NEW YORK AP – A jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor’s son and lawyer looted the socialite’s estate resumed its deliberation Tuesday, one day after a juror complained she felt threatened during heated discussions.
Judge A. Kirke Bartley unsealed a note jurors had sent Monday that said a member of the panel wanted to be dismissed because she “feels personally threatened by comments made by another juror.” The note did not identify the jurors. One of the jury’s eight women appeared tearful in the courtroom Monday as Bartley said to keep deliberating despite the request.
