[Robert Drobot]

Vicious court battle rocks the world of Manhattan's one-time society queen

BY HELEN PETERSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Society queen Brooke Astor is living a twilight hell because of son Anthony Marshall, court papers say.

According to court papers, Brooke Astor, 104, lives in wretched conditions in this Park Ave. building.

Brooke Astor, the patron saint of philanthropy and society in New York, is being forced to live her remaining days in wretched, uncharitable conditions, according to court papers filed by her grandson.

Astor, now 104, is allegedly being kept inside her dilapidated Park Ave. duplex by her only child, Anthony Marshall - who controls her $45 million fortune, yet refuses to spend money for her care.

The stunning blue blood family feud emerged from court documents obtained exclusively by the Daily News.

According to court papers, Marshall:
Cut back on everything from her doctor visits to the brand of makeup she uses.
Won't give Astor a hospital bed fitted with rails, even though she has fallen from her bed.
Ordered her aides to not buy certain medicine at the drugstore because a weaker version is available for less on the Internet.
Wouldn't allow nurses to buy his mother a new outfit for her 104th birthday.

[Robert Drobot]

Do you think this guy Anthony Marshall is following the Michael Schiavo 'how to use the law to wack a family member' script?

It's hard to tell these two guys apart!

[Darkwolf377]

I'm glad you posted someone else's article on this subject. Cindy Adams always writes with that nauseating "The Rich Are Better!" sneer that makes me reject whatever she has to say.

As for the story, if such a famous woman has to suffer people like this, imagine those who don't have $45 mil.

[Captainpaintball]

That picture is of Phil Spector, according to the, uh, picture.

[napscoordinator]

This kid should be so lucky to have his mother at the age of 82. What a brat!!!!

[firewalk]

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[Guenevere]

One has to ask, if this son has exibited this lack of character for many years...

..why in the world didn't this woman make provisons with someone else....an uninvolved 3rd party ....someone who would oversee her finances in her later years.

Why leave these choices to the son??????...I don't get it.

[Borges]

She dies.