COURT: Anna Nicole Smith Was Obsessed With Drugs, Says Former Bodyguard
Posted on Aug 06, 2010 @ 07:12PM - 12 comments
Anna Nicole Smith was injected with drugs and swigged sedatives from a bottle in the run up to her death, according to the man who tried to revive her.
Her former bodyguard, Maurice Brighthaupt, has lifted the lid on the extent of Smith's drug addiction and RadarOnline.com has the details.
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 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 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.
