Astor Elder Abuse

AP News - 845 days ago
Astor Elder Abuse
FILE - In this April 27, 2009 file photo, Anthony Marshall, son of late philanthropist Brooke Astor, appears in state Supreme Court where he was accused of stealing from his mother's $198 million estate. He was convicted Oct. 8, 2009. 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. (AP Photo/Marc A. Hermann, Pool, File)