Anna Nicole Smith: March 2007 Archives
This could be the missing piece of evidence needed to tag Howard K. Stern with the blame for killing Anna Nicole Smith.
The Broward County Medical Examiner confirmed that none of the 11 drugs that were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room were prescribed to Anna.
As it turns out, 8 of the 11 drugs found were prescribed to her most recent companion, Howard K. Stern. Two of the others were prescribed to Alex Katz (anyone know who this is?) and one was prescribed to Smith's psychiatrist and traveling buddy, Khristine Eroshevich. The even crazier thing is that Dr. Eroshevich wrote all 11 prescriptions!!!
The prescription that likely killed Anna Nicole, chloral hydrate, was prescribed to Stern. Even more interesting, it was found in a duffel bag inside the hotel room where Smith died.
As Fox News' Greta Van Susteren questioned, if Anna Nicole was too weak to get out of bed before dying, then how did she get up and dig through a duffle bag to chug the chloral hydrate?
According to TMZ, Van Susteren pressed the medical examiner Dr. Joshua Perper for an answer. The ME said he asked Stern, Eroshevich and the bodyguard if they gave her the drugs to which they said they did not.
What?! Did you kill this lady? No. Did you? No. What about you? No. And you're the father of her baby? Yes. Ok, problem solved. Accidental suicide.
This is really starting to get ridiculous! Dr. Pepper Perper definitely took the easy way out, and it is very possible that the inquest to find out how Daniel Smith died may reveal who or what killed his mother as well.
Poor, poor Dannielynn. What a life this kid will have to lead even if Larry Birkhead is her real father.
Anna Nicole Smith's legacy continues to live on in the court rooms as the dust continues to settle following the Playboy pin-up's untimely death on Feb. 8 in Hollywood, Fla.
The week opened up with news of Anna Nicole's cause of death. Taking the easy way out, Florida medical examiners declared that Smith died of an accidental overdose. They also said they found at least 9 drugs in her system, and that they did not suspect any foul play.
Her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead seems to be pretty confident that he is Anna Nicole's baby's daddy. TMZ.com caught Larry at a Baby Gap in Miami buying clothes for Dannielynn. Larry also did something that threw me off a little when he trademarked the phrase "Goodnight, My Sweet Anna Baby" to use it in movies, books, TV programs, Internet programs and stage plays. That's the statement he says Anna Nicole Smith used to ask him to tell her when he tucked her into her methadone dreams at night.
Anna Nicole's most recent companion Howard K. Stern insists that he is Dannielynn's father and says that Larry Birkhead has his days wrong. Filing an appeal to prevent Dannielynn's paternity tests from ever being released, Stern claimed that Birkhead has mis-calculated his dates thus there is no way he is the father. This will likely put this case on hold past the scheduled April 3rd hearing scheduled to reveal the DNA results.
Howard K. Stern is also to blame for stalling the case investigating Daniel Smith's death in the Bahamas. Stern's attorney Wayne Munroe first challenged the use of the jury in the inquiry, but a judge promptly knocked that down. Now Stern has everything on hold pending a Bahamian Supreme Court ruling on whether or not the jurors should have to complete questionnaires before being finalized.
I have said it before, and I'll say it again -- what does Howard K. Stern have to hide? If he is Dannielynn's father, then he shouldn't be worried to prove it with a paternity test. If he didn't kill Daniel Smith then the shouldn't be worried that jury could consider his death a homicide. If he has nothing to hide, he shouldn't be filing all of these appeals. I am not saying Howard K. Stern killed Daniel or Anna Nicole Smith, but I will tell you that he is acting like a guilty man.
He even released a statement on Monday saying that Anna Nicole refused medical attention before dying. Who would release such a statement about your dead wife? Someone who was you married for all the wrong reasons possibly?
Meanwhile, Anna Nicole's estranged mother Virgie Arthur has been in the court room every day.
Not only does Howard K. Stern want to draw out the inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel, but he also wants to draw out her daughter Dannielynn's paternity test too.
Stern has filed an appeal to a court ordered mandate that would reveal paternity tests taken last week. Stern followed his instructions from a judge to take Dannielynn for DNA testing, and Larry Birkhead (likely to be the real father) did the same. The results are evidently available, and someone in a blood lab in Ohio probably knows who the father is. It doesn't look like we'll find out any time soon.
Stern doesn't believe that a paternity test is needed, because he says he is the father. Again, Howard K. Stern thinks he is above the law.
If he didn't kill Daniel, and if he is Dannielynn's real father ... then he shouldn't have anything to hide. Howard K. Stern is definitely acting like a man with something to hide, not someone who loved Anna Nicole Smith unconditionally.
Stern's latest appeal will likely delay the April 3rd hearing where the results are scheduled to be revealed. Larry Birkhead, Prince Frederick Von Anhalt (Zsa Zsa Gabor's hubby)and Howard K. Stern all say they are the father of the 6-month old little girl. Anna Nicole's estranged mother Virgie Arthur says she may also seek custody of Dannielynn pending the results of the paternity tests.
Howard K. Stern, representing the estate of Anna Nicole Smith, has once again stalled the inquest into the death of Smith's son Daniel.
Stern seems to be very concerned about using a jury since they would be able to recommend prosecution if they decide that Daniel Smith's death was a homicide. Today Stern's attorney, Wayne Munroe, made a motion to halt the trial until the Bahamian Supreme court has ruled on whether or not each juror should fill out a questionnaire to guage any bias.
Earlier this week, Howard put the trial on hold by challenging the use of a jury altogether. Stern must be super delusional because hearing this inquest without a jury would go against 300 years of Common Law Tradition.
This stalling seems a lot like the actions of man guilty of murder. What always makes Howard K. Stern think he is above the law?
The judge and jury are expected to hear 40 witnesses, two of which are nannies who will testify that Anna Nicole Smith was overheard blaming Howard K. Stern for Daniel's death. This alone to could turn this into a homicide and put Stern behind bars.
Anna Nicole's estranged mother Virgie Arthur isn't expected to testify, but she says won't miss a day of the trial. She is also starting to get fed up with Stern's stalling.
"I'm very disappointed with the delay tactics they are using," Virgie told reporters as she left the court. "But I'll be here every day. I'll be here until the end."
This isn't the only case involving Stern and Arthur. Anna Nicole's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead is challenging Stern's paternity of Anna Nicole's daughter Dannielynn, but Howard keeps stalling that case too.
The inquest into how Daniel Wayne Smith died is expected to resume on Thursday bringing the circus back to the Bahamas. Most of the players in the Anna Nicole Smith saga plan to witness or will be on hand to observe. Anna Nicole Smith will even testify from her grave.
Anna Nicole's lawyer turned companion Howard K. Stern and her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead will both likely testify that Daniel Smith had a problem with drugs.
Two of Anna Nicole's nannies are expected to testify saying they heard her blaming Howard for Daniel's death. One of Anna Nicole's former friends Ford Shelly is expected to testify saying he saw Stern removing drugs from Daniel's pockets after he died.
One of the witnesses on the list is even dead. Daniel's mother Anna Nicole Smith was expected to be a key witness in the inquest, but since she is dead - the court will hear a statement that Anna Nicole gave police after Daniel died.
The case is currently onhold after Howard K. Stern requested that no jury become involved in the investigation. It will likely resume Thursday morning.
Anna Nicole Smith often compared herself to Marilyn Monroe, and evidently she wanted to play her in a movie pretty badly.
Anna Nicole even offere to finance a film about Marilyn's husband Joe DiMaggio if producers would let her play Marilyn.
"DiMaggio: Setting the Record Straight" author Marv Schneider told the Daily News that Smith was turned down.
"She offered to at least partially finance it, about six months before she died," Schneider said. "The screenplay was finished in the summer."
Schnider was brutally honest about why Anna Nicole didn't get the part.
"It was rejected out of hand. She wasn't considered ready," he said at Zocalo restaurant. "Also, if she got the role, we thought we'd have a tough time getting a top actor to play DiMaggio."
That's almost as low as Smith estranged mother Virgie Arthur walking on her grave.
To make things a little more creepy, Florida's Memorial Regional Hospital, where Anna Nicole died has a wing named after Joe DiMaggio.
The inquest to find out more about how Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel died in September kicked off yesterday and stalled shortly thereafter.
Shortly after the hearing convened, spectators and reporters were told to leave the courtroom. The reason is a bit sketchy, Anna Nicole's companion Howard K. Stern wants to challenge the use of a jury to oversee the inquest.
Wayne Munroe, a lawyer for the estate of the former Playboy Playmate (currently overseen by Stern), asked the judge to consider a motion that "relates to the impaneling of a jury to act on this inquiry."
Once outside, the lawyers refused to comment saying Bahamian legal rules prohibited them from discussing a closed session.
Later the director of public prosecutions told the media that the court will take at least a day to consider Stern's request likely to reconvene on Thursday.
Daniel Smith died of a lethal mix of lexapro and methadone while visiting Anna Nicole and his newborn sister Dannielynn in a Bahamas hospital last September.
On Monday, the medical examiner and police looking into Anna Nicole Smith's cause of death held a joint press conference to announce that they believe she died of an accidental overdose.
Over the past 24 hours, I have taken the liberty of breaking down Anna Nicole's autopsy results. The more I read over the report, the more I truly believe that medical examiner Dr. Joshua Perper took the easy way out.
As I said yesterday, ruling Anna Nicole's death as an accidental overdoes is absurd! You can't accidentally take 9 different drugs. This was a plain and simple overdose.
Maybe Anna Nicole Smith didn't commit suicide, and maybe she wasn't murdered; however, overdosing on 9 different drugs is no accident.
