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Tony's Miss Piggy skewered in Astor verdict"That bitch," Brooke Astor famously called her daughter-in-law. "No neck, and no class," the grande dame of New York society would sniff to friends -- certain that the ruddy wife of her only child was making a back-door, dimpled-fisted grab at her... ... |
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Astor jury sitting prettyThey're back from the brink. The Brooke Astor swindle jury seemed in better spirits yesterday -- its 11th day of deliberations -- having apparently doused the fiery arguments that earlier in the week left one fearful juror demanding to be dismisse... ... |
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Brooke Astor's secretary spills the family secretsAlice Perdue worked as Brooke Astor's office manager and as an executive assist ant to her son, Anthony Marshall, for 12 years, between 1993 and 2005. This first- person account -- she is also writing a book on her years with the Astor family -- offe... ... |
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Astor's son tried to steal fortune• Anthony Marshall looted heiress's $185m estate• 85-year-old faces up to 25 years in jail after epic trialThe 85-year-old son of the late legendary US socialite Brooke Astor has been found guilty of defrauding his mother out of her huge fortune in an epic trial that has thrown a spotli... |
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Juror cited threat in Astor case deliberationsA jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor's son and lawyer looted the socialite's estate resumed its deliberation Tuesday, ... ... |
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Brooke Astor Trial: Juror Complains Of Feeling ThreatenedNEW YORK — A jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor's son and lawyer looted the socialite's estate resumed its deliberation Tuesday, one day after a juror complained she felt threatened during heated discussions. Judge A. Kirke Bartley unsealed a note jurors had sent Monday that said... |
