Anna Nicole Smith Drug Case To Go To Trial
Posted on Oct 30, 2009 @ 04:28PM - 2 comments
The verdict is in!
A judge ruled Friday that Howard K Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr Khristine Eroshevich will stand trial for felony drugs charges relating to Anna Nicole Smith's death.
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The three are accused of providing prescription drugs illegally to the late model, who died February 2007 at age 39.
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The judge's decision was made following a three week preliminary hearing.
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All three have pleaded not guilty, they are set to be arraigned December 11th.
Larry Birkhead Wanted Dannielynn Drug Tested
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 @ 03:31PM - 11 comments
Larry Birkhead wanted his own child drug tested for fear Anna Nicole Smith was drugging her through breast feeding.
Testifying in the case against Howard Stern and two of Smith's former doctors, Birkhead confirmed he was fearful for Dannielynn's health.
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Referring back to his statement in his 2006 paternity suit Birkhead confirmed he wanted the court to order a drug test on his daughter and her mother.
When asked by the prosecution in the Downtown Los Angeles courtroom if he was concerned her drug taking was effecting his child he said, "Yes." He also aknowledged that he wanted his ex to come back from the Bahamas where she was staying so he could monitor her.
PHOTO: Larry And Dannielynn Shopping For Pumpkins
"I didn't know what sort of condition she was in," he said. "She had just lost her son and that was a tremedous blow. I didn't know if the things I saw happening in the States were carrying on over there."
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Prosecutors asked him outright; "You thought it was necessary to drug test your child?"
To which Birkhead said, "Yes, my lawyers said so."
Birkhead has previously told the court that Smith was taking methadone when pregnant.
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And he said on Monday that he didn't know what else to do but to try to get his daughter back to him from overseas.
"I didn't know if she was taking too much medication, not taking enough. If she was having seizures."
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Fortunately Birkhead was also able to confirm that despite Smith's drug problems, their daughter is healthy.
"She is healthy?" he was asked.
"Yes ma'am," he said.
"And she was born healthy?"
"Yes ma'am."
The case is continuing.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Larry Birkhead Says It's "Tough" Discussing Anna Nicole In Court
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 @ 09:41PM - 9 comments
Larry Birkhead endured a long day of testifying in court Friday, but still managed to find the time at the end of the afternoon for an interview with RadarOnline.com.
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When asked how he felt discussing the death of Anna Nicole Smith, his former lover and mother of his daughter, Dannielynn, Larry told RadarOnline.com that it was "tough", but that it's "what you have to do, to get up and tell the truth".
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Larry said that he couldn't comment on what he hoped would happen to anyone found guilty, as, "I'm not the judge and jury", and that he couldn't discuss it.
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But one thing's for sure, Larry isn't looking forward to returning for another turn in court on Monday - telling RadarOnline.com he would "rather be in Cabo".
Larry lit up when the subject of his darling daughter was raised, saying she is "doing great" and that she is "growing up". Larry revealed that they haven't decided on a Halloween costume for her yet though. Better hurry up Larry, it's only two weeks away!
PHOTO: Larry And Dannielynn Shopping For Pumpkins
Birkhead Denies Ever Giving Anna Nicole Ecstasy
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 @ 03:07PM - 1 comment
Larry Birkhead was cross examined by Howard K Stern's legal ace attorney Steve Sadow, Friday, about the bodyguard, Maurice Brighthaupt’s allegation that Birkhead gave Anna Nicole ectasay before the AMA's.
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"No, I never gave her that or any controlled substance," Birkhead insisted. He also said he had a conversation with Brighthaupt close to the two year anniversary of Anna's death in which Larry demanded Brighthaupt return a videocamera that he had that belonged to Anna. "He [Brighthaupt] told me he was going to go after me, and Howard K Stern. He said I'm going to get Howard," Birkhead said.
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Sadow asked Birkhead why Anna took Klonopin and Topamax, and he said, "Because of seizures Anna suffered from."
Judge Robert Perry was very interested in Anna's seizures and asked Birkhead to further elaborate about her seizures. Birkhead said the seizures were usually induced by stress, and the first time she suffered from one in front of him, "I was very scared and I didn't know what to do." The seizures started in 2000-01 because of the stress related to on going court battles in Texas over her late husband’s estate.
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Birkhead also recalled Anna suffering from a very bad seizure the night before the American Music Awards, in which she was slated to introduce Kanye West. Both Stern and Birkhead didn't want her to attend but she was insistent about following through. "The only thing she took that day of the awards were Klonopin, Topamax and Red Bull," Birkhead said.
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Anna Nicole's introduction to Kanye at the AMA's was played in court. Judge Perry asked Birkhead if the portrayal of her as a drugged out person was accurate, and he said, "No, not entirely."
Anna Nicole also liked to drink milk, and chocolate milk out of "baby bottles. She liked to act like a baby," Birkhead said.
Larry is due back on the stand Monday morning
Larry Birkhead testifies Anna Nicole Was Hospitalized To Detox While She Was Pregnant
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 @ 01:40PM - 11 comments
It was Larry Birkhead’s turn to take the stand Friday in the preliminary hearing of the case against Howard K Stern, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.