Anna Nicole's 20-year-old son Daniel died from a lethal combination of drugs late last year. Don't you think she would have been fully aware of the risks with mixing drugs, especially 9 different ones?
You would also think that a medical examiner would have taken into consideration the fact that a mother and her son both died of an overdose merely months apart. Evidently, that isn't the case when you're Daniel and Anna Nicole Smith.
A private autopsy was done at Anna Nicole's request to find that her son Daniel died from a lethal mix of methadone and lexapro. Methadone is a pain killer most often used to break a heroin addiction. Lexapro is an antidepressant. Together, they are deadly.
But what were the 9 drugs found in Anna Nicole Smith's dead body? Here's the breakdown along with each of their typical uses.
In addition to traces of methadone, examiners also found:
- Chloral hyrdate: typically used in hospitals for pre and postsurgery patients who can't sleep or are in great pain. Ironically, this is also what killed Anna Nicole's hero, Marilyn Monroe.
- Diphendydramine: aka Bendryl cures itching, sneezing and allergy-type symptoms.
- Clonazepam: aka Klonopins used to treat seizures, panic and anxiety attacks.
- Diazepham: aka Valium used as a sedative or to treat anxiety.
- Nodiazepam: Metabolized Valium
- Tamazepam: aka Restoril used as a sleep aid
- Lorazepam: aka Ativan used to treat anxiety and panic attacks.
- Oxazepam: aka Serax also used to treat anxiety and panic attacks.
No doctor in their right mind would have given this many drugs to any patient. As a matter of fact, no doctor in their right mind would have given Daniel authorization to mix methadone and lexapro.
Examiners also said that Anna Nicole refused medical attention before she died. What kind of people was she hanging out with?
And where did all of these prescription drugs come from? It seems as though Anna Nicole Smith was able to work several doctors, and many believe Daniel got his lethal methadone from his mother or her companion Howard K. Stern.
Hopefully the truth will come out about Daniel Wayne Smith's death over the next few weeks. Authorities in the Bahamas are currently holding an inquest to investigate his death. Maybe they will even uncover some facts that will answer some of the questions about Anna Nicole's death too.
An inquest is currently under way in the Bahamas to investigate the details on how Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel died late last year.
Daniel died while visiting Anna Nicole shortly after she gave birth to his step-sister Dannielynn.
Anna Nicole hired a private pathologist to determine the cause of death before she passed away on February 8th. Those results showed that Daniel died of a lethal combination of methadone (a pain killer) and lexapro (an antidepressant).
Oddly enough, police in Florida announced on Monday that Anna Nicole died of an "accidental" overdose as they found at least nine drugs in her system. Some of them seemingly lethal when combined.
The investigation in the Bahamas is even more important now that Anna Nicole and Daniel both died in drug related deaths.
The legal investigation will involve a magistrate and a jury. It is expected to run as long as a month. You'll also see a lot of the same players that you've seen in all of the other trials revolving around Anna Nicole Smith such as her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, most recent companion Howard K. Stern and many of the same doctors who are being questioned with their involvement in supplying a pregnant Anna Nicole with drugs.
Howard K. Stern seems to be the key witness and possibly the biggest suspect. His testimony is expected to last several days.
Stern and Birkhead are currently battling it out to see who is Dannielynn's father. The paternity results are evidently ready, but they are being held to give Stern time to appeal. The results are expected to be released next week unless a permanent hold is placed. Considering all of the controversy surrounding Daniel and Anna Nicole's deaths, that is highly unlikely.
The medical examiner and police announced on Monday that they suspect no foul play in the death of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith. However, that doesn't seem to be the case with the death of her son, Daniel.
Smith's son died late last year in the Bahamas shortly after her daughter Dannielynn was born.
Investigators in the Bahamas are planning to start an inquest on Tuesday to explore the circumstances surround 20-year-old Daniel's death.
Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez will preside over the case, but he says thanks to the media surrounding Anna Nicole's life and death; picking a jury to oversee the investigation might be hard.
That is a major cause of concern because you would have to have been living in a cave not to have heard about this case," he said. "We are going to have to give the jury a strong warning to put aside anything that they may have heard and just concentrate on the evidence."
Investigators say it may also be hard for jurors to separate Daniel's death from Anna Nicole's.
Many blame Howard K. Stern for both Anna Nicole and Daniel's deaths, especially since rumors circulated saying they heard Smith blaming Stern for Daniel's death before a nurse was called.
Police and medical examiners in Florida announced today that their findings reveal no foul play and have declared Anna Nicole Smith's cause of death as an accidental overdose.
CNN has released the full report revealing the nine drugs that examiners found in Anna Nicole's system at her time of death. In addition, the report lists everything from the tattoos on her body including the one with her son Daniel's name to her weight and the articles of clothing she was wearing.
Today's announcement was an anti-climatic end to a dramatic death for Smith; a Playboy model, actress and reality star.
There is still plenty of time left in the court room for the players in this case as Anna Nicole's companion Howard K. Stern fights to defend his right as the father of Smith's child, Dannielynn. Anna Nicole's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead says he is the father, and Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur says she will also go for custody of the little girl if paternity tests don't reveal Birkhead as the father.
Vickie Lynn Marshall, aka Anna Nicole Smith, was 39-years old and originally hails from Texas.
Anthony Lago contributed to this article.
As Anthony Lago told you earlier, Anna Nicole Smith's death has been ruled an 'accidental overdose' by authorities in Florida.
What do you think?
I have a hard time understanding why they would say it was an 'accidental' overdose when they found nine different drugs in her system. If Anna Nicole was taking nine prescription drugs how can it be considered an accident?
I guess they are trying to say that Smith didn't mean to die, but don't you take the risk of dying every time you mix prescription drugs? Discuss.
Evidently Howard K. Stern is off the hook too, but that's a completely different story for a different time!
Anna Nicole Smith died on Feb. 8th in Broward County, Florida. Finally, a month and a half later we find out how the buxom Playboy model died.
Dr. Joshua Perper held a joint press conference to reveal the following saying Anna Nicole's death was merely an accidental overdose:
- Signs do not point to suicide
- No illegal drugs ('drugs-of-addiction') found
- No signs of foul-play
- Injection of chlorohydrates in buttocks
- Injection ruptured absyss
- Infected injection area caused backpain and high tempurature (105)
- Flu-like symptoms
- Damaged tissue around injection area
- 9 prescibed medications (Valium, Attavan, Clonazepam, Methadone and others)
- No blood poisoning
Anna Nicole Smith's official cause of death: Combined Drug Intoxication. This is the same results found in the death of her son, Daniel, late last year. Smith however had 9 drugs in her lethal mix comared to the two involved in Daniel's death.
Perper also revealed that it was Anna Nicole's request not to be taken to the hospital.
Now, Howard K. Stern faces the results of a DNA test involving Dannielynn and two other men who claim to be her father, Larry Birkhead and Prince Frederic Von Anhalt. Results are evidently in, but Stern has requested a gag order while he has time to appeal. Maybe we will find out who Dannielynn's father is in another month and a half?
R.I.P Anna Nicole Smith 1967-2007
Authorities in Florida are currently setting up to announce how Anna Nicole Smith died on Feb. 8. The medical examiner and local police are expected to announce the results of Smith's autopsy shortly after 10 am EST.
Some reports speculate she may have died from an overdose while others say she died from an infected needle wound in her butt.
An inquest in the Bahamas begins today to determine whether their was any foul play associated with her son Daniel's death late last year.
Meanwhile Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead continue to fight for custody of Anna Nicole's sole heir, daughter Dannielynn.
Update: Get the full autopsy results, and find out why police think it was an accident.
As we all await the big announcement on Monday morning, everyone seems to have their own theories on how Anna Nicole Smith died. Some believe it was accident. Others believe she committed suicide, and many even believe the former Playboy model was murdered. What no one seems to have is proof... until now... sort of...
The National Enquirer claims to have video of someone leaving Anna Nicole Smith Florida hotel room a few hours before she died.
Who could it be? Was it someone delivering drugs? Was it Howard K. Stern? Was it a killer sent by Larry Birkhead to eliminate Anna Nicole so that he could get custody of Dannielynn? What if the person was any of these people mentioned here or someone completely different?
Does the video really shed any light on the Anna Nicole Smith case? No, not really.
However, after we hear Mondays autopsy reports this video may be crucial if prosecutors begin to investigate murder.
Or does the video really even exist? This story does come from the Enquirer.
Shortly after Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern was born in the Bahamas, the media started asking if the baby was addicted to any drugs. Her mother Anna Nicole Smith and the man who claims to be her father Howard K. Stern both said without admitting their own drug problems that Dannielynn was not addicted to anything.
Was this another lie from Anna Nicole's secret life? UK's Daily Star is reporting that Dannielynn was rushed to a hospital in the Bahamas by Howard K. Stern citing a possible drug addiction.
There are fears that she may have been born addicted because the model was known to have on-going drug problems.
After Anna Nicole Smith tragically died in Florida on Feb. 8 many prescriptions, air bills and emails with doctors have surfaced proving that Anna Nicole and/ or Howard K. Stern were being mailed an array of drugs. One receipt even proves that Smith was mailed methadone and Demerol while she was 8 months pregnant.
The Daily Star's article leads us to believe that this is why Stern rushed baby Dannielynn to seek medical treatment.
Skeptics in the Bahamas believe it was all a ploy so that Howard K. Stern can demonstrate his ability to care for the baby.
Anna Nicole Smith's cause of death will be announced at a press conference on Monday morning. DNA test results to see if Larry Birkhead is Dannielynn's father are also expected to be announced any day.
