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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16. This is a disgrace, she has the right to a burial where SHE wanted, the will needs to be opened and her wishes honored. Too many people are wanting their 15 minutes of fame off of this tragedy, including the judge now. The coronor said that there was enough DNA, so lets get on with it. Birkhead looses all credibility when he says he "loves" ANS and is grieving for her....my response to that is stop this right now, and tell your lawyers that enough is enough and let this woman be buried according to HER wishes, not your greed. I think that ANS made it VERY clear that she did not want anything to do with her mother, nor did she want the baby to have anything to do with her. The public needs to keep in mind that the media and people bringing all the various court battles are milking this for all it is worth. This baby will one day grow up and will see what everyone has said and done to her mother. No paternity test, will erase the pain ahead for her, Shame on all of them for this! I think that HKS truly loved ANS and if she is who she CHOSE to be with, and entrusted as guardian and co-executor, then so be it. And for the people who get their panties in a wad over the methadone "found" in the fridge, I will say this, there is no proof that she was taking it, and it is NOT uncommon for addicts to be prescribed methadone while pregnant, the understanding is that the withdrawl of the mother from the drugs will be more detrimental to the baby than the methadone. Sad, yet true...so until all of the FACTS are out and all of this circus ends, reserve judgement and take what you hear with a grain of salt!

Posted at 4:57PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Ravynne

17. She should be buried next to her son....that is only right. Larry Birkhead claims he loved her so much???? The medical examiner has said that plenty of DNA has been taken to make sure a baby switch would not take place. So now her body is i the morgue and she will NOT be able to have viewing at her funeral. Folks, I went through this with one of my daughters and it is not pleasant. If Larry Birkhead really loved her he would stop all this nonsense and let her be buried next to her son. The medical examiner, who is highly respected by all said enough has been taken to make sure no baby switch would take place. Poor Anna Nicole--she is not even afforded a viewing at her funeral with all this going on. Larry Birkhead will cry foul even if proved it is not his child. I believe that Howard Stern and Anna's Mom would have come to agreement about where she will be buried. From what I have read, they wanted her to have a viewing in an open casket and were compromising to make this possible. Larry Birkhead and his Baby Switch fears are what is holding everything up. Again, the medical examiner resassured everyone that enough samples were taken to hold this up. TO ME, it sounds like Larry is getting revenge at Anna in death as he could not in life....I HOPE It is not his child....

Posted at 4:05PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Ann

18. This is all so sad. Anna Nicole made her feelings regarding her mother known just days before her death. She also had bought herself a plot next to Daniel in the Bahamas; her plan was to be next to her son. Why is this being drug out ??

The mommie dearest is injecting herself into all of this so she can claim "I told you so". Power struggle to the death.

Posted at 4:30PM on Feb 15th 2007 by so sad

19. 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

20. Why hasn't the best interests of this child of Anna Nicole Smith been
addressed? According to Enertainment Tonight, who continues to pay
handsomely for an interview with obviously, durg induced HKS, and listen to the
tone of the interview. lol
Has this child even been to her 1 month dr.'s appt.? Her mother is seen drugged
on these interviews and there is evidence and tapings that show she was up
to the time she gave birth. I believe this baby had been nurtured on drugs
the whole nine months. In the USA, a child would have been taken from the
mother's custody. Why hasn't the officials in the Bahamas and the USA released
info showing that the baby is and has been taken care of by a pediatrician and
not just a nanny.

Posted at 5:14PM on Feb 15th 2007 by sheila rodriguez

21. 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

22. Addicts say things when they dont get their own way. Anna is no stranger to being a drug addict. I loved Anna, but I have to be honest. She was a beautiful mess. She could barely string a sentence together, let alone think logically.

If Howard told her to hate her mother she would have. He segragated her from everyone who could help her in order to get power. If she hated her mother so much why did she phone her when Daniel died? Why not just let her read it in the papers? And why did Howard hang up the phone when Virgie was on the phone to Anna?

Those interviews with Anna and Howard on Entertainment Tonight....Anna was told what to say! Ask her what day it was, and I bet she would not be able to tell you. Someone aka Howard told her to say she hated her mother, to ensure him as the " caring provider". He is a sick Rasputin, Svengali.

We all fight with our families, our siblings. It's not a big deal. The issue is that Anna hate her mother because her mother did not support the lifestyle she chose to live. Tough Love is the hardest love to give someone.

Give the woman a break, let her have her daughter, her grandson, and let her see Dannilynne safe with her rightgul father Larry Birkhead.

Posted at 4:14PM on Feb 15th 2007 by kim

23. 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

24. UNBELIEVABLE!!! This judge is here to decide who gets Anna's body for burial and that's that. Yet like every other lime light loving creep he's taking a very serious issue and monopolizing on it, using Anna's body like every other parisite in her life for his fifteen minutes of fame. If he had one ounce of integrity in his soul he would have wrapped this up in minutes. It's a no brainer. Her mother, no matter how bad she was, and still may be, did give birth to her and raised her and is grieving her loss. Out of respect for that let the woman have the body for a PRIVATE three hour service for immediate family only and then Anna's body should be brought back to the Bahama's and laid to rest next to her son out of respect for her motherhood. If her friends want to hold a memorial for her there, no one could stop them. God knows that enough DNA was taken already for purposes that have nothing to do with what this judge is ruling on not to mention purposes that are NOT in his jurisdiction. I think it's disgusting that this woman's beautiful body is literally rotting in a morgue because those involved have a truly perverted need for media attention and we as a nation have an almost equally sick need to watch it.