Anna Nicole’s ex-boyfriend and father to her daughter Dannielynn, testified that his relationship with Howard K Stern was "icy," and that "we clashed a lot.".
PHOTO: Larry And Dannielynn Go Pumpkin Shopping
Birkhead stated that Stern would insert himself into his and Anna's personal relationship. "I don't think he was happy I was there," Birkhead said of his living at Anna's house. His relationship with Stern is now friendly though, and they have a "working relationship" as Stern is executor of the estate.
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Birkhead said he became very concerned when Anna became pregnant and she took, "methadone and ambien."
Birkhead also said Anna was hospitlaized in April 2006 at Cedars Sinani to "detox," and she was pregnant at the time.
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Birkhead said that a black duffel bag was kept in the closet of the hospital room that contained prescribed meds from home, and that "she complained she wasn't getting enough methadone from the IV drip, so she consumed methadone that was in the duffel bag."
"I never saw anyone force Anna to take pills," Larry said.
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The last time he saw Anna Nicole alive was on May 17, 2006 in a hair salon near her Studio City home, where they had an argument, and shortly thereafter Anna left California for Florida.
Larry is due back on the stand after lunch.
Larry Birkhead On Court Appearance, “I’m Ready To Go, I Was Ready To Go Two Days Ago”
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 @ 07:41PM - 4 comments
Larry Birkhead, Anna Nicole Smith’s ex-boyfriend and baby daddy to little Dannielynn Hope, was due to testify in court Thursday in the preliminary hearing against Howard K Stern, Dr Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.
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However, the day was passed with testimony by Anna’s former bodyguard, Maurice Brighthaupt, and Birkhead is now scheduled to give testimony Friday.
Birkhead was ordered to return to court Friday morning at 9.30am, and he’s raring to go. Birkhead told RadarOnline.com "I'm ready to go, I was ready two days ago."
Meantime, during grueling cross examination from Howard K. Stern's lawyer, Steve Sadow Brighthaupt was questioned about statements he made to the press after Anna Nicole died.
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"I intentionally lied when I said I never saw Anna Nicole take prescription drugs, or Howard injecting her. I thought it was what a good friend/bodyguard would say to protect her name," Brighthaupt said.
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Sadow questioned the timing of Brighthaupt talking to California Department of Justice Special Agent Santiago. Brighthaupt said he "ducked" Santiago's calls for months after Anna died.
Sadow asked Brighthaupt if the reason why he finally called Santiago back was because two days previously Howard K Stern went on Larry King Live and accused Brighthaupt of stealing from Anna's estate. "I didn't call Santiago back at that time because I was accused of being a thief," Brighthaupt insisted.
Howard K Stern Allegedly Claimed Rehab Would “Kill” Anna Nicole Smith
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 @ 03:16PM - Add a comment
Continuing his court testimony Thursday Anna Nicole Smith’s former bodyguard, Maurice Brighthaupt, was quizzed about Anna Nicole going to rehab.
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Under cross examination from Dr. Eroshevich's attorney, Adam Braun, Brighthaupt was asked , "Did you have conversations with Dr. Eroshevich about Anna Nicole going to rehab, and that my client wanted her to go to rehab?" and Brighthaupt replied, "Yes, Dr. Eroshevich wanted her to go to rehab."
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Shockingly, Brighthaupt earlier testified that Howard K Stern had vetoed Anna going to rehab, because he said it would "kill her."
Braun also asked Brighthaupt about occassions when Dr. Eroshevich would tell Anna not to take her medications so close together. "I heard Dr. Eroshevich saying Anna Nicole was non-compliant with her meds, and this upset Dr. Erosovich very much."
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Maurice also testified that Dr. Eroshevich would take medications away from Anna and "hide them."
"She [Dr. Eroshevich] wouldn't prescribe anything to her [Anna Nicole] that would hurt her," Brighthaupt said.
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Braun wrapped his cross exam, and after lunch Stern's lawyer goes on the stand to question Brighthaupt.
Braun told RadarOnline.com, "The judge made the right call by not allowing the questioning of alleged sexual conduct between my client and Anna Nicole."
Anna Nicole Smith’s Bodyguard Saved Her Life On At Least One Occasion
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 @ 02:20PM - Add a comment
In bombshell testimony Thursday, Anna Nicole Smith’s former bodyguard, Maurice Brighthaupt, testified how he had saved the troubled model’s life on at least one occasion.
Brighthaupt, also known as ‘Mo’ described in vivid detail how, some time in October 2006, Anna Nicole Smith had overdosed and was at the bottom of a swimming pool. “I jumped in and saved her,” he said. He gave her CPR and she started breathing again.
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When asked by the D.A. about the relationship between Anna Nicole and her psychiatrist, Dr. Khristina Eroscevich, Mo said, “Mother and daughter, they were close.” When asked if the relationship was sexual, as widely reported, Adam Braun, Dr. Eroscevich’s lawyer objected, and Judge Perry said, “Sustained, we aren’t going to go there.”
