NEW YORK — 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 today 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 the former ambassador’s illnesses could make any prison term a death sentence.
Marshall was convicted of exploiting Astor’s mental frailty to steal from her nearly $200 million fortune. She died at 105 in 2007.
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