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Frederic Von Anhalt gave DNA today to prove that he is "almost sure" he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter Dannielynn.
"I'm almost sure the baby's mine, almost sure," Von Anhalt said.
Von Anhalt has also says he will now seek custody of the heir to Anna Nicole's estate.
"Oh yeah, if it's my baby, it belongs in my home," Von Anhalt said. "I'm going to take good care of it. I will be a good father."
Prince Freddy's attorney Edward Lee, called on Anna Nicole's most recent companion, Howard K. Stern, to do the same.
Stern is currently living in the Bahamas with baby Dannielynn. That could all change next week if Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead or Prince Freddy's DNA matches Dannielynn's.
It is almost funny that Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy reports are supposedly sealed and seen by very few people, but several media outlets seem to have an upperhand.
GaySocialites.com even received a call from an exclusive source who wishes to remain anonymous and told us that Anna Nicole died of a lethal mix of methadone and Demerol. Now, the National Enquirer and Star Magazine have teamed up to release their own findings.
While the Enquirer and Star aren't always the most credible sources, their finds say Anna Nicole did not die of a lethal drug cocktail. Instead they say she died from either an infected injection wound or a high dosage of a sleeping aide.
This tabloid team says that Smith received an injection in her butt before leaving the Bahamas for her Florida vacation that became infected. As a result, the former Playboy covergirl was suffering from a severe case of diarrhea and vomiting. Instead of taking her to the hospital for attention, Smith's posse evidently gave her some sleep aides and sent her to bed.
"As she boarded the plane for Miami, Anna Nicole developed a painful abscess at the site of the injection," their source said. "The needle wasn't sterile. The pain kept getting worse as the abscess got larger and larger very quickly."
Despite the infection, Smith and her lawyer turned companion Howard K. Stern still headed for Florida where Anna Nicole died on February 8.
Preliminary analysis indicated the cause of death was systemic sepsis syndrome, a lethal blood infection. It was caused by the abscess of the left buttock. Further investigation revealed the fatal level of chloral hydrate.
According to their article, Anna Nicole also had scarring from numerous injections she got in the buttocks.
The official autopsy reports and Anna Nicole Smith's cause of death will be announced at a press conference on Monday morning.
A lot is coming out about the death of Anna Nicole Smith's late son Daniel Wayne. As more comes out about Daniel's death, more is revealed about Anna Nicole's shocking life behind closed doors.
Many suspect that Howard K. Stern was keeping the blonde bombshell drugged up so he could do whatever he wants possibly even killing her. It seems as though one of the people worried about what Stern could be doing to Anna Nicole Smith was her son, Daniel.
Evidently before Daniel suddenly died last September, he talked with a private detective about protecting Anna Nicole. We first told you about this story when John Frank wrote a comment about it here on GaySocialites.com. Now, the Globe is jumping on board.
California private investigator Jack E. Harding says that Anna Nicole's 20-year-old son came to him and Daniel told Harding he feared his mother was being held "a virtual prisoner" in the Bahamas. According to the Globe, Daniel never followed through with those plans, and shortly later died of a lethal mix of lexapro and methadone.
Harding tells the Globe, "Daniel felt Stern was keeping her on mind-bending drugs even though she was pregnant (with baby Dannielynn). He feared for his mother's well-being... and he was angry at being pushed out of his mother's life." Following Daniel's suspicious drug overdose death days after his baby sister was born, the private detective contacted Bahamian detectives." He adds, "I told them of our discussions and Daniel's concerns. They seemed interested." And then, when Anna Nicole Smith died last month, Harding's suspicions left him with several questions." He explains, "When two people die so tragically in ways that may be related... police need to pursue every lead."
First Howard K. Stern loses the battle to keep Anna Nicole's 6-month-old daughter from facing a paternity test with Larry Birkhead. Now, he is losing the home that Ben Thompson says he and Smith never paid for. And if this is true, he might just be investigated for murder!
It's official. On Monday we will know how Anna Nicole Smith died.
The autopsy results will be announced at a news conference on Monday, March 26th at 10:30 AM.
A spokesperson for the Seminole Police Department in Broward County, Florida, where Smith died on Feb. 8, said the findings at Monday's news conference "are going to be a significant announcement."
He also said the results "are going to provide some resolution" in Smith's death.
We could also find out the paternity of Anna Nicole's daughter Dannielynn on that same day! Howard K. Stern is listed as the baby's father on her birth certificate, but Larry Birkhead says that is fraud because HE is the father of the 6-month-old heiress.
Monday could really be judgment day in the Anna Nicole Smith saga.
Things aren't looking too good for Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer turned boyfriend Howard K. Stern.
The man who owns the home where Stern has been hiding out wants him out! G. Ben Thompson tried to get Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K. Stern out of the Bahamian compound that he says they never paid to occupy. Now he has filed papers in court to have Stern thown out.
The case claims that Stern is "trespassing" and that Thompson wants back rent and damages.
Thompson's attorney Godfrey Pinder said his client considered the welfare of Smith's 6-month-old
daughter, Dannielynn, currently staying with Stern in the home.
"We did this only after we found out that the courts directed that Howard K Stern and the other parties seeking paternity take a DNA test. We know that Howard K. Stern cannot pass that test ...," Pinder said.
The paternity test results are expected back later this week or early next week. If Larry Birkhead tests as the father, he will have to seek custody.
Stern wants for everyone to leave him alone so he can enjoy the money he's worked so hard to get by pumping Anna Nicole full of lethal drugs the entire time he was with her, fighting to keep her isolated, killing off Daniel. I mean, stuff like that takes a lot of work, creativity and preparation, it's simply not easy - imagine the law books looking for cases he'd have to be consulting. It must be exhausting for the poor man. Yes, he needs a rest. He gets an A for effort. Bravo Mr. Stern. You certainly are clever. Can anyone stop you? It's clearly murder.
Mr. Stern is not getting anywhere near the treatment he deserves, and one of the reasons why is, he is a lawyer and knows the law inside and out, he knows how far he can push; he has connections. He could commit the ultimate crime and get away with it. In fact, so far he has, and he's laughing at us all. Can he be stopped? As Anna Nicole's father said, "while no one was holding a gun to her head, someone sure did pump her with a lot of drugs; murder is murder".
Ask yourselves this: Is he a person you would trust with your son/daughter if they were about to inherit a whole lot of money. He doesn't have a good track record when it comes to those close to him, and their longevity of life. Another question: Was Daniel on to him, he had after all hired a private investigator to look into Stern. Had Stern found out and silenced him? Did Anna Nicole finally emerge from her drugged up state to finally put the pieces together and say something to Stern that got him a little upset? To say the least, Anna Nicole was not a good judge of character she did not make good decisions. She had her baby on a diet to be thin so that she'd look sexy. She chose Howard Stern to be the child's father because in doing so, she knew he'd be her drug supply. She slept with countless others, and pushed away anyone who stood up to her about her drug habit and was trying to help her. Now I realize not everyone sees it that way, just as Anna Nicole didn't, but why would a lawyer like Stern who was supposedly looking after Anna Nicole's interests allow her to get in such a state? Would anyone of us want our lawyers to do this to us? Isn't that clearly abuse? Anna Nicole seemed to view people that were trying to help her as being bad; not giving into her every whim, saying no to her. She chose Stern to look after her, and He certainly did. She chose him to look after her daughter. Doesn't that frighten you?
Now imagine, even if the baby is not Sterns and it's proven Stern committed fraud to get the baby, the man still has the nerve to try and claim her. And why you ask? For the very reason he kept Anna Nicole drugged, for the very reason he drugged Daniel - for the money of course. That's all it's about for Howard K. Money. That's all it's ever been about. If he had ever had an ounce of decency he would have ensured Anna Nicole stopped taking the drugs, he would have tried to stop her, placed a call the hospital when her fever was up over 105 instead of running around the country side looking for yachts to lounge back in, he would have tried to get her into rehab whatever it took. But no, he knew she was his meal ticket, and could be a difficult one, and dead, she was even more valuable to him. The guy never wanted Anna Nicole to get help, it would make her healthy, she wouldn't need him for drugs, she'd be on to him and she would change her patterns. He also knew that if he sought help she'd be angry with him and he would be out of the financial pciture. This was no stupid man here, this is a lawyer we're talking about. He can't claim ignorance.
If the legal system can't shut this man down, iif with all the evidence against him, it's this difficult to stop this man, the system clearly has some serious flaws, and there might as well not be a legal system, because clearly Stern has just demonstrated to the world how to get away with murder, and continue on in the legal system while he's doing so. IN fact, he might drum up even more business, for those curiosity seekers. Any single women out there who have a lot of money; beware.
But, what happens now, if Stern is able to manipulate the legal system and claim Dannielyn? When she gets a bit older, or should I say, if she gets a bit older, and puts the pieces together and questions Stern, what chance do you think she has of surviving? I laugh at the reports right now that say he's cooperating with the police. Of course he's cooperating. He knows what he has to do to get away with a crime. I'm certain he's gotten more than one criminal off. He has all the answers. He's had a lot of time to think this out. There's a lot of money at stake here. But for anyone who has a conscience, could you send this poor child to his care, without people there to watch him? This is a man who allowed Anna Nicole to take all the drugs, serious drugs like dilaudid that are only given to cancer patients in their final stages. He helped administer these drugs. There is going to be an investigation into the death of Daniel, Anna Nicole Smith's son, because his death seemed suspicious. Daniel even went as far as to hire a private investigator to check Stern out. Even if the least thing Stern is an enabler, that is a strong indication, he clearly is not capable of looking out for people, doing what's in their best interests. He's only looking out for himself. Sending Dannielyn to this man is like giving her a death sentence.
