Celebrity Justice
Judge Orders More DNA Testing on Anna Nicole

Anna Nicole Smith blows kissA Florida judge demanded today that even more DNA samples be taken from the body of Anna Nicole Smith, amidst concerns of a baby switching plot.

Lawyers for Larry Birkhead, one of the men claiming to be the father of Anna's 5-month old daughter Dannielynn, believes that Smith's DNA is needed to directly connect the Playboy model with Dannielynn so no one could switch the child with another baby.

Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin has warned all three parties vying for control of the body, Howard K. Stern, Anna's estranged mother Virgie Arthur, and Larry Birkhead, that his decision will take a while as to whom the body will be released. "We're going to have hearings -- as many hearings as we need," Seidlin said yesterday. "This is just a warm-up."

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1. just the warm up.. dot every I and cross every T - good for him!

Posted at 2:06PM on Feb 15th 2007 by nosy

2. What a disgrace! This judge is looking into keeping his 15 minutes of fame going as well. All he has to decide is who gets the body. Judges do this every day. He definitely is trying to keep himself exposed to the media. He even said he doesn't care if Anna's body decomposes, he said her body is his now. What a nutcase and a loser!! Is there anyone who isn't trying make fame through this woman's death.

Posted at 2:10PM on Feb 15th 2007 by in the know

3. anna isn't warming up......hurry up judge..that hearing today was such a disgrace for ANS..they made it like a party..SHAME ON EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:15PM on Feb 15th 2007 by bibs

4. Anna may have been drugged up but she was right to think everyone she had ever known (even ones she didn't know) would stab her in the back. How sad.

Posted at 2:15PM on Feb 15th 2007 by so sad

5. Anna should be next to Daniel. Virgie has no right to step in and make this already complicated and tragic case more convoluted. Virgie, first on Dr. Keith Ablow show, said she was woried about Vickie Lynn...Well, if she was that worried why didn't she get her fat ass on a plane while Anna-Nicole was still alive and attempt some reconciliation or intervention? Obviously she smells some money now and is loving her 15 minutes. She's hoping to get her hands on little innocent Dannielynn so she can buy a new trailer and upgrade from the Yugo she drives. GO HOME!

Posted at 2:16PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Katie C

6. if any girl that larry dickhead slept with was pregnant ,,would he be rushing to have dna and be obligated for 21 yrs of child support...i dont think so..but anna was rich therego the difference....leave the baby with howard...she knows him and loves him and for those who dont understand that....my grandbaby knows exactly who is holding her and cries when it was someone she didnt know....i hope howard is the father....
and anna mom.....i dont remember seeing any tears.....if that were my daughter i would not be able to even get out of bed let alone fly to the bahamas to fight over a body...anna hated her....let her be buried next to daniel.. that is what she wanted let the poor girl rest in peace...next to her son..
arent the videos from et tonight where anna says how much she hates her mother like a last will .....i would think that would count .....wake up u stupid people....

Posted at 2:16PM on Feb 15th 2007 by jamie

7. on Feb 15th 2007 by in the know

I agree this judge is a publicity whore. I wish someone could step in and throw him off the bench. He is making a joke of the legal system.

I hope whoever gets the decomposed body back can sue this judge for ignoring the medical examiner.

Posted at 2:17PM on Feb 15th 2007 by min

8. Screw all this crap - dump the bloated carcass in the friggin ocean and be done with it - it's just as useless now as it was alive.

Posted at 2:21PM on Feb 15th 2007 by MyTwoCents

9. Right on Jamie!!! I couldn't have said it better.

Posted at 2:23PM on Feb 15th 2007 by becky

10. If anyone cared about ANS, would you not want to make sure it was not murder?

The reason the judge is in no hurry to release the body for burial is because they cause of death has not yet been determined!

CNN reported the police are now doing a search of the house in the Bahamas. Too little too late, they should have been more diligent when Daniel died.

What if they release the body to Sick Howard, then determine he had something to do with Daniels and Anna's deaths? Who says the Methadone was for Anna, the prescription may have been for her, but I think the Meth was to kill Daniel.

