Astor’s Son Steals Millions, Gets up to Three Years

The son of Brooke Astor, eighty-five-year-old Anthony Marshall, was sentenced to up to three years in prison on Monday for stealing millions of his mother’s dollars. Marshall also is expected to continue his appeals and might be able to stay free on bail indefinitely. He tried, but failed, to get the judge to throw out the part of his October conviction that requires prison time. Defense lawyers have said the former ambassador’s illnesses could make any prison term a death sentence.

Marshall was convicted of exploiting Astor’s mental frailty to steal from her nearly $200 million fortune. She died at 105 in 2007.

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