The courts/law need to be Stern with Stern. Otherwise, he's making a mockery of the law, and really what's to stop other lawyers from doing the same. If he sets a precedent here; it creates a real mess moving forward.
We first told you about the laundry list of drugs sent to Anna Nicole Smith's home in the Bahamas prior to her death. Now, there's another doctor in the mix.
Dr. Maurice Levy confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that he did send a package of drugs to Anna Nicole's address under the name Vicki Marshall (Anna Nicole's legal name), but the drugs weren't for her.
"Dalmane was sent to the address, but was not prescribed to Anna Nicole," says Dr. Levy. "...she received only the vitamins."
Dalmane is a sleep aide, a downer. So who was Levy's patient at Anna Nicole's Bahamian home?
"I should preserve the anonymity of my patients. I'm talking about Anna Nicole because [since] she passed away, unhappily, her life has been exposed -- not always for the best reasons," Dr. Levy said.
Dr. Levy specializes in family practice, anti-aging and cosmetic medicine. He confessed to ET that he did some cosmetic work on Anna Nicole in June '06, such as "fillers and some injections on her face."
So if this was simply Anna Nicole's plastic surgeon? Who was he supplying with downers? Who else lived at that house? Maybe Howard K. Stern?
The inquest to determine more about Anna Nicole son's death is currently under way. Daniel Wayne Smith suddenly died when visiting his mother the day she gave birth to Dannielynn. Autopsy reports show he died of a lethal mix of Methadone and the anti-depressant Lexapro.
Anna Nicole's autopsy results are expected to be released early next week.
Anna Nicole Smith died on February 8 while visiting Florida to purchase a boat, but we still don't know how she died.
The medical examiner, Joshua Perper, was set to announce his autopsy results in early March; but he postponed it after meeting with Florida investigators.
Now Perper is ready to give it a shot one more time! He says the cause of Anna Nicole Smith's death could be revealed as early as Monday.
Smith's most recent companion Howard K. Stern took her daughter Dannielynn for a court ordered paternity test today. Anna Nicole's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead confidently claims that he is the father, and that Stern has committed fraud by including his name on the 6-month-old girl's birth certificate.
Meanwhile, many sources are reporting that Stern plans to appeal the judge's decision for a paternity test before the results are revealed.
The DNA needed to determine whether Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn has been taken. Birkhead and Dannielynn both submitted DNA for testing this morning.
TMZ is reporting that Birkhead saw Dannielynn while at the doctor's office. Howard K. Stern did not have to submit DNA, because the law presumes that he is the father as Dannielynn's birth certificate reads.
If Larry Birkhead's DNA matches Dannielynn's, then he will have to fight for custody of the 6-month-old girl. Dannielynn currently lives with Stern in the Bahamas. The results will likely be back by early next week.
After a judge ordered DNA testing from Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter and the man who claims to be her father, Howard K. Stern packed Dannielynn up in the car on Wednesday and the two headed to the doctor's office where the DNA samples were drawn.
Sources close to the case tell GaySocialites.com that the results will be released before the end of the week. Anna Nicole's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, requested the DNA testing to prove that he is Dannielynn's father.
The 6-month-old little girl is expected to inherit millions for her mother's estate via J. Howard Marshall's billions that Anna Nicole Smith spent most of her life fighting for.
If neither Howard K. Stern or Larry Birkhead are proven to be the father of the child, Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur says she will seek custody.
Judgement day has come in the Anna Nicole Smith paternity case. A Bahamian judge ordered that Smith's infant daughter and sole heir submit DNA to determine who her father is.
Not only does Dannielynn have to submit her DNA, but so does Howard K. Stern - the man who is listed as her father on her current birth certificate.
Larry Birkhead, Smith's ex-boyfriend who requested the tests, left the court room pumping his fists to signify his own victory. Birkhead has been confident that he was Dannielynn's father even before Anna Nicole died on Feb. 8.
"I feel great," he said. "It's been a good day in court for me."
Sources close to the investigation tell GaySocialites.com that the tests are expected to occur immediately and results could be released later this week.
Anna Nicole's estranged mother Virgie Arthur plans to step in and seek custody if Birkhead isn't proven to be the father.
It could be "DNA-day" in the case to determine who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn.
Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead was all smiles as he left the court room on Friday demonstrating his confidence in getting custody of Dannielynn.
Birkhead will be joined by Smith's most recent companion, Howard K. Stern, in court today. Stern currently has possession of the baby girl, and he is listed as the father on the birth certificate.
Anna Nicole's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, is also seeking custody of the child. She too is in the Bahamas for the trial.
A judge is expected to order DNA testing later in today's trial.
The man made famous through his battle for custody of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter seems to have an unwanted fan.
Larry Birkhead says he is practically being stalked by a Florida woman, who evidently works for the Broward County School District.
"She showed up there and she was jumping in the elevators and stuff," Birkhead said.
Larry told Access Hollywood he first noticed the woman during the hearings that took place immediately following Anna Nicole's death last month.
Then last week she was seen trying to talk her way into the Bahamian courtroom where hearings were being held. Later she actually tried to climb into the car with him. And our man in the Bahamas was told she'd been around the hotel, where Larry is staying, offering money to anyone who would tell her his room number. We were told today she was taken to the office of hotel security at the Atlantis Resort. We found the woman's room number today and called it, but she wouldn't tell us anything about herself or why she wanted to talk with Larry so badly.
Birkhead is expected to be back in court with Howard K. Stern and Virgie Arthur on Tuesday when a judge is expected to rule that Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn, be brought in for DNA testing if she hasn't already.
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Anna Nicole Smith's post death legacy has been filled with controversy after controversy, so its only fitting that today -- we have another controversy.
TMZ is reporting that Florida Judge Lawrence Korda, who heard evidence on the DNA paternity test, was arrested on charges marijuana possession.
Judge Korda was evidently sitting on a bench at Stanley Goldman Park in Hollywood, Florida smoking some bud when two cops smelled it and found Korda sitting on a bench with a bowl in his hands.
According to TMZ the offense is punishable by 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
What in the world could be the next act in this three ring circus?
The man leading the battle for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Larry Birkhead, Smith's most recent companion and the man listed as Dannielynn's father Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole's estranged mother Virgie Arthur and DNA analysts are all expected to be in court on Tuesday morning in the Bahamas for a paternity hearing there.
The judge is expected to require that Stern submit Dannielynn for DNA testing.
The man who says without a doubt that he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn, spent the weekend in the Bahamas preparing for what he hopes to be a victory this week in court.
Larry Birkhead left the court room smiling from ear-to-ear on Friday. He wouldn't talk about the specific details of the hearing, but he seemed confident that he would be taking Dannielynn into his care soon.
Anna Nicole's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, attended the hearing; but Howard K. Stern, the man who claims to be the baby's father, did not. It looks like that might have been a good thing.
All we know about Tuesday's hearing is that DNA experts are expected to come before the judge. Many suspect that DNA testing may be complete, but this is likely an interview to see which analyst will be charged with collecting and overseeing the paternity tests.
Smith's death has sparked a movie about her life and a Law and Order episode that mirrors the controversy surrounding her sudden death.
Her most recent companion, Howard K. Stern, is picking up the fight to keep the home where he and Anna Nicole lived. The owner, Ben Thompson, claims that Smith and Stern avoided paying $900,000 in mortagage payments. Before dying, Anna Nicole claimed Thompson gave her the waterfront home as a gift. That trial has been postponed until April.
A film about the life and death of the late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith will start filming as early as next month.
Casting for the lead role of the movie has begun, according to producer Jack Nasser of All-Media Productions.
"We're moving as quickly as possible" Nasser told CNN. "We're on what we call 'the fast track.' "
Nasser says the movie will cover all of the important events in Smith's life, from age 17 until she dies at age 39 including her marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall and the life and death of her son Daniel.
There is no mention of official word on whether or not they will include characters based on her most recent companion Howard K. Stern, ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead or estranged mother Virgie Arthur. It is likely that they will all have to be mentioned.
He plans to take Anna Nicole's story to the big screen, but it could also end up on TV... it's too early to tell. Nasser also says the rights to the story aren't needed, because they will be based on widely publicized events.
The movie could be released as soon as June of this year.
Who knew that sifting through celebrity garbage could be so lucrative? Evidently Anna Nicole Smith can be a meal ticket for many, even those who steal things out of her trash!
Evidently a memorabilia dealer who lived next door to Smith while she was filming her reality show, rummaged through her trash and found the diaries, Anna Nicole's drivers' license, and a book of business cards/contacts.
Anna Nicole's personal diary with entries that span from 1992 to 1994 are being auctioned off on Ebay. The bigging starts off at $25,000.
"She just pours out her soul, page after page, and it's an unbelievably interesting read," Thomas Riccio of Universal Rarities auction house says. "It's like a soap opera. It starts with nothing, and it ends up with her finding the fame that she craved."
Evidently she convincingly spoke about her relationship and love for her late billionare husband, J. Howard Marshall, a pregnancy scare and what pills she took.
"She's looking at baby clothes; she's not sure who the baby's father is," says Riccio. "There's one particular guy that she's worried won't be happy if she finds out she's indeed pregnant, and she actually says, 'I'm scared.'"
Maybe the part where she talks about loving her husband would have been good evidence in her trial to get her share of his inheritance. Now, anyone can buy them (if you have at least a quarter of a million bucks).
"It was 1,000 percent devotion to him in the second diary; how much she loved him," Riccio says, "and how much time she took to feed him, and take care of him, and how annoyed she was at Pierce, the son of J. Howard, for cutting off their money -- and how annoyed J. Howard was about that."
