The son of Brooke Astor, matriarch of one of America's most storied and wealthy families, was accused in court Monday of a heartless plot to defraud the socialite in her final years. Anthony Marshall, a World War II veteran and former US ambassador, leaned on his cane as prosecutors opened the high-society trial in New York. He is accused ...

The son of the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor and a once-suspended lawyer he hired are going on trial on charges of plundering her $198 million estate. After more than a year of delays, jury selection begins Monday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court for the trial of Anthony Marshall and attorney Francis Morrissey. It's expected to take ...

The son of legendary philanthropist and New York blueblood Brooke Astor faces trial Monday on charges he cheated his dying mother out of millions of dollars. Jury selection in the long-delayed trial of Anthony Marshall, 84, was cleared to start next week after a New York court settled final technical hitches at a hearing Wednesday. The trial of Marshall, a ...

The elderly son of legendary philanthropist and New York blueblood Brooke Astor faces trial Monday on charges he cheated his dying mother out of millions of dollars. Jury selection in the long-delayed trial of Anthony Marshall, 84, was cleared to start next week after a New York court settled final technical hitches at a hearing Wednesday. The trial of Marshall ...