NYC gallery owner accused of stealing $5 million from estates, including Robert DeNiro’s dad’s

New charges brought against NYC art gallery owner

NEW YORK — The owner of a closed Manhattan art gallery has been charged with stealing $5 million from several estates, including that of American abstract expressionist painter Robert DeNiro Sr.

DeNiro died in 1993 and is the father of the famed actor.

Lawrence B. Salander, who’s 60, and Salander-O’Reilly Galleries LLC were charged in a new indictment Tuesday with grand larceny and falsifying business records.

The estates had given the gallery art works for exhibition and sale.

In March, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau indicted Salander on similar charges. He was accused of defrauding art owners and investors, including tennis great John McEnroe, of $88 million.

Salander, who lives in Millbrook, N.Y., is expected to be arraigned later Tuesday.

Messages left for defense attorney Charles Ross were not immediately returned.