Brooke Astor Anthony Marshall

American Obsession With Rich Explains Bloomberg: Guardian

The Guardian | Hadley Freeman | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


It's not that Americans are obsessed with people with money, exactly; it's that they are obsessed with how those people made that money and, more impo...

Brooke Astor Trial: Juror Complains Of Feeling Threatened

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor's son and lawyer looted the socialite's estate resumed its deliberation Tuesday, one day...

Barbara Walters Quizzed At Brooke Astor Trial

The Observer | Reid Pillifant | Posted 06.22.2009 | Local


"I like it better the other way," legendary interviewer Barbara Walters said after spending two hours answering questions on Thursday afternoon, May 2...

Anthony Marshall's Son Urges Dad To Cut Deal To End Brooke Astor Trial

New York Daily News | Posted 06.20.2009 | Local


Anthony Marshall's son urged his dad to cut a deal with prosecutors and end a lurid trial that has exposed the Astor family's dirty secrets. ...

Inside the Astor Trial: The Babe Witness

Ralph Gardner Jr. | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment


Ralph Gardner Jr.

The lovely, blond Naomi Dunn Packard-Koot seemed almost too eager to tell the jury everything she knew, heard, or overheard that cast the Marshalls in a negative light.

Sympathy for the Devil

Michael Gross | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Gross

There may be two sides to every story, but one side hijacked the Astor narrative almost three years ago and ever since, sympathy for Anthony Marshall and his wife has been in acutely short supply.

Brooke Astor To Son: 'You Want To See How Soon I Die'

New York Post | Laura Italiano | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business


By the year 2000, in the throes of early-stage Alzheimer's, philanthropist Brooke Astor thought her son was out to get her. "You only want to come ...

Brooke Astor: Charlene Marshall A "Bitch"

New York Post | Laura Italiano | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business


Philanthropist Brooke Astor hated her daughter-in-law so much that she told her doctor she would rather spend Christmas with her two dogs over "that b...

BROOKE ASTOR: Timeline Of Her Breakdown

New York Post | Laura Italiano | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business


TO AVENGE the late Brooke Astor, Manhattan prosecutors must first destroy her privacy -- throwing open the attic doors to reveal the most cringe-induc...

Inside the Astor Trial: Lord William Astor Testifies

Ralph Gardner Jr. | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment


Ralph Gardner Jr.

If Marshall's attorney was to be believed, Brooke Astor's decades of good works -- her gift for using her money, talent and charm to seed and leverage projects great and small -- was but a career move.

Brooke Astor's Dog Urine Couch

New York Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business


You can almost smell the dog urine on the infamous Blue Room couch. ...

Inside the Astor Trial: The People vs. Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrissey

Ralph Gardner Jr. | Posted 05.29.2009 | Entertainment


Ralph Gardner Jr.

There's something almost quaint about the government taking the time and resources to prosecute a case that hearkens back to a more genteel era of fine silver, fresh flowers, and Hudson River views.

Anthony Marshall, Brooke Astor's Son, Target Of Jeers

New York Post | Laura Italiano | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business


With his cane, unsteady gait, nice suits and cortege of lawyers and news photographers, Anthony Marshall -- the accused thieving son of philanthropist...

Anthony Marshall Trial: Jury Selection Begins Monday

New York Post | Dareh Gregorian | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business


Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, is finally getting his long-awaited day in court to battle charges that he swindled millions from his beloved ph...