Astor Case Returns — This Time, Alleged Forgery!

Earlier on this blog, I reported on allegations that Anthony Marshall has been mistreating his mother, Brooke Astor, and how the case recently settled.

Now, allegations are being made that her will was forged!  The following excerpts are from Serge F. Kovaleski, Astor Lawyer Seeks Inquiry Into Signature, NY Times, Oct. 21, 2006:

Brooke Astor’s court-appointed lawyer is asking the Manhattan district attorney’s office to investigate whether a crime was committed during the signing of a final set of changes to Mrs. Astor’s will in 2004.

The request by the lawyer, Susan I. Robbins, stems from a report completed this week by a nationally known handwriting expert who concluded that Mrs. Astor “could not have written the questioned ‘Brooke Russell Astor’ signature dated March 3, 2004, due to the deterioration of her ability to write her name.”

Special thanks to Prof. Joel C. Dobris of the University of California– Davis for bringing this development to my attention.