New York (CNN)Once a part of Manhattan’s social elite, a 30-year-old Princeton graduate lived off his dad and mom, prosecutors say, spending his time surfing in the Hamptons — till he killed his father over a cut to his weekly allowance. “It wasn’t until the dad started cutting off his cash that the defendant determined to kill him,” said Craig Ortner, an assistant district legal professional with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. “Literally hours before he turned into a killer, (his father) further reduced his allowance to $three hundred.”
Thomas Gilbert Jr., now 34, has declined to appear in person for an awful lot of his 5-week trial on charges including homicide and gun ownership. However, he became a gift for remaining arguments on Wednesday, sporting a white button-down blouse and slacks, his gaze reduced. As he’s acknowledged to own family and buddies, Tommy is being held at the Rikers Island jail. Defense lawyer Arnold Levine says his client isn’t guilty by reason of madness and has refused to cooperate with his personal legal professionals.
His father, Thomas Gilbert Sr., became a founding coping with a companion at Wainscott Capital, a rewarding hedge fund, prosecutors say. Thomas Jr. is a former Princeton football participant who graduated with a degree in economics. At the time of the capture in January 2015, he was 30 and unemployed, receiving $1,000 a week from his parents. Prosecutors and his personal legal professionals no longer dispute that he killed his father. Jurors will, as an alternative, be tasked with identifying whether or not he is responsible for the expenses — which additionally encompass counts for forgery — or no longer guilty with the aid of motive of insanity. The murder charge carries a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
