Brooke Astor's Son does not get jailed.. - Question IS - Who Will Be?

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I'm re-posting this story from LBN - due to banter on nicky picky issues. In a way it is better to post here; because of the liberty to put forth opinions. However, it will not get the attention it duly deserves - as it was getting in Latest Breaking News forum.

Brooke Astor's estate was being stolen by skullduggery and her son (now 89 years old) - was being locked up to make sure the grand larceny worked well.

Thanks to activist Kevin McKeown (owner of "Corrupt Courts" Blog) - and others;
the ganef's didn't get what they wished for.....

The LBN story was posting of the Original EthicsGate Blog - titled

"BREAKING NEWS: Brooke Astor Estate Conviction Toss Imminent"

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NUTSHELL Story;

Brooke Astor was a wealthy New Yorker extremely generous. Upon her passing, fights broke out over who is really gonna get paid. What is at stake is $150 MILLION $$$$$

That type of gelt brings out many blood sucking ganef's!



This permitted the "good ole boys" network in Westchester County Surrogate Court have been fleecing 2nd generation Will recipients for decades now. This time they picked on the wrong 87 year old guy. Purportedly (and we can trust Corrupt Court's owner Kevin McKeown - much more than most) - a massive state and federal investigation has been ongoing. As a result, Brooke Astor son's (Anthony Marshall) conviction is about to be overturned. Mr. Marshall had just endured open heart surgery, is 89 years of age and now suffers from the post-traumatic stress disorder known as "Legal Abuse Syndrome".

Thank G-d justice finally is coming somewhere - as the convictions are going to be made moot!

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Here's what was posted as direct quotes from the article;

Source: EthicsGate - Expose Corrupt Courts - Blogspot

An on-going investigation into billion-dollar-plus tax-evasion involving Manhattan and Westchester trusts, estates and non-profits has revealed attorney missteps in the Brooke Astor estate that, according to legal experts, will result in the related criminal convictions being vacated.

It turns out that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's long-term persistence in addressing the rampant corruption in New York State might have had the collateral result of keeping Brooke Astor's 89-year-old son out of prison.

The defendants, Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrisey, were last in court on Friday, April 19, 2013, and could have been hauled off that day to begin serving their 1-3 year prison sentences. The New York State Supreme Court Justice, the Hon. A. Kirke Bartley, Jr., however, allowed the defendants to remain free pending the outcome of the latest appellate filing.

Not knowing what Judge Bartley would decide on April 19th, the New York State Corrections Department waited with a stretcher to cart Brooke Astor's ailing son off to begin his sentence. That same morning, a New York attorney named Susan Robbins was enjoying her breakfast, apparently unaware that her actions- and/or inactions- involving the Astor estate criminal proceedings had been revealed on Monday, April 15, 2013.

Read more: http://ethicsgate.blogspot.com/2013/04/breaking-news-brooke-astor-estate.html#more

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Here's my commentary to the LBN posting;


All the press and the courts had the entire country believing that the 89 year old, wheel chair glued son of Brooke Astor - should go to jail for stealing momma's money. Turns out that it was the judge and his ilk who are the one's doing the stealing.

Many of you who have been following my battle with Romney/Bain and Goldman Sachs have become informed on the facts/proof that GSachs and Bain Capital are "Above the Law". So much so, they simply break it openly and destroy anyone who dares to get in their way (yours truly being one of the destroyed). The fact of the matter is, having seen federal corruption at its most - 1st hand - it is now my first (inherent) instinct to scoff at any claims of doing a honest job (in the same way most people scoff at my contentions of being Romney's personal enemy). Therefore, when Governor Cuomo and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stipulated that they were clamping down on corruption in New York State - this activist believed it was nothing more than pander to the crowd. Apparently Cuomo and Preet are having just as hard a time tackling tyranny, cronyism and corruption as the rest of U.S.


I must now apologize to Preet and Cuomo - OPENLY - as it appears they are doing a good job here!

Even other close yiddish friend of mine believed that the 89 year old son of Brooke Astor should go to jail and they tried to persuade me to think the same. However, I've met a man "online" whom I've come to admire (and that is something very rare). His name is Kevin McKeown and he is the owner of Expose Corrupt Courts and Ethicsgate blogs/webs.

In the realm of whistleblowers and activists true blue - Kevin McKeown is a King Arthur pure bred.

Turns out that for generations - the New York probate courts tend to prey upon the meek. I know of one gal, Donna Sturman, whom banks, courts and her very own attorneys stole her family's $80 million in Real Estate assets, leaving her and her children homeless. In the jungle of probate estates, the 2nd generation usually gets devoured gangland style - by everyone who can.

As reported by the EthicsGate story (and Kevin McKeown never makes an unqualified statement) - Astor's son is going to get justice in more ways than one. Can you believe a judge was really going to send an 89 year old wheelchair guy to prison? How about probation under house arrest - for crying out loud!

This vindication is heart warming and the hope for REAL justice is exciting to see. Thank YOU - Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrisey - for hanging in the battle and not giving up! Thank you VERY MUCH - Kevin McKeown; for your temerity and tenacity in the pursuit of justice!

And a BIG THANK YOU to Governor Cuomo and United States Attorney Preet Bharara;
for doing your job with excellence and restoring my hope that justice can prevail.

We anxiously await the next phase of this saga.

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NOTE: Many previous stories pounced upon the son and friend = including the New York Times and Law Prof's network and Bloomberg -etc!

Wonder if they will print this new story with the same exuberance!

Here's the American Bar Association former take on the conviction
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/brooke_astor_estate/