An heir of the Astor fortune could be set to swap his Upper East Side apartment for a prison cell today, having exhausted almost all appeals for his conviction of siphoning millions of dollars from his mother, Brooke Astor.
Anthony Marshall, 89, was convicted in 2009, for elderly abuse. The lawsuit, filed by his son Philip in 2006, alleged Marshall allowed his mother – suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease – to live in squalor, while he enriched himself with income from her estate.
His lawyers are still fighting for a last minute reprieve.
