http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251147,00.html
Birkhead's attorney Debra Opri requested in Friday's hearing that the judge order that DNA be immediately collected from the Smith, who died Thursday in Florida.
"Nothing was granted. Nothing was denied," Opri said after the hearing. "Everything is up in the air right now."
She said another hearing had been set for Feb. 20. The DNA was needed to connect Smith with Dannielynn "so that no one can switch the babies," Opri said.
Anna Nicole Smith is dead
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Bellarose wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251147,00.html
Birkhead's attorney Debra Opri requested in Friday's hearing that the judge order that DNA be immediately collected from the Smith, who died Thursday in Florida.
"Nothing was granted. Nothing was denied," Opri said after the hearing. "Everything is up in the air right now."
She said another hearing had been set for Feb. 20. The DNA was needed to connect Smith with Dannielynn "so that no one can switch the babies," Opri said.
That makes sense. I mean, think about it. If you wanted Anna Nicole's money and you knew you were NOT the father of her baby, how else to stop the real father from being discovered but by switching the baby so that even the real father's DNA would not be a match. We know there's no doubt that Anna Nicole is Dannielyn's mother. So, if they have the mother's DNA and baby's DNA and know that both belong to each other, then they can compare the men's DNA samples and see which one matches with the true baby of Anna Nicole, the one and only Dannielyn.
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kevin wrote:While I feel bad for her family and friends, I find it grotesque the amount of sympathy people give to these 'celebrities'. People die every day of tragedy, and somehow being in the public light makes it more profound.
I think I can explain. We all grieve when one of our loved one's dies. People who identify with or enjoy a celebrity feel a connection to them. With the death, people do feel the sense of loss.
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Bellarose wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251147,00.html
Birkhead's attorney Debra Opri requested in Friday's hearing that the judge order that DNA be immediately collected from the Smith, who died Thursday in Florida.
"Nothing was granted. Nothing was denied," Opri said after the hearing. "Everything is up in the air right now."
She said another hearing had been set for Feb. 20. The DNA was needed to connect Smith with Dannielynn "so that no one can switch the babies," Opri said.
Thanks.. this makes more sense.
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LOL at Zsa Zsa's husband. He was just on Larry King and proclaimed Birkhead and Stern to be full of (insert word here), and he actually said the word. He is a raving idiot and this is ridiculous. Larry just asked Birkhead's attorney to respond and she said she wasn't going to waste time doing it, LOL.
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okay I know this sounds completely awful, but I read on another board that a couple of radio stations were saying that there was rumor that her son was actually the father and that's why he od'd cause she told him.
That really makes me vomit, and assuming there is no truth to that (gawd, I hope not!), those radio stations dj's should be slapped repeatedly.
That really makes me vomit, and assuming there is no truth to that (gawd, I hope not!), those radio stations dj's should be slapped repeatedly.
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GalvestonDuck wrote:LOL! I saw that too, Brent! I was on the computer in another room and heard it on the TV. I had to go rewind it, so I could watch and listen on my DVR to be sure I heard what I thought I heard.
I know.
He also said that there could be 20-30 men that could be the father. What an idiot. I know she got around, but that is impossible, not to mention disrespectful.
So it's being reported tonight that there was a will, but it was written BEFORE the baby was born and before Daniel's death. It allegedly named him as the sole heir... and had Howard K. Stern as the executor.
It's also reported that Anna Nicole's mom has gone to the Bahamas to find out about the baby(which no one seems to know about).
and WOW... Holly. That's even more ridiculous and distasteful than this crap with the "Prince".
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Am I just being crazy but it is very interesting that Anna Nicole and her son both wind up dead after she meets Howard K. Stern. Howard meets her, befriends her, gains her trust, marries her. Then all of a sudden her son dies, then his wife dies. Who's left to get the fortune? He is.
The police should investigate him very closely. Interestingly enough, the prescription drugs were Howard K. Stern's. That was reported on CNN Headline news tonight. Also interestingly enough, he was nearby for both deaths.
Howard Stern may have blood on his hands tonight.
The police should investigate him very closely. Interestingly enough, the prescription drugs were Howard K. Stern's. That was reported on CNN Headline news tonight. Also interestingly enough, he was nearby for both deaths.
Howard Stern may have blood on his hands tonight.
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jason0509 wrote:Am I just being crazy but it is very interesting that Anna Nicole and her son both wind up dead after she meets Howard K. Stern. Howard meets her, befriends her, gains her trust, marries her. Then all of a sudden her son dies, then his wife dies. Who's left to get the fortune? He is.
The police should investigate him very closely. Interestingly enough, the prescription drugs were Howard K. Stern's. That was reported on CNN Headline news tonight. Also interestingly enough, he was nearby for both deaths.
Howard Stern may have blood on his hands tonight.
I agree!! Thank you.
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jason0509 wrote:Am I just being crazy but it is very interesting that Anna Nicole and her son both wind up dead after she meets Howard K. Stern. Howard meets her, befriends her, gains her trust, marries her. Then all of a sudden her son dies, then his wife dies. Who's left to get the fortune? He is.
