Brooke Astor's Grandson Fights Against Elder Abuse
The 2009 trial of Anthony Marshall, son of New York philanthropist Brooke Astor, brought nationwide attention to the issue of elder abuse. Marshall was found guilty of stealing millions of dollars from his mother and, along with a lawyer, fraudulently changing her will. Astor's grandson Philip C. Marshall filed a guardianship petition in 2006 seeking to protect his grandmother--and today, years after the deaths of his
