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What's today's salacious claim about Anthony Marshall, who was recently indicted for allegedly mishandling his mother Brooke Astor's estate? That he hated his mother's dear dogs so much, he wanted them dead!
Rush & Molloy spoke to a source who claims Marshall "wanted to put them to sleep." "Them" being Astor's dachshunds Boysie and Girlsie. When Marshal's own son originally claimed his father was not properly caring for Astor, it was mentioned that Marshall wouldn't allow the dogs to visit Astor. Though Marshall denied that claim (he and his wife happen to have a dachshund), a judge did make him hire a dog walker to care for the dogs.
When Astor died in August, her guardian, Annette de la Renta, put the dogs in the care of a dachshund breeder. de la Renta's lawyer told Rush & Molloy the reason why the dogs weren't given to Marshall "had nothing to do with him wanting to put them to sleep." Hmm - did Boysie and Girlsie get anything in Astor's will, the way Maltese dog Trouble Helmsley landed $12 million?
And there has been some talk of a deal between Marshall and the Manhattan DA's office.
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So that your story will be less tendentious (poor little doggies! Tsk!!) I think you need to remind your readers that one of these adorable dachshunds once bit off a part of Mrs. Astor's finger.
Today's Daily News included that bit of information -- finally -- even though you chose to leave it out of your summary. It certainly explains why Anthony Marshall might have considered the dogs a liability.
Has *your* dog ever bitten off one of your body parts? Maybe it's okay with "best friend" and "caregiver" Annette de la Renta to expose a helpless old lady to that sort of risk, but I don't think that's a usual form of dog behavior, do you?