Salander’s Morse to Serve Weekends in Jail for 4 Months
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Leigh Morse, the former director of New York’s Salander-O’Reilly Galleries and dealer for actor Robert De Niro, was sentenced to serve weekends in prison for four months and make restitution of $1.65 million for defrauding the estates of artists.
Morse, 55, was also given five years probation by Judge Michael Obus in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan today. Prosecutors said Morse withheld information about sales of artworks so the original owners wouldn’t demand payment.