Charlene Marshall

Filed under: News Famous socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor once said, "Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around." Astor certainly lived out this belief by helping to funnel millions from the Astor Foundation to worthy causes when she served as its president. And she made many of those decisions from the leafy precincts of her former home, called "Holly Hill." Built in 1927 and on the market for the first time in 40 years, the 65-acre manor recently...Read Full Story

The 15th & 16th floor duplex of 778 Park Avenue, a pre-war building that rises majestically between 73rd & 74th Streets on the Upper East Side, just reminded us that even though sales may be up, prices aren’t. The 5-bedroom, 4 1/2 bath apartment that once belonged to New York socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor just sold for less than half of the $46 million price tag it had when it was first put on the market in 2008. Anthony Marshall, Astor’s son who was convicted of grand larceny...Read Full Story

In an Oct. 8 story about the conviction of Anthony Marshall for looting the fortune of his mother, Brooke Astor, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Marshall was her son from a marriage to Charles "Buddie" Marshall. Anthony Marshall's biological father was Astor's first husband, J. Dryden Kusar. He later adopted his stepfather's last name.A corrected version of the story follows:NEW YORK (AP) — Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of exploiting his philanthropist...Read Full Story

The elderly son of millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor on Monday was sentenced to between one and three years in prison for defrauding his late mother, following his conviction in one of the biggest society trials sever seen in New York."I have to follow the law, and the law mandates a prison sentence," Judge Kirke Bartley told the late dowager's 85-year old son Anthony Marshall."You will serve one to three years in a state penitentiary. You will surrender in 30 days, on January 19th...Read Full Story

Anthony Marshall has had a life of privilege and pain as philanthropist Brooke Astor's only child.Born into wealth, he joined the Marines after high school and was wounded in the battle of Iwo Jima. He later became an ambassador, author and Broadway producer before his life began to crumble when his own son accused him of mistreating the aged Astor and doyenne of New York society who married into one of the country's first ultra-rich families.As he faces the possibility of spending the rest...Read Full Story

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 doyenne's fortune will persist with planned appeals.Anthony Marshall showed little emotion as state Supreme Court Justice A. Kirke Bartley sentenced him to one to three years in prison — the minimum term his conviction required — for looting the fortune of his mother, who gave away...Read Full Story

Philanthropist Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son can stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction for looting his mother's fortune, an appeals judge ruled Monday.The judge approved Anthony Marshall's request to stay free on bail during an appeal that could take years.The ailing Marshall was sentenced last month to one to three years in prison — the minimum term his conviction required. At the time, a judge gave him until Jan. 19 to report to prison.He was convicted of taking advantage of...Read Full Story

Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for plundering the New York philanthropist's millions.Anthony Marshall was sentenced Monday to the minimum allowed. The judge gave him 30 days to get his affairs in order.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...Read Full Story

The elderly son of millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor wept Thursday on being found guilty of defrauding his late mother in the biggest society trial seen by New York in years.Anthony Marshall, 85-year-old scion of one of America's most illustrious families, faces between one and 25 years in prison for what prosecutors called a "depraved" conspiracy.He was convicted of grand larceny and conspiring to take control of Astor's 200 million dollar estate as the New York heiress and charity...Read Full Story

Senior citizens' advocates say New York City philanthropist Brooke Astor is a poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime.But they and legal experts say the convictions of her son and a lawyer for exploiting her mental decline to raid her $200 million estate show that such prosecutions can succeed.Astor died in 2007 at age 105. The AARP calls her mistreatment "the most infamous case of financial elder abuse in recent memory."Criminal cases in which ailing elderly people are conned...Read Full Story