Monday, December 21, 2009

Tony Marshall Sentencing Today

If come Monday, Judge A. Kirke Bartley Jr. decides to sentence Tony Marshall, Brooke Astor's son, to prison for stealing from his mother, by law the 85 year old Marshall will have at least one year -- and as many as 25 years -- in the solitude of a jail cell (or hospital ward if his health is as precarious as his lawyer says it is) to contemplate where things went so wrong.

The People vs. Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrissey is a textbook case in how not to defraud your incredibly rich, famous and beloved mother's estate if you don't want to get caught.

Full Article and Source:
The People vs. Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrissey: The Butler Gives Notice

4 comments:

LoriView said...

Hope it's a big one - he's had his share of living it up.

Anonymous said...

I heard he got 1-3 years.

Betty said...

He'll likely never serve - at his age. And with an appeal in progress.

Barbara said...

I think the case was blown all out of proportion. What he did or didn't do, we may never know. The press sensationalized it all.