Rico claims that Anna Nicole's diaries have a worth of $500,000 to $1,000,000 each. The auction will take place on Ebay on March 22nd.
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Law and Order: Criminal Intent has signed actress Kristy Swanson to play Lorelei Mailer, a role based on the controversial fall of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith.
The show will also include a character based on Smith's companion and former attorney Howard K. Stern rumored to be played by comedian Jon Lovitz. While Stern, the man who claims to be the father of Anna Nicole's baby, Dannielynn, will get his own character; Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead is said to have been left out of the show.
A character based loosely on Smith’s estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, is likely to make the cut.
The episodes featuring the plot line that mirrors Anna Nicole's controversy is slated to air during May sweeps.
Anna Nicole Smith's death is a controversy, as is her son, Daniel's death. Now one of GaySocialites' readers, John, writes in with this....
Anna Nicoles son, Daniel, who's death is being investigated - appeared to have contacted a private investigator weeks before his death. He was concerned about his mother under the influence of Howard K. Stern, and he was wanting to have Stern followed and investigated because of the drugs his mother was on and because Stern was trying to keep Daniel away from Anna Nicole because he was concerned about their close relationship, and that interfered with Stern's plans for Smith's money. Private dectectives have met with the police and lawyers to discuss the latest developments in the case, and there are many. Stern will be implicated in this. He's guilty of Daniel's death and he's guilty of Annas'. The police aren't tipping their hand just yet, but with the custody now in favour of Birkhead and homicide squad sniffing around the scene mroe and more each day, you know something is up and its going to come out sooner than later. And it's no coincidence, Anna Nicole was going to give testimony at the investigation into Danie's death this month, and she conveniently died, from Drugs that Stern ordered in his name.
If this is true, then this could be good evidence that Daniel Wayne and Anna Nicole Smith were murdered. Who will serve the time? If anyone? Larry Birkhead and Virgie Arthur need to get their hands on this evidence, then they can win hands down.
The word is out. There no longer seems to be a question as to what drugs the late Playboy covergirl Anna Nicole Smith was taking before her death.
Fox 411 says they have obtained a fax written sent by Khristine Eroshevich, Smith’s personal psychiatrist and the woman who since her death claims to be her best friend.
It’s a request for a laundry list of drugs that Eroshevich wanted sent to the Bahamas by courier for “M. Chase,” the pseudonym Smith used to obtain drugs.
The list is potentially very harmful. It includes:
four bottles of 2 mg Dilaudid;
2 milliliter bottles of Lorazepam (Ativan);
two bottles of 350 mg Soma, a total of 180 tablets;
one bottle each of 30 mg Dalmane and 400 mg Prexige, a British drug;
one bottle of methadone, 300 5mg tablets.
All of these are classified as painkillers.
Eroshevich was evidently by Anna Nicole's side during her pregnancy, and she has also been speaking exclusively with "Entertainment Tonight" in support of Smith's most recent companion Howard K. Stern.
Eroshevich sent the fax on Sept. 15, 2006, a week after the baby was born and five days after Daniel’s death.
At first she sent it from the Bahamas to Sandeep Kapoor, the Los Angeles physician who treated Smith under the pseudonym “Michelle Chase.”
When Kapoor refused to fill the prescriptions, sources say, Eroshevich sent the request directly to Key Pharmacy in North Hollywood, Calif. It was also refused there.
The doctor wrote the fax in her own hand and added a note at the bottom: “You have my local number here. Please call if half of the amounts can be prepared, I’ll have someone take them to a courier to bring to me and he can [illegible] Fedex the rest, except for the Intensol, which has to be on ice.”
She signed it “Kris,” even though it seemed from the fax that she didn’t actually know Kapoor.
Fox showed the list to a pharmacist who said the dosages were "much higher than usual."
“That’s 12 times the amount of Dalmane. All together, these drugs potentially will kill you. I would have refused to fill the order.”
The directions for Prexige read: “Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby. Ask your doctor about the risks and benefits of taking Prexige in this case. It is not known if lumiracoxib, the active ingredient of Prexige, passes into the breast milk and could affect your baby.”
In a brief conversation last night with Fox 411, the psychiatrist, Eroshevich, acknowledged the existence of the fax, but declined to comment citing "patient confidentiality."
Stern and Anna Nicole herself both denied that the baby, Dannielynn, was born addicted to any drugs. Based on this information, that is VERY hard to believe.
It looks like Howard K. Stern won't be the only one who could potentially go down as a result of Anna Nicole's death.
The legacy of Anna Nicole has definitely once again lived on this week somewhat making Smith more famous now than when she was alive.
Was Anna Nicole Smith murdered?
An exclusive source has told GaySocialites.com that the autopsy results will show that Anna Nicole Smith died from a lethal dose of prescription drugs just as her late son Daniel did.
"Unlike Daniel, I'm told that Anna Nicole didn't mix an antidepressant with Methadone. Instead her results show Methadone and a pain killer similar to, if not, Demerol, " according to our source.
Later some of Anna Nicole's computers ended up the hands of police, delaying the medical examiner to release his results announcing Smith's cause of death. We later found out that the computers contained emails between Anna Nicole and her doctors that discussed drugs. In addition, they found invoices for the drugs that were evidently delivered while Smith was 8 months pregnant.
Police later came back and said they aren't considering Smith's death as a homicide.
Larry Birkhead needs a new US attorney:
Larry Birkhead and his seemingly loyal attorney Debra Opri have called it quits!
Early in the week, the two seemed like a solid team when Opri demanded that a judge require both Howard K. Stern and Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern submit DNA to determine the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's only heir. The judge did not honor their request, but Opri still called it a victory.
We didn't hear from Opri again until Friday morning when she released a statement saying, "Larry Birkhead and I have terminated our attorney-client relationship effective immediately." Opri says she quit because Larry was letting Howard K. Stern sway his opinion, while TMZ reported that Birkhead fired Opri earlier in the week. Birkhead still hasn't spoken on the "terminated" relationship.
DNA tests underway?
Larry Birkhead was glowing as he exited a Bahamas court room on Friday. It looks like the judge is going to call for DNA testing to determine the baby's paternity. On Tuesday, all parties will reconvene to hear testimony from DNA analysts. Birkhead also hopes to obtain custody of Dannielynn who is currently staying with Howard K. Stern, the man listed as the father of Anna Nicole Smith's only heir.
Since the DNA analysts will testify on Tuesday, it is likely that the DNA testing will have been completed before that hearing begins.
Crazy Prince Freddy? What is his purpose in this mess?
It seems as though Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt is just as confused about his involvement with Anna Nicole Smith and his plea for paternity of Dannielynn as we are. He doesn't want custody, but he does want everyone to know that he could be the father.
But don't call him a fraud! Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly may found that out the hard way. Prince Freddy is suing O'Reilly for defamation. Von Anhalt says that O'Reilly called him a "fraud," among other things, during a February 23 broadcast. He wants $10 million for his pain and suffering.
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Did Larry Birkhead's attorney quit or was she fired from the paternity case involving Anna Nicole Smith's daughter?
Debra Opri says she ended her relationship with Larry Birkhead while TMZ is reporting that he fired her.
Opri told MSNBC's Rita Cosby that she terminated the relationship because of the growing influence of Howard K. Stern, Smith's most recent companion.
"He has been firing me and hiring me regularly every other day since Howard K. Stern came into the mix. I just couldn't handle it anymore," she said. "I made my decision to end the relationship last night."
Larry Birkhead hasn't openly spoken about the end to the relationship. He was in the Bahamas on Friday where he left the courtroom in a very good mood after a judge likely told him that a DNA test would be ordered to determine who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daugter, Dannielynn.
Larry Birkhead was probably smiling so much when he left the Bahamas courthouse on Friday, because he now knows the judge will likely require DNA testing for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn. Birkhead hopes to prove that baby's father so that Howard K. Stern's name can be removed from the 6-month-old's birth certificate.
Along with a paternity test, Larry also wants custody of the little girl who he seems very confident is his daughter. Birkhead says Anna Nicole Smith told him that he was the father of the child, and other witness also say that Smith told them that Birkhead was Dannielynn's father.
TMZ is reporting that DNA testing will happen... or it may have already happened. Sources tell TMZ that the judge has ordered all parties involved back to court Tuesday where DNA Analysist will testify.
We don't know whether some or all of the DNA samples have already been taken.
If the smile on Larry Birkhead's face when leaving a Bahamian court room on Friday evening is any sign of his success, it looks like he will have custody of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn, as soon as next week!
Birkhead was all smiles when leaving the court house on Friday despite losing his US Attorney Debra Opri. MSNBC reports, the judge in the paternity dispute over Anna Nicole’s baby has made it clear that a DNA test is imminent.
Larry seems confident that he is Dannielynn's father and can easily prove that Howard K. Stern is not the baby's daddy with a paternity test. Today's hearing seems to put him one step closer to getting the chance to prove it!
“It’s getting a little bit better as each day as things become more positive and you have more time to deal with grief and things like that, so you know, I hope so,” Birkhead said.
Birkhead says he will stick around in the Bahamas until another court appearance on Tuesday where a judge may rule that he is granted custody of Anna Nicole Smith's only heir.
When asked what he would do Friday night, Birkhead couldn't hide his smile.
“A very good dinner,” Birkhead told Access Hollywood. “We’ll have some celebrations. I think that things are coming.”
We don't know if any DNA has been collected from Dannielynn, Birkhead or Stern. Meanwhile, Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur is also seeking custody of her granddaughter.
