-murphy/ TMZ has learned Brittany Murphy had a will when she died — a will she executed before she met husband Simon Monjack. Sources say the will left her estate to her mother, Sharon Murphy. The house Brittany owned and died in was held in trust Keep Reading…
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…
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.An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Police Detective Jason Takacs has two thick files filled with paperwork supporting charges that a local deli owner bilked three elderly siblings of more than $200,000. Takacs credits cooperation among police, People’s United Bank, the Fairfield Probate Court and a forensic accountant from the chief state’s attorney’s office with the Thursday arrest of Carmella Jamshidian, Keep Reading…
Here’s more big government “smoke and mirrors” from the state of Texas. In watching media postings across the country, it’s highly trendy to decry the need to protect the elderly and the vulnerable. It makes people feel good to think “someone” is out there with an eye on things. Problem comes in that those “someones” Keep Reading…
Two of Don Barden’s siblings have alleged “gross irregularities” in the handling of the late casino mogul’s estate, including a potentially phony trust agreement. “It quite simply appears to be a fraud,” Farmington Hills attorney Steven Cohen charged in court papers last month. He represents Helen Robinson and Douglas Barden, who are challenging the validity 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…