Posted at 2:39PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Jamie Peters

25. I hate when non medical people get involved and he obviously has not consulted with any medical professional.

How nice of him to stress it is going to take a long time. They are putting more effort into this crazy lawyers conspiracy theory. See if the baby proves to be howards they are going to say see we needed more dna. No offense but they have more than enough as they only need to swab inside a persona mouth to get dna. the medical examinor took more than he needed as he took a huge chuck of tissue.

Even birkheads knows they only need to swab inside anna's mouth since that is all he said was needed to get the baby testing. He kept stressing come one only a swab inside dannielynns mouth would answer the question.

So birkhead once again he have been a thorn in anna's side. NO WONDER SHE FLEW OFF TO THE BAHAMAS TO GET AWAY FROM YOU.

BIRKHEAD YOU ARE A CONTROL FREAK. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT THE SAME WHITE TRASH OTHERS CLAIM ANNA'S WAS.

ANNA WAS RIGHT TO GET AWAY FROM YOU. YOU WHEN PISSED OFF CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

I DATED A GUY LIKE YOU, HE WAS ALL LOVEY DOVEY BUT THEN HE BECAME OBSESSED AND MADE UP THINGS AND WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT MAN WAS TO NEVER TELL ANYONE ANYTHING.

BIRKHEAD YOU REMIND ME OF MY EX WHO I TOLD A PRIVATE PAINFUL THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME AS A CHILD. HE TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT IT LATER.

YOU DID NOT LOVE ANNA YOU LOVED THE MONEY SHE REPRESENTED. PERSONALLY I AM PRAYING EVERY DAY THAT YOU NEVER GET NEAR THAT BABY. YOU ARE EVIL SLIME AND ARE VENDICTIVE WHEN YOU DO NOT GET YOUR OWN WAY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK EVIL TO BE A VENDICTIVE STAB IN THE BACK PERSON. YOUR CONTROLLING ACTIONS HAVE PROVEN IT. LIKE I SAID YOU REMIND ME OF MY EX WHO WOULD GO AROUND ALLLL POOR ME. IN FACT OUR FIRST DATE HE TOLD ME ALL THESE SOB STORIES SO I FELT BAD, HE USED THAT TO GAIN ACCESS INTO MY LIFE AND YOU ARE THE SAME AS HE IS.

BE A REAL MAN AND LET ANNA BE BURIED. EVIL SCUM BASTARD.

Posted at 4:50PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Event he judge in FL wants to be famous

26. This whole thing is a disgrace and disgusting. Anna trusted noone and now I know why. She hated her mother, despised her so much, in an interview with ET she said she NEVER wants her mother near the baby, her mother hasent seen her son Daniel since he was 6, she's a jealous abusive bitch. Now her mother wants Anna's body and is concerned for the baby. BITCH PLEASE! Anna was so damned right she also said in the interview that almost everyone she came across did her wrong, talked behind her back, back stabbed her and were all wanting money or publicity. Family and Friends. SHE WAS SO RIGHT!! Look at all these people coming out now like roaches after her death when she cant defend herself. THey should all drop dead.

Posted at 2:43PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Jenny

27. WHERE THE HELL IS MAURY POVICH WHEN YOU NEED HIM?????

Posted at 2:45PM on Feb 15th 2007 by LOVEMY2MOOS

28. I agree with #15. AN's intentions of being buried next to her son are quite clear, as she purchased extra plots. If she wanted to be buried in Texas, she would have had Daniel buried there. How sad that nobody is respecting her wishes!! Even if Birkhead is the father, he should have no say in what happens with the body. I for one don't think HKS was the puppetmaster....she was the one pulling the strings...straight or high!! She appeared to be a very strong woman with her own mind. HKS benefited more from her being alive than he will now that she is dead!!

Posted at 5:24PM on Feb 15th 2007 by S. Kimo

29. I agree, the question before this judge was who the body should be released to, not WHO IS THE BABY'S FATHER. IT WAS NOT A PATERNITY HEARING. IMHO, whether right or wrong, it should be next-of-kin, her mother. Hopefully she would do the right thing and have her buried next to her son.

This judge is a fame-whore. Unbeliveable, despite the fact that he been warned that the body continues to decompose, yet he said he will order many hearings? WTF has everybody lost their minds? This is a disgrace to the judicial system and anyone that has a shred of decency

Posted at 4:29PM on Feb 15th 2007 by cubella

30. This is becoming a bigger farce than the OJ circus. For f***s sake, let the woman be embalmed and buried already before she rots. These hearings should not be televised. The judge is an a**hole and just wants his 15 minutes of fame. Why don't they just test the baby's DNA already and be done with it? EVERYONE involved is a media whore except Larry Birkhead who just wants his kid.

Posted at 7:26PM on Feb 15th 2007 by teamme

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