Anthony D. Marshall, the son of socialite Brooke Astor, was sentenced this morning to at least a year in state prison for looting his mother's $132 million estate. Acting Justice A. Kirke Bartley (See Profile) said he would have preferred to give Mr. Marshall, 85, a "Solomonic sentence," which would have required the "many millions" that Mr. Marshall gained from will changes he extracted from his mother be given to the charities she "loved," and leaving Mr. Marshall to the care of "his wife and family."
December 22, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Anthony D. Marshall, 85, the son of socialite Brooke Astor, was sentenced yesterday to a least a year in state prison for looting his mother’s $132 million estate.
Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice A. Kirke Bartley (See Profile) gave an identical 1-to-3 year sentence to Francis X. Morrissey, 66, a lawyer charged along with Mr. Marshall of pressuring Ms. Astor to make will changes at a time she was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
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