Nanny: Anna Underfed Baby to Make Her "Sexy"

TMZ has obtained an explosive legal document written by Anna Nicole Smith's former nanny, which contains shocking accusations about her former boss, including suicide attempts, sex romps, and a claim that Smith dangerously starved Dannielynn because "She wanted her baby to be 'sexy'."
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According to the sworn affidavit written in the Bahamas on December 4, 2006, Quethlie Alexis claims she received repeated threats from Smith, aka Vickie Marshall, to "underfeed" Dannielynn because, "Ms. Marshall was obsessed with making sure that her baby was 'sexy.' Ms. Marshall knew that the correct amount of baby food was 3 ounces every 3 hours ... Ms. Marshall insisted that the maximum I was to give was 2.5 ounces." Alexis claims that Smith enforced the order by "making sure the baby monitor was kept on all the time." Alexis adds Dannielynn "is badly underweight and not thriving, as a baby should."

According to the document, Alexis says that Smith threatened to "shoot her" if the baby ever addressed the nanny as "Mummy."

In the document, Alexis also claims that during her brief employment, Smith "attempted to commit suicide" on two separate occasions. "On the first occasion, she drank in my presence an entire bottle of what I believed to be a sleeping aid." Alexis claims that when Smith woke up from the resulting 48-hour coma, she blurted out the words "I wanted to die ... I meant to kill myself."

According to the documents, Alexis claims that Smith also "tried to drown herself" in her swimming pool. Alexis claims that Howard K. Stern rescued Smith from the pool. Alexis claims she heard Stern say to Smith after the rescue, "If anything happens to you, I would go to jail."

The document also describes the "flagrant sexual relationship" between Smith and the Bahamian Minister of Immigration, Shane Gibson. According to the affidavit, Alexis never witnessed Gibson and Smith having sex, but the former nanny claims the minister would, "spend hours alone with Ms. Marshall in her bedroom" on a "daily basis."



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16. Lets put it this way. With Anna Nicole anything was possible. Who knows if after the accusations Anna started feeding the baby properly?????

Posted at 6:36PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Pitiful

17. #7

I'd wager this is coming out because of Smith's little affair with the Bahamian official coming to light.

Posted at 1:30PM on Feb 14th 2007 by jh

18. if this is all true then ans would have died sooner or later anyhow at least now that baby is safe. ans son was already addicted to methadone and lost his life why should another child suffer for ans mistakes.

just because she died does not mean she was a good person. the baby was left in another country when ans died. even hks was nowhere near the baby.

this all so sad.

Posted at 1:29PM on Feb 14th 2007 by BOYCOTT PARIS

19. #3........i disagree. They already have somebody who will testify a lot on old howie. He will never get the baby or the money. Somebody that is concerned about these deaths will kill him first. Child services will take the baby from him until DNA testing. They know he might kill the baby next.

Posted at 2:39PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Lisa

20. I say again..ANS had serious issues......................and of course Howard had a lot to deal with, so all the finger pointing at HKS is so wring considering what he had to put up with in the last 8 or 9 years, by choice of course,,,,Birkheard amd all the other Lovers, just took and left..Howard reallyhad his work cut out with that women..........................................

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Miapocca

21. It should come as no surprise to anyone that Anna was directing the nanny to underfeed the baby, at least not to anyone who has had a weight problem. I believe that Anna was a very disturbed woman with serious self-image issues. I don't doubt that she loved her daughter and maybe even Howard but she clearly didn't love herself.

Posted at 2:36PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Clare

22. #14,

It's an affadavit, so it was obviously filed in court. What more do you want?

Look, the lady had a Bahamian official sleeping in her back pocket, in a house that might not be hers, raising a baby with an unmarried man who might not be the father.

Did you ever think that maybe she had a bit of pull with the police?

Posted at 3:04PM on Feb 14th 2007 by jh

23. Damn, this could've been the "Mommie Dearest" for this generation!

As for Howard, I'm constantly reminded of Parker Posey in Scream 3 saying "Oh c'mon, you have made millions off the story of her murder. You're obsessed with her, and you're obsessed with her daughter!". Ha Ha Cracks me up, put in the dvd and check it out! lol

Posted at 1:30PM on Feb 14th 2007 by David

24. Damn, this could've been the "Mommie Dearest" for this generation!

As for Howard, I'm constantly reminded of Parker Posey in Scream 3 saying "Oh c'mon, you have made millions off the story of her murder. You're obsessed with her, and you're obsessed with her daughter!". Ha Ha Cracks me up, put in the dvd and check it out! lol

Posted at 1:30PM on Feb 14th 2007 by David

25. I don't believe HKS hurt anyone invovlved except himself. He was trying to save AN from herself and ultimately failed.

Posted at 1:30PM on Feb 14th 2007 by nrd

26. #14, look at the date she filed this, it was BEFORE ANS died and also, look whom she reported it TO, the authorities!

Posted at 2:43PM on Feb 14th 2007 by cant u people read?

27. The cockroaches are coming out of the woodwork and TMZ is feeding them.

Posted at 1:32PM on Feb 14th 2007 by RonnyK

28. The date reads DECEMBER folks. She WAS trying to report this and it was covered up UNTIL NOW!

Posted at 5:24PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Wendy R

29. The cockroaches are coming out of the woodwork and TMZ is feeding them.

Posted at 2:53PM on Feb 14th 2007 by RonnyK

30. Folks, you do realize that this afadavit was filed in DECEMBER. Back when Anna was letting nobody see the baby. This is now February, and the child might have actually been underfed until someone reported it.

How the kid looked last night on ET has nothing to do with whether or not it was underfed in December.

Posted at 3:04PM on Feb 14th 2007 by jh

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