Anna Nicole Slapped With Fraud Suit

Larry BirkheadOne of the men claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's newborn daughter is mounting a legal attack in the Bahamas.

In a statement made outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse today, Larry Birkhead's attorney, Debra Opri, said that Birkhead has filed a claim, alleging fraud and conspiracy against Anna Nicole, her lawyer-lover, Howard K. Stern, and the Registrar who certified the baby girl's birth certificate.

In court documents filed today, Birkhead alleges that Stern, with Smith's permission, fraudulently represented that he was the father by signing the birth certificate. Opri says Anna and Howard have 14 days to respond to her client's claim.

This newest development opens the door to force a paternity test in the Bahamas. Birkhead has already filed legal papers in Los Angeles asking a judge to force the issue.



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706. I am so sick of watching Inside Edition and ET glorifying this women lifestyle. She obvious has a drug problem. I watched her Reality show and she was never sober. Yes! I'm ashamed I watched her show BUT with that said anyone who did watch the show knew she was on drugs and doing sex in front of her Son. I don't know where CPS was at the time but it was Nationl TV. Dear Lord Up Above this new baby doesn't have a chance. Tongith she said to Mark Steins to her Mother "Bring it on Mom" This woman is bizarre to watch. Actually I think we are all getting tired of it. It was obvious that he (Stern) coached her. If she said Stern is the Father then she should have no problem with taking a Paternity Test uhmmmm!. I just with they would move on. She is strange and he is scary. I hope Larry is the Father and he goes for custody. Her son is gone but it;s not too late for her daughter. As sad as it is too lose a child it might have been prevented if CPS stepped in. I just hink it's time to move on to other stories. People are getting bored with this women. She is getting way to much publicity for the type of lifestyle she leads.

Posted at 9:54PM on Nov 9th 2006 by Judi

707. okay Ladies............I do not know where Perez Hilton got this info., ut it is on his web site that ANS baby WILL undergo a paternity test.
Has anyone else heard this same story?

Posted at 11:04PM on Nov 9th 2006 by Brandi C.

708. Entertainment Tonight will not even show "current" ANS news! Why????
They are quick to announce any stupid, nothing comment that Anna wants to make .... but they don't even announce that there was a court hearing on Thursday and that the judge ruled that the California court DOES have jurisdiction over ANS. Why does ET not inform the viewers of this update?

My husband and son have no clue what all the Anna ruckus is about ... but they watched her tonight on ET, snarling and growling out threats to her mother ... and they said "that woman is a psycho! Then they began trying to contort their mouths like Anna did, in such a bizarre way! She is a JOKE!

And Anna says her mother is "jealous of her"! Whaaaaa? You gotta be kiddin!

I agree .... too much publicity for this addled golddigger.

I have not yet been able to see any news coverage on any tv show with Debra Opri doing her press conference outside the court on Thursday, and they have not updated her Press Release format on the LuckMedia.com site yet??? Has anyone else seen Opri or read the press release?

I have a feeling that something BIG is happening, that the public is not aware of yet. I bet they have DONE , or will soon do the DNA test!!!!

The PEREZHILTON site only has this heading with a photo of ANS and LB:
There is no further info or text or news?????
I wonder if they think, at PEREZ, that because the judge ruled that the CA court has jurisdiction, that it automatically means that the judge will order a DNA test?
That is not necessarily the case ..... (though we hope it happens)

Anna Nicole's Baby To Undergo Paternity Test!!!

Posted at 11:28PM on Nov 9th 2006 by Inquiring Mind

709. Sorry to tell you but PEREZ got it wrong, Not your fault Brandi......would of been nice if it were true!!

Posted at 11:29PM on Nov 9th 2006 by TREE TREE

710. Do you think Anna and Howard are trying to drag out the paternity "unveiling" in much the same way as Tom Cruise and Katie did in presenting their Suri. More of a promotional opportunity and another way of keeping the storyline going longer than it has to?

There was a scene during Anna's pregnancy - in the pool? - on Anna's site or somewhere that she is saying something like, "And you're all going to be real surprised when you find out who the father is." Something like that anyway.

Maybe they had done the math and figured that it had to be Howard's baby and not Larry's. Remember she did go into labor two weeks earlier than the original due date, the due date that had Larry pegged as father..... (maybe I've got this all wrong and if I do will someone correct me.)