The police should investigate him very closely. Interestingly enough, the prescription drugs were Howard K. Stern's. That was reported on CNN Headline news tonight. Also interestingly enough, he was nearby for both deaths.
Howard Stern may have blood on his hands tonight.
Oh there's defintely something not right about this situation. It just seems way too convienent to me.
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Stern's been involved in ANS's life for several years, Jason. ET is saying he's known her for 14 years.
I'm wondering if postpartum depression didn't play a role in her death also.
I'm wondering if postpartum depression didn't play a role in her death also.
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jason0509 wrote:Am I just being crazy but it is very interesting that Anna Nicole and her son both wind up dead after she meets Howard K. Stern. Howard meets her, befriends her, gains her trust, marries her. Then all of a sudden her son dies, then his wife dies. Who's left to get the fortune? He is.
The police should investigate him very closely. Interestingly enough, the prescription drugs were Howard K. Stern's. That was reported on CNN Headline news tonight. Also interestingly enough, he was nearby for both deaths.
Howard Stern may have blood on his hands tonight.
A lot of people have talked about this, but it seems like faulty logic to me. If Stern was her heir by will, then there was no reason to kill her son. If there is no will, then he would have had to kill the baby first. He doesn't get the money either way.
Now, she could have had her son and Stern as heirs, but it doesn't seem likely that someone who has such a detailed, up-to-date will would go this long without mentioning the baby in it.
I've heard several people on TV assuming that he gets the money if there's no will. If there isn't a will, the daughter gets all of the money.
I'm not positive who has jurisdiction here. She was in the Bahamas recently, but before the birth had been living in South Carolina. From what I understand, inheritance laws in the US and Bahamas are similar.
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More Tests Needed in Smith Death Case
Feb 9, 9:01 PM (ET)
By CURT ANDERSON
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Prescription drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, but there were no pills in her stomach, and investigators said Friday they are awaiting tests that could tell whether the former centerfold died of an overdose, as some close to her suspect.
At the same time, a judge in Los Angeles ordered that the model's body be preserved for at least 10 days for a possible DNA test related to a paternity dispute. The ruling could interfere with plans for a funeral.
Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County medical examiner who did the autopsy, said no illegal drugs were discovered in Smith's room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood after the 39-year-old pinup collapsed there on Thursday. He would not identify the prescription drugs.
But CNN quoted an unidentified law enforcement source as saying there were large amounts of prescription drugs, including Valium and antibiotics, as well as over-the-counter cold and flu medication.
Perper said that although toxicology tests are pending, the autopsy found no immediate evidence, either in Smith's stomach or her bloodstream, that she had taken large amounts of prescription medication. But officials "do not exclude any kind of contribution of medication to the death," he added.
He reported signs of inflammation in Smith's heart - "Something which looks a little bit unusual" - but added, "It may be nothing."
He said it would take three to five weeks to conclude the investigation. Authorities also planned to interview a nurse and others and examine medical records before settling on a cause of death.
Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said there was no indication the voluptuous blonde was the victim of a crime, and Perper said the autopsy was able to exclude any kind of physical injury such as blows to the body or asphyxiation.
"There are a number of possibilities" as to the cause of death, Perper said, including natural causes, a drug reaction or some combination of the two.
Perper said she had been sick for several days with some kind of stomach flu.
And in yet another strange twist in the case, a third man - the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Prince Frederic von Anhalt - stepped forward Friday to claim he may be the baby's father.
Smith, a small-town Texas girl who went from topless dancer to Playboy Playmate of the Year, Guess jeans model and bride of an 89-year-old oilman, was found unconscious in her hotel room by a private nurse, officials said. A bodyguard performed CPR, Tiger said, but Smith was declared dead at a hospital.
In recent TV appearances, Smith's speech was often slurred and critics said she seemed drugged-out.
Michael Scott, a former attorney for Smith in the Bahamas, said he suspects drugs "featured in her death." And Smith's mother said Friday she believes her daughter died of an overdose. Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, died in September of what was believed to be an accidental drug overdose, around the time Smith gave birth to her daughter, Dannielynn.
"I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny," her mother, Vergie Arthur, told ABC's "Good Morning America.""I tried to warn her about drugs and the people that she hung around with. She didn't listen."
"She was too drugged up," Arthur said. "By the last interview I saw of her, she was so wasted."
Smith's attorney, Ron Rale, dismissed claims her death was related to drugs as "a bunch of nonsense." Rale said he had talked to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, and she had flu symptoms and a fever and was still grieving over her son.
In Los Angeles, a judge ordered that Smith's body be preserved until a Feb. 20 hearing in the paternity case. He refused to order an immediate DNA test on Smith to help identify the baby's father.
Normally, there is no need for DNA testing on the mother in a paternity case. But one of the men who are claiming to be the baby's father asked for genetic material from Smith to guard against a possible baby switch.
Two men have claimed to be the father: attorney Howard K. Stern, Smith's most recent companion, and Larry Birkhead, a former boyfriend. Then, on Friday, von Anhalt announced that he had had an affair with Smith and might be the father.