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Brighthaupt is currently still under direct examination by the D.A. He hasn’t been cross examined by the defense lawyers yet.
Larry Birkhead, Anna Nicole’s ex-boyfriend and father of her daughter, Dannielynn, is expected to testify Thursday afternoon.
PHOTO: Larry Birkhead And Dannielynn At The Pumpkin Patch
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Birkhead Not Appearing On Millionaire Matchmaker
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 @ 04:26PM - 5 comments
Reports surfaced Wednesday that Larry Birkhead is set to appear on the next Season of Bravo’s hit show Millionaire Matchmaker.
PHOTO: Larry And Dannielynn At The Pumpkin Patch
But, that’s all news to Birkhead who tells RadarOnline.com there’s not a word of truth to the rumors.
"The producers of Millionaire Matchmaker approached me about doing the show, and that was several months ago,” Larry tells RadarOnline.com. “ I said no at the time, and that I wasn't interested. I'm not doing the show and reports that I was were news to me."
It seems that Larry has enough on his plate at the moment without popping up on reality TV. The single father is busy raising his adorable daughter, Dannielynn, from the late Anna Nicole Smith, and is due in court Thursday to testify in the preliminary hearing of the case against Howard K Stern, Dr Khristina Eroscevich and Dr Sandeep Kapoor.
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Howard K Stern Seen Injecting Anna Nicole Smith “Four Or Five Times”
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 @ 04:19PM - 9 comments
Howard K. Stern was caught in a bathroom burning a pill over a spoon in order to inject Anna Nicole Smith, according to her former bodyguard.
Maurice Brighthaupt took the witness stand in the case again Stern and two other doctors and revealed how he saw him inject his client on a number of occasions.
And he even saw Smith gulping Chloral Hydrate - one of the substance which killed her - straight from the bottle.
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"I saw him inject Anna maybe four or five times," Brighthaupt told the courtroom in Downtown Los Angeles.
"I saw her trying to give herself an injection too."
On one occassion in the Bahamas in 2006 just after her son died, Brighthaupt claims he walked in on Stern preparing to inject Smith.
"There was a burned spoon," he told Judge Robert J Perry. "Anna was in the bedroom. When I walked in it was in the middle of being burned. "I saw him drawing up liquid from the spoon, it being cooked. I saw, lighter, spoon, heat, liquid, withdrawl."
He also admitted it was in pill form before being burned and claimed Stern told him he was doing it this way because Smith could not swallow the tablets and it would be "ingested quicker" directly into the blood stream.
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Brighthaupt said he knew Smith was taking Chloral Hydrate but that the way she was administering it became out of control.
He also claimed when he went to see her in the Bahamas in 2006 following the death of her son, Daniel, she was swigging the medication straight from the bottle.
"At the beginning she would use a spoon," he told the court. "I saw her use a spoon maybe twice. Then it was bottle to mouth. A gulp."
He also revealed how Smith had deteriorated into a state of depression in the Bahamas.
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"She was somber. She was sick. She was out if it," he admitted. "She spent a lot of time sleeping. She had just lost her son and she was in mourning. So she was always in bed."
During the testimony, Stern shook his head and bit his fingernails while taking notes.
The other two doctors, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristina Eroshevich - who are also accused of administering drugs to an addict - looked directly ahead at the witness stand.
As Stern left the courthouse he was asked what he thought about the witnesses statements to which he simply replied, "Just wait."
The preliminary hearing will continue tomorrow when Larry Birkhead is expected to take the stand.
Anna Nicole Smith Was High On Ecstasy At American Music Awards
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 @ 02:03PM - 2 comments
Anna Nicole Smith was high on Ecstasy when she gave her famous AMA awards speech.
Smith's former bodyguard, Maurice Brighthaupt took the witness stand Wednesday and revealed shocking details about her drug abuse.
Brighthaupt - who is also a firefighter and paramedic - admitted he tried on several occassions to stop Smith from drinking and taking drugs.
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But on the night of the famed American Music Awards in 2004 he witnessed her taking an illegal substance.
"Did you see her take medication at the hotel before the awards?" asked Judge Robert J Perry. "Yes," he answered.
When asked what she took and whether it was pills or liquid Brighthaupt revealed; "Pills. I've seen her take medications and others that weren't medication. At the awards show she took Ecstasy."
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Brighthaupt, who Smith nicknamed 'Mo Mo', also revealed how he attempted to curb her drinking habits.
"Before she went on stage she was backstage. She was drinking a little champagne," he told the courtroom, where Smith's ex, Howard Stern, was sat.
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"She had started drinking champagne in the room back at the hotel. But after she had taken a sip I would take it away and throw it out."
When asked why he did this, he said; "I didn't want her to make a fool of herself. But someone always gave her another glass or bottle. A lot of the time it was Larry Birkhead giving her a drink."
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Witnesses were taking the stand in the preliminary hearing in the case against Howard Stern and two others doctors, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr Khristina Erosevich accused of conspiring to furnish a drug to an addict.