Posted at 11:53PM on Nov 9th 2006 by Tru Katsch

711. OH No She Din't!
Bring it on!! Mommy Dearest!!......you noticed nothing was said about the fact that Virgie Arthur, Anna`s mom, raised Daniel to the age of 6! It was only after Marshal bought Anna a house and got a nanny for Daniel that Anna took him back, according to Virgie`s NG interview. So if Anna left home at 15 because of something her mom did, then why did she trust Virgie with Daniel.
Anna is in no position to be asking for more trouble by challenging her mother on national television. That was so stupid of her!!! Just another major BLUNDER!!

Her mother is a retired police officer with 28 yrs in law enforcement , according to IT. Here Anna is in a foreign country where no one seems to want her, unless they are on the payroll, and she is smack in the middle of an ON GOING investagation into her son`s MYSTERIOUS death. What is she doing trying to hang herself and Howie?

If Virgie has not made the call yet........I can just hear her picking up the phone "Yes operater I need to make a call to Nassau..... in the Bahamas......."

You go Virgie......stick up for both Daniel and your grandaughter!! Hey maybe she will ask for custody.........no DNA needed for that one............how about a nice little WRONGFUL death suit against Anna and Howard, that would be one way to force those 2 idiots to take the stand under oath!!! Who cares if she has not had a relationship with him in all these years.........Someone has now taken away any chance she had with Daniel.
JUST ANOTHER PERSON LOADED FOR BEAR, they are stacking up and taking numbers!

Posted at 12:34AM on Nov 10th 2006 by TREE TREE

712. Good to see everyone getting along!

That said, I had a few things to address. #698 Tree-Tree, I think the Bahamas may see ANS and HKS as an asset right now. Just like the restaurant that Nicole SImpson and her friend ate at before they were killed had a boom in business, afterward, because of all the crazy people out there who had to "see" , the Bahamas MAY experience a boom in tourism by the "looky-loos" and quacks who will be there with bells on to see if they can get a glimpse of ANS, HKS, Dannielynn, or Daniel's gravesite. It is not outside of the realm of possiblities that the powers that be may be considering this while they are considering whether or not to kick her off the Island.

Patty, just wanted to say that you were right, when I saw the picture of LB on the Perez site, I could see the resemblance there too, except for Dannielynn's eyes. She has such big eyes, and neither ANS nor LB do.

I think even ET is getting tired of dragging on the whole ANS interview thing because it sure isnt "headline" news like it was a week ago. Now they arent even starting the show with it. I think it was supposed to drag on all through November, it seems like i heard that somewhere? maybe on ET? Anyway, I hope it wont. I wonder if ET is going to be selling tapes of the whole interview, cut to show the "stars" in the most flattering light? And at least, it seems to ME, ANS seems to be sobering up as the interview goes along. She is a little more lucid and a little less slurry as the interview seems to be going along.

Posted at 12:43AM on Nov 10th 2006 by AJ

713. AJ Think ahead to how many people from all over the world will fly in and sit up camp if there is a trial. Bahamas aint seen nothing yet!!

Posted at 1:13AM on Nov 10th 2006 by TREE TREE

714. AJ As long as the investigation is going on I think the authorities want them to stay. I would not doubt if they have been told not to leave until it is over.

According to Goen of Trimspa, the reason they did the interview on ET was to discourage the present media surrounding their home. He says it worked. I do not beleive that for a minute.

As far as Anna and Howard wanting to drag out DNA testing to keep the story going............I think right about now, the two would do anything to SQUASH the story. I can think of half a billion reasons why, Three words on that, THE MARSHALL ESTATE!! Not to mention all the other courtrooms they appear to be headed to.

If Howard can proove he is the father with DNA not only would that interview make them a hell of a lot of money, They would have a real good chance at suing Larry for that 10 million dollar confidentiality clause. They could take all that Larry has as well as all he will ever hope to have in the future. Tell me those two would not jump all over that if they knew Howard was the father. I did not even mention all the money they would save on attorney fees for family court.