One of the men who says he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Larry Birkhead, has lost his right hand woman.
Birkhead's attorney Debra Opri issued a statement this morning saying she is out.
"Larry Birkhead and I have terminated our attorney-client relationship effective immediately," Opri said in a statement.
The two have been fighting over many different issues over the past few weeks regarding the custody battle for Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. Opri and Birkhead have evidently not been seeing eye-to-eye since the battle over Anna Nicole Smith's remains.
Birkhead will attend hearings on Friday in the Bahamas represented by his attorney there, but there is no work on who will take over his case in the US.
Opri added, "My prayers will be with Larry and Dannielynn always."
Birkhead is battling Howard K. Stern who currently has possession of Dannielynn and is listed on her birth certificate as the father. Opri has been Birkhead's attorney since even before Anna Nicole died on Feb. 8.
One of the men who claims to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby is suing Fox news anchor Bill O'Reilly for defamation. Prince Frederic Von Anhalt filed says that O'Reilly called him a "fraud," among other things, during a February 23 broadcast.
Von Anhalt claims he had an affair with Anna Nicole that spanned over 10 years making him a possiblity as Dannielynn's father.
Prince Von Anhalt is also the husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor. He wants $10 million for his pain and suffering.
Fox News isn't commenting. Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and most recent companion Howard K. Stern are also claim to be Dannielynn's father.
Police in Florida say they aren't necessarily investigating Anna Nicole Smith's death as a homicide.
Bahamian authorities went to Florida to meet with Seminole tribal police this week to talk about the ongoing investigation into the former Playboy model's sudden death on Feb. 8. Cops however say they aren't investigating a homicide.
The Broward County State Attorney's Office says that prosecutors were not involved in the meeting that took place between the Seminole detectives and Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner.
"We are continuing to help law enforcement agencies and the medical examiner as they try and figure out the nature of this death," state attorney's office spokesman Ron Ishoy said. "This is not a homicide investigation."
Police have also obtained two computers that were taken from the Bahamas home where Anna Nicole was staying.
Ford Shelley, a former friend of Smith's, turned the computers over to cops. Shelley is the son-in-law of G. Ben Thompson, the man who owns the home where Smith was staying with her companion Howard K. Stern and new-born daughter Dannielynn.
TMZ is reporting that police found invoices on one of the laptops for prescription drugs including Demerol and the sleep disorder drug Dalmane which according to the files on the computer were shipped to Anna Nicole while she was 8-months pregnant.
As you remember, our source told GaySocialites.com exclusively that medical examiners have determined that extremely high doses of Demerol and Methadone are the cause for Smith's death.
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We told you earlier today about an exclusive interview we had with a source close to Anna Nicole Smith's toxicology investigation saying that the medical examiner found a lethal mix of Methadone and Demerall in her system.
Now TMZ is confirming that the examiner Dr. Perper has in fact been looking into Anna Nicole's use of these two drugs.
TMZ also knows that Dr. Joshua Perper, the Medical Examiner, has interviewed people about Anna's drug use. We know Dr. Perper has asked about Anna's use of injectible Demerol, and whether she swabbed alcohol on her skin before inserting the needle.
The gossip gods are also reporting that Anna Nicole Smith's computer that was confiscated from her hotel room contained e-mails about drugs between she and her doctors.
Maybe Howard K. Stern may be off the hook afterall?!
In our exclusive story, I told you the details on how investigators are shifting Anna Nicole Smith's death inquiry into a homicide case. Now other sources are reporting similar stories.
The Miami Herald is reporting a similar story giving the basic details on how the focus will shift from accidental death to murder. The newspaper reports that officials have confirmed the meeting but didn't elaborate.
TMZ also reported that Anna's bodyguard, Big Moe, was interviewed by Seminole cops last week. According to the gossip gods, Big Moe told the cops that Howard K. Stern had given Anna Nicole drugs during the last months of her life.
It looks like a down-hill slope is coming for Howard K. Stern! What if he did kill Anna Nicole and Daniel Wayne too? Maybe they should get that baby to a safer place quickly!
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It has been more than a month since Anna Nicole Smith died, and we still don't have any official toxicology reports or a cause of death. GaySocialites.com has exclusively talked with a source who is involved in the investigation and claims that the results may point to either murder or suicide.
Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper was set to release his results last week, but decided to wait after Seminole police found some evidence that might change what Perper listed as Anna Nicole Smith's cause of death.
Our source, who is very close to the investigation and has presented us with verifiable and solid leads in the past says that Anna Nicole Smith, just like her son Daniel, died of a lethal mix of drugs in her system.
"The toxicology results show large amounts of Methadone in Anna Nicole Smith's system at the time of her death," our source told GaySocialites.com exclusively.
"In addition to Methadone she had another drug that when mixed with Methadone could be deadly," our source added.
"Unlike Daniel, I'm told that Anna Nicole didn't mix an antidepressant with Methadone. Instead her results show Methadone and a pain killer similar to, if not, Demerol, " according to our source.
Here's the creepier part: Our source told me that Dr. Perper had intended to pronounce Anna Nicole Smith's death as a suicide based on the lethal amounts of Methadone and Demerol in her system. However, some evidence on a computer left in Anna Nicole Smith's room that may have belonged to Howard K. Stern could change Perper's mind.
"Instead of suicide," our source says, "I think this is going to be looked at as murder."
Could it really be true? Was Anna Nicole Smith murdered? Our source told me that is likely that the person who put the drugs in Anna Nicole's system (whether it was her or someone else) did so with the intention of killing her. There were evidently just too high of dosages in her system.
Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur warned her via Nancy Grace, right after Daniel's death, to watch out for herself because she might be the next to die. Little did Smith or Arthur know that her mother was foreshadowing her fate. Arthur also accused Howard K. Stern of murdering Daniel in that same interview. Could she have been right about that too?
Anna Nicole Smith died in Florida on February 8. She leaves behind a 6-month-old daughter Dannielynn who is currently the center of a custody battle between Stern, Arthur and Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead.
During her younger years, Nicole Richie was hooked on heroin. It looks like she is resorting back to old ways -- sort of... this time she's evidently hooked on pills.
According to a source quoted by InTouch Weekly, Richie is not just taking pain killers. She's also taking Adderall, a drug normally perscribed to those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Insiders say Nicole has been using Adderall - a prescription drug normally used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and is a powerful appetite suppressant."She loves Adderall because she stays awake, and it makes her not want to eat," says a close pal. "And she takes it even more when she's filming."
Although her rep denies that she uses the drug, a pal says Nicole's actually increased her dosage: "She's taking more and more lately."
Richie also confessed to smoking weed when pulled over last year for driving the wrong way on the freeway.
Nicole is currently shooting the latest season of her hit reality show The Simple Life with co-star and once again best friend Paris Hilton.
Well, one thing we have learned from Anna Nicole Smith's death is that celebs can get a note for whatever they want in Hollywood.
Howard K. Stern is definitely suspect number one in the upcoming inquest to determine how Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, died especially since Smith is now dead herself. At this point, his testimony is vital in determining what happened to Daniel.
Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez, presiding over the March 26 hearing, said Anna Nicole would have been a material witness.
"Her death has caused us to lose the weight of her evidence, but at the same time, it has also increased the interest in the inquest because of the way in which she died. She also died suddenly, her son died very suddenly," Gomez told the Bahamas Journal.
Toxicology reports show that Daniel died of a lethal mix of prescription drugs including methadone and lexapro. Anna Nicole's cause of death has not yet been released.
While the inquest's primary goal will be exploring the cause of the son's death, the court also will "look with interest at the cause of (Anna Nicole's) death as well."
Daniel Wayne Smith died September 10 while visiting his mother and newborn sister, Dannielynn, at Doctors Hospital in Nassau. Anna Nicole Smith died on February 8 while vacationing in Florida.
A custody battle between Anna Nicole's mother Virgie Arthur, her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and Stern is currently underway.
According to TMZ.com, as of Monday, several of Anna Nicole Smith's personal items, including diaries, ID cards and store receipts, are up for sale on Ebay.
Evidently the items were taken from Anna Nicole's garbage while she was taping her reality show, The Anna Nicole Show.
The diary is currently going for $25,000.
Her former "Bodyguard" William Castleberry and D'Eva and Eric Redding also have items up for bid.
It looks like someone other than her estranged mother Virgie Arthur, ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and most recent companion Howard K. Stern aren't the only ones making money on the model's tragic death.
If all of this is true, then what does Howard K. Stern have to hide? If he really is Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern's biological father, then why won't he submit his DNA and Dannielynn's DNA for paternity testing?
Some say he is doing it to 'honor Anna Nicole's wishes.' I ask, should a man who helped shelter the former Playboy model and reality star from the rest of the world while she fostered a methadone addiction be allowed to live out her requests? The simple answer is no.
While she was alive, most of us suspected that Anna Nicole Smith was drugged up the majority of the time. Now after her death, it has been confirmed that she was a regular methadone user.
Today a California judge denied Larry Birkhead's request to require that Howard K. Stern submit his and the baby's DNA. Basically Birkhead wants Stern to put up or shut up. The judge did, however, say he could change his mind in the coming weeks as he studies the controversy.
So is Larry Birkhead or Howard K. Stern the father? Birkhead seems confident while Stern seemingly has something to hide.
I guess it will all come out soon. Either way, my heart goes out to poor Dannielynn.
Larry Birkhead's attorney, Debra Opri, requested Howard K. Stern's DNA to determine if who is the baby's father.
"Put up or shut up, that's what we're asking for," Opri said outside court.
