Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tyra Banks and Brady Green
Monday, April 27, 2009
Anthony and Charlene Marshall
Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall and his wife Charlene leave 100 Centre Street after opening statements. The Brooke Astor swindle trial began Monday with Manhattan prosecutors promising jurors they'll hear testimony by some of the beloved philanthropist's most luminous friends, including Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters and Annette de la Renta.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Shawn Kovell
Laura Italiano writes, for the NY Post, "After 22 years of sharing kisses through prison glass, countless bags of heroin and an indictment on felony cocaine sales, Shawn Kovell still loves her Preppy Killer.
Monday, April 06, 2009
Bernie and Ruth Madoff
Bruce Golding of the NY Post writes, "Ruth Madoff today paid her first visit to her imprisoned hubby, Bernie.
The mega-swindler's wife arrived at 4:40 p.m. for a scheduled 5 p.m. visit at the Metropolitan Correction Center in lower Manhattan.
Ruth Madoff, 67, said nothing.
She wore a long black coat with the hood pulled up against a light rain.
Bernie, the admitted $65 billion Ponzi scheme kingpin, is being held there until his sentencing on June 16."
Friday, April 03, 2009
Santo Petrocelli Sr.
The NY Times reports, "A prominent city electrical contractor with close ties to an indicted former assemblyman and labor union executive from Queens was himself indicted Friday on federal conspiracy and bribery charges.
The contractor, Santo Petrocelli Sr., whose company had long held street-lighting maintenance contracts worth several million dollars a year, is accused of bribing the former assemblyman and union leader, Brian M. McLaughlin, who until his indictment in October 2006 was the president of the New York City Central Labor Council. The indictment against Mr. McLaughlin, a seven-term assemblyman, accused him of illegally obtaining $2.2 million over a decade by misappropriating campaign contributions, embezzling union funds and taking bribes from businessmen, including Mr. Petrocelli, 74, who is known as Sandy."
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Dan Wions
The NY Post reports, "A lucky musician is tooting his own $15,000 French horn again, thanks to some folks who were instrumental in getting it back after it was stolen from his car in the West Village.
"It's like a child to me," Dan Wions said yesterday.
Wions' precious instrument was slung in its case over his back as he came to Manhattan Criminal Court to testify before a grand jury against an alleged horn heister named -- no kidding -- Gabriel.
"I'd rather he stole the car instead of my horn," Wions said of the suspect, Gabriel Lee.
Wions, 29, of Hillsborough, NJ, left the custom instrument in the back seat of his car when he parked it on a West Village street two months ago -- and a thief tossed a brick through his window.
Cops said Lee quickly sold the distinctive horn to a Midtown music store for a measly $100, using his own name and address."
Anthony Marshall
Laura Italiano writes for the NY Post, "With his cane, unsteady gait, nice suits and cortege of lawyers and news photographers, Anthony Marshall -- the accused thieving son of philanthropist Brooke Astor -- turned a few heads this week as he hobbled in and out of Manhattan Criminal Court each day for jury selection.
The trouble for his defense is that a lot of casual onlookers seem to know who he is. And more than two weeks before opening arguments, some have already made up their minds about his guilt.
"Hey, that was his mother's money! That was his mother's money!" a guy in a baseball cap heckled from the courthouse steps yesterday morning as Marshall, 84, slowly shuffled past.
"Oh, Ken, did you hear that?" said Marshall's wife, Charlene, turning worriedly to one of her husband's defense lawyers, Kenneth Warner. "Can we get a fair trial?"
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Ja Rule
Anthony and Charlene Marshall
Joanna Molly of the New York Daily News reports, "It was Brooks Brothers meets Old Navy Monday in Courtroom 1526 in Manhattan's Criminal Courts building.
Anthony Marshall, the poor-little-rich-boy son of Brooke Astor wore a gray suit, light blue shirt, tasseled loafers and his U.S. Marines tie for the first day of his trial on charges of looting his late mother's $200 million estate.
His wife, Charlene, wore an understated outfit accented with Belgian slippers and a jacquard scarf and pearl earrings.
They were in stark contrast to the 100 prospective jurors paraded into Supreme Court Justice Kirke Bartley's courtroom wearing jeans and Kangol caps, hoodies and sneakers the size of bread loaves.
Call it Old Money meets New Money. Or No Money."