Posted at 1:39AM on Nov 10th 2006 by TREE TREE

715. Tru Katsch,

I think you are right that ANS loved Daniel to the best of her ability, unfortunately, her ability wasn't very good. I love my children too, and you're right, if someone were to take a look into my life they'd probably wonder WTF did she do that for? But I don't think anyone (that I know of) has had the types of issues Anna's had or had to make the decisions Anna's had. You have to remember also, there is alot of money at stake, and while her family seems like they miss DANIEL, ANS's decisions are based on the next $$$$ coming in. If she really cared about that baby (and I would say this about anyone), she would not prolong this bizarre atmosphere this baby is in. She would get the DNA test done (whatever the outcome will be), move from the home she's basically stealing from someone who just tried to help her, and reconnect with a family that loves her. The DNA test (I think) will show one of the following:

1. Daniel is the father (read the previous blogs too much to explain) and the thought that he MIGHT even be the father was too much for him to take. All the medical authorities agree that the drugs got into his system AFTER he got to the Bahamas. Daniel and Howard did not have a good relationship, and I think Daniel saw Howard for what he really was. I don't think Daniel could have handled HKS being his stepfather, no matter what.

2. ANS told Howie that he was the father. Since he is so infatuated with her, he would believe anything. He might TRULY believe that is his child. A DNA test would prove ANS is lying to him as well, and all this legal crap they are going through would have been unnecessary if ANS would have just told the truth.

3. Larry Birkhead is the father. While I'm sure part of his motivation is money, he genuinely seems sincere about this baby's welfare. ANS may have told HKS that she and Larry had a fling, but there was no intercourse, remember Anna is always looking out for herself.

I think ANS knows exactly who the father is, and she was holding out to get the best (meaning $$$) man. HKS could believe he's the father, Larry could believe he's the father, and Anna could have gone down the awful road, and possibly Daniel was the father. For all those who get mad when that is stated, imagine a 19 year old boy, never having been with a woman before, and his mother is very sexual around him. It would be confusing and probably terrifying, especially if he wasn't into women. Also, there was the "power struggle" between HKS and Daniel over ANS, and Daniel considered himself the "man" in her life, as she's stated several times before. Her poses and pictures with her son are either very loving or very sexual. HKS could have seen Daniel as the ONE person who knew all their secrets, could ruin his legal career (even though he did a fine job on his own) and the ONLY one who could really sway ANS's decisions. My own belief is that Daniel went to the Bahamas with an ultimatum - HKS stays or I do, pick one.

I know it's nothing the same, but my son was VERY protective of me, and I was given an ultimatum several times. He considered himself the man of our house, and I let him be that, wrong or right. He is now married and doing well, but we did have our moments when he thought he knew what was best and he stood by them. As a matter of fact, he was instrumental in alot of decisions I made in my life, and I'll never be able to repay him for taking a stand with me. I grew up with him like he grew up with me.

Just some thoughts.

Posted at 1:50AM on Nov 10th 2006 by Patty

716. Patty
that sounds right to me, too, your portrait of Daniel and
Howard's relationship.

Even in the best of situations, where there is a step
father involved, there are going to be times where
everyone's endurance is tested.

Posted at 8:39AM on Nov 10th 2006 by Tru Katsch

717. Patty,
What do you think of this? Do you think these words could come back to slap Larry in the face?

"Howard would never let us do anything as a couple."

Posted at 8:56AM on Nov 10th 2006 by Tru Katsch

718. Tru Katsch............Is that qoute from ANS? I think I have heard it somewhere before, but I can not remember. Some backstory please................


Patty, you are so right on with the comments about there being ultimatiums between kids and their step parents. I know I gave my mom several of them when she was married to my step father.
I guess we will all just have to wait and see what will unfold next.

Posted at 9:29AM on Nov 10th 2006 by Brandi C.

719. Howard would never let Anna and Larry do anything ALONE as a couple. Howard always had to tag along. But, LB also is quoted as saying that Howard was right there in the house when Larry was with Anna, as a couple, and Howard was like "room service", asking if Larry and Anna wanted anything to eat, and handing Anna her dog ......



Posted at 10:20AM on Nov 10th 2006 by Inquiring Mind

720. Thinking about Anna being a mother .....I keep thinking that Anna has NO experience in taking care of a newborn or toddler, and probably has no desire to be too "bothered" by this dependent, needy, crying little human, Dannielynn. She did NOT raise Daniel as an infant. She gave him to her mother to raise until he was 6 years old, and after Anna had landed J. Howard Marshall - then Daniel went to live with her. Anna knows how to "tolerate" a young child, but NOT an infant.

I think baby Dannielynn is primarily being cared for by Bahamian nannys (I hope so anyway). I don't see Anna as a hands on mother 24/7.

Posted at 10:25AM on Nov 10th 2006 by Inquiring Mind

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