In the closed hearing Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider refused to make Stern a part of the paternity court action, but he said he may change his mind in two weeks after he considers the law more closely.
Stern was Anna Nicole Smith's most recent companion and lived with her at the time of her death. He also claims that he is Dannielynn's father. She currently lives with Stern in the Bahamas.
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Playboy model turned reality star Anna Nicole Smith has seen almost as much fame since death as she did when she was alive and ticking. This past week her mother and ex-husband have filed papers to have Smith's son exhumed and moved to Texas while her drug dealing doctor has avoided medical examiners. Now this upcoming week, a custody battle for her only living heir will begin.
The rollercoaster ride has only just begun.
Anna Nicole's first husband Billy Smith and her estranged mother Virgie Arthur began a campaign to dig up Anna Nicole and Billy's son Daniel to move his dead body to Texas for burial near the family he never really knew. A few weeks ago, Anna Nicole's friends finally buried her right next to Daniel after weeks of court battles, but if her family has their way the buxom blonde's body will lay in the Bahamas alone.
Meanwhile back in the United States, the medical examiner who was prepared to release Anna Nicole's cause of death on Friday has put his decision on hold after speaking with local police about evidence that could change his verdict. The examiner Dr. Joshua Perper said he has spoken with everyone close to Smith with the exception of the doctor who issued a prescription for methadone to Smith while she was 8-months pregnant. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor said through an attorney that he doesn't have anything to contribute to the investigation. Kapoor has justified his decision to prescribe methadone to a pregnant Anna Nicole Smith despite questions on why he would give her methadone at all. Methadone is a drug that is often prescribed to help heroin users kick their addiction, but witnesses say Anna Nicole has been using the drug as a pain killer for years.
This week is also when things will start to pick-up with the custody battle over Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn. The 6-month-old little girl is expected to inherit millions from her mother's estate. Now, a three-way battle between Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead and Virgie Arthur; the custody battle is more heated than ever. The end result will likely come down to a paternity test. If there is no clean-cut answer on who the father of the child is, then Arthur may snag custody as Dannielynn's nearest living relative.
Anna Nicole Smith died of still unknown causes on February 8th while vacationing in Florida. She was buried nearly one month later.
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There is new evidence regarding the death of Anna Nicole Smith, but the new details have not been released. The medical examiner who was expected to announce her cause of death this week has decided to wait after meeting with Seminole police.
FOX News forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden said it is unusual to make a delay at this point in an autopsy.
"The cause of death should be patently obvious at this time ... it sounds like there may be issues about whether it's a homicide or not," he said.
So you think they'll go after the doctor (Sandeep Kapoor) or the drug administrator (Howard K. Stern)?
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The man who prescribed methadone to Anna Nicole Smith while she was pregnant is speaking out (through his attorney) regarding allegations that he won't cooperate with the medical examiner's report.
Dr. Joshua Perper is responsible for determining the cause of Anna Nicole's death, but Dr. Sandeep Kapoor won't talk to him. Kapoor's attorney says he can not contribute anything to the investigation.
I guess since he knew that it was medically sound to give methadone to a pregnant woman with a drug problem, then he knows that he isn't needed to determine her cause of death. LOSER!
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Dr. Joshua Perper announced earlier this week that he would announce the cause of death for the late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith by Friday, however that is not the case anymore!
If you've been living under a rock or suffer from short-term memory loss, Smith died exactly one month ago on February 8th at a Seminole, Florida hotel and casino.
Perper has interviewed everyone close to the model with the exception of her shady doctor who perscribed the buxon blonde methadone while she was 8-months pregnant. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor refused to speak with the medical examiner.
The examinar met with Seminole police on Wednesday, and they told Dr. Perper that they have more evidence that may change his conclusion.
However, Perper said it is unlikely but possible that he may change his conclusion based on the new evidence, so he agreed to postpone his official conclusion for a week or two.
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Meet Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.
According to HealthGrades.com, Dr. Kapoor "practices Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine in North Hollywood and Studio City, California." The website also says that he has been in the profession for 15 years and graduated from the Boston University School Of Medicine with a MD.
What this website doesn't tell you is that Dr. Kapoor is also the same man who prescribed methadone to Anna Nicole Smith while she was pregnant.
When later questioned about giving a pregnant woman a drug used to help heroin adicts recover, he said it was "medically sound and appropriate."
Now as it turns out, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor is the only man who refused to speak to Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County Medical Examiner who is investing the cause of Anna Nicole's death.
Does this mean Dr. Sandeep is guilty of murdering Anna Nicole Smith? Not necessarily. But it does raise some questions about his judgment as a doctor.
Anna Nicole Smith seemed to live in a world of fantasy that invited just the right people to protect the fantasy world in which she lived.
Meanwhile, we await Dr. Perper's results and a court ruling to determine if Larry Birkhead or Howard K. Stern could either be the father of Anna Nicole's infant daughter, Dannielynn.
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Sex tapes seem to be the thing to do if you can't live without more publicity, but what happens if your sex tape leaks after you're dead?
Anna Nicole Smith's former lover Mark Hatten who is currently in prison for terrorizing the former Playboy model says he and Smith recorded a sex tape that he is worried may leak to the media.
Evidently Hatten wrote to Anna Nicole's estranged mother Virgie Arthur and pleaded that she try to get her hands on the video before it leaks. Hatten is worried that the video is one of the items that may have been stolen from Smith's Bahamian mansion in the days following her death.
In the letters acquired by TMZ.com, Hatten writes, "it must be destroyed." He also adds that Anna was "against (hardcore) pornography."
Many people have ridiculed me and other bloggers for insinuating that Howard K. Stern could have murdered Anna Nicole Smith. We may not be too far off.
Smith's bodyguard talked to the Florida's Seminole Police Department on Wednesday about the circumstances surrounding her death, according to TMZ.com.
Cops went to the house of "Big Moe" on Wednesday morning in Pembroke Pines, FL because they have questions about the security camera video at the hotel where Smith died.
Big Moe allegedly told the cops that Smith was on "heavy doses" of prescription drugs the day she died, including flu medicine and antibiotics. Sources also told TMZ that Moe told the cops that in the months leading up to Smith's death, Stern gave her "some types of drugs," though he didn't specifically know which. As he put it, "Anna was in a cloud."
This is Howard K. Stern may be charged with killing Anna Nicole Smith.
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Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel Wayne, died in a Bahamian hospital room while visiting his mother who had just given birth.
It took the world by surprise. Daniel was always portrayed as "the good kid" on their reality program "The Anna Nicole Smith" show on E! However, his autopsy reports say he died of a lethal mix of two prescription drugs, methadone and lexapro. Methadone is used to treat heroin addicts and increasingly used as a recreational drug. Lexapro is an anti-depressant.
How did the good guy die of an overdose? Is it possible that he wasn't as straight-laced as we all thought? Or was he murdered?
Anna Nicole's estranged mother says someone killed Daniel Wayne. Speaking as if she has seen the toxicology results (and I don't know if she has), Virgie Arthur told the Sun: “It was murder. The levels of drugs in his body are way too high. Someone has to pay.”
Shortly after Daniel's death and prior to Anna Nicole's, Virgie Arthur told the media she suspected that Howard K. Stern had killed Daniel to clear a path to Anna Nicole's millions coming her way from the estate of her late husband J. Howard Marshall.
Bahamian authorities are investigating Daniel Wayne Smith's death.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Department is expected to release the cause of death of Anna Nicole Smith by the end of the week.
I have wondered why it would take so long to release the cause of death, especially for someone in such a high profile position. Today, I have learned that the medical examiners claim to still be running tests to determine not only the cause of death, but also "the manner of death."
The manner of death? Could that mean we may know more about the possibility of foul play or does that mean she definitely had an overdose.
I guess we will all know this week! Meanwhile, the paternity of her now 6-month old daughter Dannielynn is still unknown. Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern are evidently negotiating a deal that may put a quick end to the court battles.
The National Enquirer ran these photos of what they seemingly admitted were fake photos or "enhanced images" of corpse that could be Anna Nicole Smith. But today, the New York Post has a tipster who says the photos weren't fake at all.
One New York Post source says '"The photos were real... They were taken with a cell phone. The Enquirer had to say that they were fake to protect their source. There are only a couple people who had that kind of access to the body."
That means if this is true, then someone had to pull the refridgerated remains of the dead supermodel out and snapped a picture with their phone. Either way, its extremely distasteful.
Rumors surfaced late last week that Anna Nicole Smith's first husband Billy Smith wanted to have their son's body moved to their home state of Texas.
Anna Nicole's mother Virgie Arthur filed a request in a Bahamian court to have Daniel Wayne Smith exhumed and relocated on Billy's behalf.
Daniel died late last year while visiting his mother after the birth of his sister Dannielynn.
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Today we're looking back at what we can all learn from the death of Anna Nicole Smith.
Here's some advise based on Anna Nicole's controversy after she died on February 8th in Broward County, FL of causes still unknown.
1. Its all coming out after you die.
I don't mean to sound morbid or to scare the shit out of everyone, but all of those little secrets you have now are coming out after you die, such as; methadone addictions, who your baby's daddy really is, crazy videos, scandalous pictures, etc. So either hide it VERY well or don't do it all.
2. Tie up your loose strings, don't procrastinate.
If you have pending items that you have been putting off, I advise you to get off your ass and get it done. If you don't make these decisions now, someone else will make them for you after you croak. For example, if you aren't sure whether or not you're a citizen of the US or the Bahamas, trot yourself down to the immigration office and figure it out! We aren't all former models turned reality stars. If you're a nobody and an illegal alien the government might put your body in a box and mail it to your homeland. Or as another example, if you're only somewhat married; you need to get an official stamp on it ASAP! If not, your significant other may not have any rights after you are gone. If you're gay and your state doesn't recognize gay marriage, civil unions or domestic partnership... see also #5.