The paternity decision could determine the child's inheritance.
At her death, Smith was waging a years long court battle over the estate of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall II, who died in 1995 at age 90. A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million, but that was later overturned.
Feb 9, 9:01 PM (ET)
By CURT ANDERSON
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Prescription drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, but there were no pills in her stomach, and investigators said Friday they are awaiting tests that could tell whether the former centerfold died of an overdose, as some close to her suspect.
At the same time, a judge in Los Angeles ordered that the model's body be preserved for at least 10 days for a possible DNA test related to a paternity dispute. The ruling could interfere with plans for a funeral.
Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County medical examiner who did the autopsy, said no illegal drugs were discovered in Smith's room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood after the 39-year-old pinup collapsed there on Thursday. He would not identify the prescription drugs.
But CNN quoted an unidentified law enforcement source as saying there were large amounts of prescription drugs, including Valium and antibiotics, as well as over-the-counter cold and flu medication.
Perper said that although toxicology tests are pending, the autopsy found no immediate evidence, either in Smith's stomach or her bloodstream, that she had taken large amounts of prescription medication. But officials "do not exclude any kind of contribution of medication to the death," he added.
He reported signs of inflammation in Smith's heart - "Something which looks a little bit unusual" - but added, "It may be nothing."
He said it would take three to five weeks to conclude the investigation. Authorities also planned to interview a nurse and others and examine medical records before settling on a cause of death.
Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said there was no indication the voluptuous blonde was the victim of a crime, and Perper said the autopsy was able to exclude any kind of physical injury such as blows to the body or asphyxiation.
"There are a number of possibilities" as to the cause of death, Perper said, including natural causes, a drug reaction or some combination of the two.
Perper said she had been sick for several days with some kind of stomach flu.
And in yet another strange twist in the case, a third man - the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Prince Frederic von Anhalt - stepped forward Friday to claim he may be the baby's father.
Smith, a small-town Texas girl who went from topless dancer to Playboy Playmate of the Year, Guess jeans model and bride of an 89-year-old oilman, was found unconscious in her hotel room by a private nurse, officials said. A bodyguard performed CPR, Tiger said, but Smith was declared dead at a hospital.
In recent TV appearances, Smith's speech was often slurred and critics said she seemed drugged-out.
Michael Scott, a former attorney for Smith in the Bahamas, said he suspects drugs "featured in her death." And Smith's mother said Friday she believes her daughter died of an overdose. Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, died in September of what was believed to be an accidental drug overdose, around the time Smith gave birth to her daughter, Dannielynn.
"I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny," her mother, Vergie Arthur, told ABC's "Good Morning America.""I tried to warn her about drugs and the people that she hung around with. She didn't listen."
"She was too drugged up," Arthur said. "By the last interview I saw of her, she was so wasted."
Smith's attorney, Ron Rale, dismissed claims her death was related to drugs as "a bunch of nonsense." Rale said he had talked to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, and she had flu symptoms and a fever and was still grieving over her son.
In Los Angeles, a judge ordered that Smith's body be preserved until a Feb. 20 hearing in the paternity case. He refused to order an immediate DNA test on Smith to help identify the baby's father.
Normally, there is no need for DNA testing on the mother in a paternity case. But one of the men who are claiming to be the baby's father asked for genetic material from Smith to guard against a possible baby switch.
Two men have claimed to be the father: attorney Howard K. Stern, Smith's most recent companion, and Larry Birkhead, a former boyfriend. Then, on Friday, von Anhalt announced that he had had an affair with Smith and might be the father.
The paternity decision could determine the child's inheritance.
At her death, Smith was waging a years long court battle over the estate of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall II, who died in 1995 at age 90. A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million, but that was later overturned.
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The woman had flu like symptoms for nearly a week. The day before her death she was put into an ice bath to lower her 105F body temperature.
Am I the only person that suspects the "birdie flu" has finally arrived on the North American continent?
Am I the only person that suspects the "birdie flu" has finally arrived on the North American continent?
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Just read the most recent news about the case and I guess it was inevitable for it to happen.
But let me be the first (and, maybe, the only) to say that I will be offended if anyone posts a link to the video that is reportedly out there now. If someone is that darned curious that they want to see it, let them find it on their own.
I didn't care to see Steve Irwin die and I don't care to see Anna Nicole dying. Death itself doesn't bother me obviously. I've worked in hospitals for almost 20 years. And I don't care if someone else wishes to watch the video. That's your prerogative.
Let me add that I am not speaking as a moderator here or on behalf of the staff. It's just my own personal opinion.
But let me be the first (and, maybe, the only) to say that I will be offended if anyone posts a link to the video that is reportedly out there now. If someone is that darned curious that they want to see it, let them find it on their own.
I didn't care to see Steve Irwin die and I don't care to see Anna Nicole dying. Death itself doesn't bother me obviously. I've worked in hospitals for almost 20 years. And I don't care if someone else wishes to watch the video. That's your prerogative.
Let me add that I am not speaking as a moderator here or on behalf of the staff. It's just my own personal opinion.
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Seems like she'll have cult status in 10-20 years.Who is online
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