Anthony Marshall, son of NYC philanthropist Brooke Astor, granted medical parole
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Anthony Marshall, an 89-year-old heir to one of America's earliest mega-fortunes, has been granted medical parole after serving two months in a New York prison. He was convicted of siphoning millions of dollars from his mentally failing mother, Brooke Astor.
A parole board announced its decision Thursday in Marshall's case. It interviewed him Wednesday.
State law allows medical parole for inmates with serious and permanent illnesses.
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Marshall's doctors have said he suffers from Parkinson's disease, depends on a wheelchair and can't do many daily tasks without help.
He began serving his one- to three-year sentence in June, after fighting his conviction for years.
Astor was a noted philanthropist in New York City.
She inherited a fortune from her third husband. He was a descendant of one of the nation's first multimillionaires, John Jacob Astor.