3. You can run but you can't hide.
If you're running from something or someone (i.e. the real father of you 5-month old baby), you gotta get them off your back sooner or later. From the looks of the way things have turned out for Anna Nicole Smith, later is waaaaay too late!! Figure out a solution now or you may not get an opinion at all!
4. Your family always has a 'say so.'
You may hate your family, but they're always your family. It doesn't matter if you haven't spoken to them in 10 years or if you're 'estranged;' they are going to come out of the wood work when you die to at least act like they love you. If you hate them that much, see also #5.
5. Write a will.
It really doesn't matter if you are broke and don't have any possessions, you should still make a will. Don't just write it on a napkin. Make it legit and register it with the court. Be sure to include all the details on how envision your final day and where you want to be laid to rest. If you don't a court may decide it all for you. Additionally, if you want to leave your personal items to someone who isn't legitimately related to you then you need to put it in writing!
Anna Nicole Smith was buried on Friday in the Bahamas.
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Anna Nicole Smith's closest friends fought Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur to get her buried next to her late son, Daniel Wayne Smith, in the Bahamas. Now, Smith may be left there all alone.
Daniel's father, Billy Smith, says he wants to have his son's body exhumed and moved to Texas.
If this happens, Anna Nicole's plan is shot. She purchased a plot for herself right next to her son's so they could lay to rest together forever. After weeks of court battles, she was finally buried there on Friday.
Billy Smith is trying to get a court hearing on this matter next week. Hearings to determine the custody and paternity of Smith's 5-month-old daugher, Dannielynn, will also continue later this month. Arthur, Smith's most recent companion Howard K. Stern and her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead have all filed suit for custody.
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Even though Anna Nicole Smith has finally been laid to rest, she is still making headlines.
The New York Daily News is reporting that Smith's grave site has surged to the top of the tourism checklist bumping a fancy resort out of the #1 spot for the the first time in years.
The Daily News quoted one lady as saying that Anna Nicole Smith was her only reason for visiting teh Bahamas.
"We got off the cruise ship, got into a taxi and said, 'Take us to Anna's grave,'" Vicki Gwaltney, 51, from Florida (who saw Smith's final resting spot with her friend and 92-year-old mom) told the Daily News. "For me, this trip was all about Anna. I booked it two weeks ago just because this was going on. Anna Nicole's what brought me here."
Tourism leaders seem to be soaking it up. Just add them to the list of those who are making money off of the death of the world's most popular Playboy model joining the likes of her estranged mother Virgie Arthur, "boyfriend" Howard K. Stern, ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, a handful of cab drivers, and Entertainment Tonight. The list goes on and on.
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Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest today in the Bahamas.
Her casket covered by a pink flowing cloth was rolled down a red carpet while most recent boyfriend Howard K. Stern sat near ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead with estranged mother Virgie Arthur across the isle. E! News is reporting that Larry and Howard sat near each other and spoke many times throughout the service. They also report that neither were seen talking to Virgie. Smith's 5-month-old daugher, Dannielynn, did not attend.
Country singer Joe Nichols performed two songs while Howard, Larry and Virgie all said a few words. Virgie said she was proud of Anna Nicole for making something of herself, Larry spoke highly of his time with the buxom blonde, and Howard said she died of a broken heart.
Smith was buried right next to her son, Daniel, at a plot she purchased for herself when he died. They also placed the ashes of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall, in the casket with her.
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Now lets look back at the last week of Feburary.
After her remains laid in a Broward County coroners freezer for three weeks, Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest Friday with a lavish funeral in the Bahamas.
Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, tried all she could to get the Playboy model's body back to her home state of Texas giving up only after two judges ruled to allow a court appointed custodian for her 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn.
Smith was laid to rest next to her late son, Daniel. She was 39 years old.
Rest in peace, Anna Nicole Smith.
Back in California, another mischevious superstar was able to keep herself in rehab. It may not sound like too much of a feat, but I guess the third time was a charm for Britney Spears. After going crazy by shaving her head and getting some new ink done, the "Toxic" singer checked herself in and out of rehab twice before renting out a whole wing at the California's Promises Rehabilitation Center.
Meanwhile, her two infant sons are staying with the father, Kevin Federline.
FoxNews.com is reporting that Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead spent the night negotiating TV deals and a way for Stern to remain in the baby's life after he hands her over to Birkhead.
Anna Nicole Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, is expected to inherit millions of dollars from Smith's ex-husband's estate. Now, according to FoxNews.com, Howard K. Stern is making sure he gets his share. The news channel is reporting on their website that Stern is talking with Birkhead about giving him custody of the child in exchange for Stern being allowed to control her finances.
Stern is also trying to get Birkhead to sign an exclusive deal with two TV programs, "Entertainment Tonight" and "the Insider," so that Stern isn't the only one talking with them and doesn't come under fire for being paid for his time.
And I am getting beaten to death for saying Stern is in this for money?! C'mon people. It's starting to become black and white.
After three weeks of sitting in a Broward County coroner's office, the body of former Playboy playmate, Anna Nicole Smith, was escorted by police to the Miami International Airport and flown by private plane to the Bahamas.
Friends and family have gathered to lay the buxom blonde to rest next to her son, Daniel, who died last year.
The ceremony is said to have a guestlist of about 300 people, and country music star Joe Nichols will perform at the funeral and at graveside. Smith and Nichols were friends before she died on Feburary 8.
Now that Smith will be laid to rest, it will be up to a judge to decide who will get permanent custody of her 5-month-old heiress, Dannielynn.
Smith's companion Howard K. Stern, estranged mother Virgie Arthur and ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead all want custody of Dannielynn, who could inherit millions of dollars.
Who knew that the late model Anna Nicole Smith would play a role in politics? While alive she may have even said "over my dead body." Well, that's exactly how it's happening.
The small island nation is in the midst of a political election right now, and Anna Nicole Smith's controversial death may be an issue on voter's minds.
According to the Washington Post, opposition to the government has charged that the current administration's handling of Smith's case shows its incompetence.
"The Anna Nicole debacle and all the publicity regarding that ... has energized the base of the (Free National Movement) and hurt the PLP. They are losing ground and something needs to happen to swing the momentum back," an attorney close to the opposition told the paper.
Immigration Minister Shane Gibson resigned from his post on February 18 when a newspaper published pictures of him embracing the buxom blonde on a bed. Shortly after accusations surfaced saying he handed Smith residency without requiring that she follow proper procedures.
Smith is scheduled to buried on Friday afternoon in the Bahamas. Thursday marked three weeks since her death, without a proper funeral. Her resting place itself is expected to become a tourist attraction in the Bahamas.
Howard K. Stern will evidently be reading a letter that Anna Nicole Smith wrote for her son, Daniel's, funeral last year.
GaySocialites.com has obtained the contents of the letter, and it's definitely touching...
"My dearest son Daniel, you were my rock; you were the only one who could keep me solid. Why God took you away from me I do not now understand. Perhaps some day I will. I wish he would have taken me instead. Now you're gone and I don't know how Mommy's gonna make it without you. I will come home to you. Your mother, always and forever."
Smith will be buried on Friday in the Bahamas.
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Country star Joe Nichols is scheduled to perform at Anna Nicole Smith's funeral on Friday in the Bahamas. Nicols will perform his song "I'll Wait for You" and one of Smith's favorite songs, "Wings of a Dove" at her graveside after being invited by the Smith's most recent companion, Howard K. Stern.
Smith and Nichols have been friends for years after meeting at the Grande Ole' Opry in Tennessee.
"I hope to bring some comfort through music to the people who were closest to her during this sad time," Nicols said.
More than 300 people are invited to attend the funeral service which will also feature a video montage created from Anna Nicole's home videos set to Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven."
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After much debate, Anna Nicole Smith will finally be laid to rest in the Bahamas next to her 20-year-old son, Daniel, who died late last year.
Reports say the funeral is expected to be over-the-top in true Anna Nicole form.
The memorial service will have a tight guest list with about 300 attendees at an undisclosed church, featuring large amounts of pink flowers, her favorite color, and a well known performer who hasn't been announced yet. She is also expected to be buried in an elegant fluffy dress, true Anna Nicole style.
After the funeral is over, the court battles will continue according to an attorney representing Smith's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, who is fighting for custody of 5-month-old, Dannielynn.
"We now move on to the Bahamas and continue the hearing for March 16 where we fully anticipate there will be a DNA order," Larry Birkhead's attorney, Debra Opri said.
Smith died in Florida on February 8. She leaves behind one daughter as we have mentioned, Dannielynn, who is expected to receive all of Smith's inheritance including the millions coming her way from her late husband, J. Howard Marshall's, estate.
It has been exactly three weeks since former model and reality star Anna Nicole Smith died in Florida. Her body hasn't been buried yet, but the attorney in charge of it all says the service will take place tomorrow.
The question on all of our minds is: what killed Anna Nicole? Her estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, seems confident that it was drugs; and after Smith's death all signs have pointed to towards an overdose.
Now, reports are surfacing that Smith may have died from pnemonia. The coroner's early findings said there were no pills in the late Playmate's body, but he also said he was waiting for the toxicology reports to rule out drug use. How long should these reports take anyway? You would think that they could rush them or something!
Meanwhile friends and family have already started to arrive in the Bahamas for Friday morning's funeral. All of the players in the court battle including her companion Howard K. Stern, ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, Virgie Arthur and 5-month-old Dannielynn are all expected to attend.