https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/life-after-white-collar-crime

Skip to main content
The New Yorker

  * Newsletter

To revisit this article, select My Account, then  

Close Alert
Sign In
Search

  * News
  * Books & Culture
  * Fiction & Poetry
  * Humor & Cartoons
  * Magazine
  * Puzzles & Games
  * Video
  * Podcasts
  * Archive
  * Goings On
  * Shop

Open Navigation Menu

To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories

Close Alert
The New Yorker
New Yorker Favorites

  * The Deadliest Virus Ever Known
  * My Childhood in a Cult
  * The Invisible City Beneath Paris
  * The Art of Decision-Making
  * How Mosquitoes Changed Everything

American Chronicles
August 30, 2021 Issue

Life After White-Collar Crime

Every week, fallen executives come together, seeking sympathy and a
second act.

By Evan Osnos

August 23, 2021

  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  
    Save this story for later.

A man wearing a pair of loafers and a prison uniform
A support group launched in Greenwich serves "guys detoxing from
power."Illustration by Christian Northeast

  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  
    Save this story for later.

Content

In the nineties, Jeffrey D. Grant had a law firm in Westchester
County, a seat on the local school board, and an ownership stake in a
bistro called, if you'll forgive the irony, the Good Life. He was in
his early forties, garrulous and rotund, and he gloried in his
capacity to consume. Each year, he took his wife and daughters on
half a dozen "shopping vacations," though they sometimes neglected to
open the bags between trips.

Grant had developed an early appreciation for personal displays of
wealth and power. Born in 1956, the son of a marketing executive, he
grew up on Long Island, graduated from SUNY Brockport, and worked his
way through New York Law School as a shoe salesman. By then, his
parents had divorced, and his father had moved in with Lynda Dick, a
wealthy widow whose properties included one of the most storied
mansions in Greenwich, Connecticut, a hilltop estate known as
Dunnellen Hall. (It later became famous as the home of Leona Helmsley
, the hotel magnate convicted of tax evasion in 1989, after a trial
in which a housekeeper testified that Helmsley had told her, "We
don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.")

Published in the print edition of the August 30, 2021, issue, with
the headline "The Big House."
[osnos-evan]
Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His new book, "
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury," will be published in
September.
More:White-Collar CrimeConnecticutCriminalsWealthLawyersZoomMeetings
Businessmen

This Week's Issue

Never miss a big New Yorker story again. Sign up for This Week's
Issue and get an e-mail every week with the stories you have to read.
Enter your e-mail address
[                    ]
Sign up

By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy &
Cookie Statement.

The New Yorker

Sections

  * News
  * Books & Culture
  * Fiction & Poetry
  * Humor & Cartoons
  * Magazine
  * Crossword
  * Video
  * Podcasts
  * Archive
  * Goings On

More

  * Customer Care
  * Shop The New Yorker
  * Buy Covers and Cartoons
  * Conde Nast Store
  * Digital Access
  * Newsletters
  * Jigsaw Puzzle
  * RSS
  * Site Map

  * About
  * Careers
  * Contact
  * F.A.Q.
  * Media Kit
  * Press
  * Accessibility Help
  * Conde Nast Spotlight

(c) 2021 Conde Nast. All rights reserved. Use of this site constitutes
acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie
Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. The New Yorker may earn
a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site
as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The material on
this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or
otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Conde
Nast. Ad Choices

  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  

Do Not Sell My Personal Info