Back to Larry Birkhead, how can anyone think Birkhead is jumpiong on the bandwagon, the poor guy has been trying to determine paternity since before the baby was born. He got booted out of ANS camp by Howard K Stern because he epxressed disconcertment for Annas partying while pregnant. Did anyone see the interview he did when he alluded to " other people do the drugs with her and tell her it is alright"? He obviously means Stern.

Stern is a yes man, a loser who was obsessed with Anna. He never had sex with her and I will lay money on that. She moved to Bahamas for
1) Tax reasons
2) Paternity reasons...she knew she could be protected under their laws and make it hard for Birkhead
3) Anna was so doped up she would not be cunning enough to move, Howard K Stern devised that. He is a lawyer.
4) Howard had to get Anna to Bahamas before Birkhead demanded paternity and drug testing ( maybe before the baby was born )
5) Countries such as the Bahamas operate on payola. Stern knew he could pull the puppet strings with officials down there to secrue residence, cover murder and hide the baby.

This entire thing is a mess and it is based upon Howard K Stern. Give Anna to her mother, stipulate to her mother she is to be buried in Nassau with her son, do the paternity test and for god sake get that innocent child away from Howard K Stern, give her to her daddy...Larry.

People stop thinking Howard K Stern is the victim. His victims are Anna, Daniel and now Dannilynne.

Posted at 2:27PM on Feb 15th 2007 by kim

11. Why in the world would they even consider releasing the body to her mother when Anna publicly stated she will never speak to that woman again? It seems disrespectful to Anna. I think if my mom accused me &or my significant other of bizarre things - I wouldn't want to have anything to do with her either. The baby thing is a completely different soap opera. May we allow Anna rest in peace - that is exactly what she desperately needed.

Posted at 2:28PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Tootz

12. The baby should be tested immediately to see if she matches Larry Birkhead. Why is it taking so long? The legal father has rights to his own child! That's all that matters!

Posted at 2:34PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Teri

13. Of course he is going to put a hold on the body... HE ISN'T DONE HAVING HIS WAY WITH IT!!!

ITS NOT EVERYDAY YOU GET TO BANG THE CORPSE OF A FAMOUS PLAYMATE!!!

Posted at 2:35PM on Feb 15th 2007 by NECRO

14. Wow! That mom should be in the cooler and not ANS. My opinion: she only wants the money. If she hasn't seen ANS in 15 years why now after she's dead? 15 minutes of fame? Dog woman I say. And how could she take ANS away from Daniel? CRUELLA DE VILLE!!!!

Posted at 2:35PM on Feb 15th 2007 by mountnqt

15. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS SERIOUSLY MAKES ME SO SAD. I UNLIKE MAY PEOPLE HAVE NOT FORMED AN OPINION YET AS TO WHAT I THINK BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO CONSIDERING HOW MUCH INACCURATE INFORMATION THE MEDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN. A COUPLE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND ARE

1. EVEN IF LARRY IS DETERMINED THE FATHER WHY DOES HE HAVE A RIGHT TO ANNA NICOLE'S BODY AS FAR AS WHERE IT WILL BE BURIED.

2. IF THERE IS ONE THING ALL OF THESE LUNATICS HAVE AGREED ON IT IS THE FACT THAT ANNA NICOLE LOVED HER SON WITH OUT QUESTION. EVERY PERSON, EVERY INTERVIEW 100% WITHOUT QUESTION WITH AGREE TO THAT. ANNA NICOLE PURCHASED A PLOT NEXT TO DANIEL'S WITH INTENSIONS ON BEING BURIED WITH HER SON. THAT CAN EASILY BE CHECKED WITH A PHONE CALL. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD HER MOTHER WANT TO BURY HER IN TEXAS THE PLACE SHE TRIED SO HARD TO GET AWAY FROM ALL OF THESE YEARS. WHY WOULD HER MOTHER POSSIBLY THINK ANNA WOULD NOT WANT TO BE BURIED WITH HER SON. IT IS ALMOST AS IF THE MOTHER JUST WANTS TO PUT HER THERE JUST TO JACK HER OFF TO SAY SHE GOT HER BACK IN THE END.

Posted at 2:38PM on Feb 15th 2007 by people are really sick

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