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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91. 33. It's NOT just you, that ME's head is like a magnet, I can't stop looking at it. TMZ needs to get their teeth into that story and find out what the deal is..that's the kind of investigative journalism that NEEDS to be done on this case.

Posted at 3:30PM on Feb 15th 2007 by cheri

well thank goodness i am not the only one, for a minute there i thought maybe my left eye had slid down on my face or something. I agree and i cannot wait to see who is the first to get out the scoop on the explanation for that skull bubble, i want to know that even more than who the babys daddy is or who gets the body or how she died even. Whats the deal TMZ? Enquiring minds wanna know!

Posted at 6:52PM on Feb 15th 2007 by is it just me

92. Don't you idgits understand Anna is dead. She didn't lay Daniel to rest for friggin days. Who the fvck cares. They can keep her in a body bag in a freezer for 6 months for all I care, just so that they have ENOUGH DNA to find out who Dannielynn's REAL DADDY is. I don't care if they bury her in Tijuana nor would she. Shut the fvck up people. Don't you have lives of your own to worry about?

Posted at 4:47PM on Feb 15th 2007 by kc

93. When I saw a clip of the judge on Nancy Grace lastnight, saying 'the body belongs to me now' and 'that baby is sitting on a cold slab and i can go look at it anytime i want to'...i seriously thought it was some kind of sick comedy joke someone was doing. This guy is a creep and being so disrespectful of Anna's body. I was shocked and appauled. And how can he say it won't decompose so fast? Since when is a judge a doctor too? Idiot!

Posted at 4:51PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Kitty

94. Nancy Grace is the only one in the Media that seems to give darn at this point . She is right when she says she wishes a mother any mother could just step up and take care of this child. I agree.
I hope like hell where ever this baby is some one is holding her and feeding her and loving her. And giving her a stable home which at this point NO ONE has stepped up to do.

Posted at 4:55PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Cyndy

95. This is the greatest celebrity scandal of all time, by far. I hope it drags out so long that Anna's remains consist of a puddle that the morgue nightwatchman slips on. Then, he could join the fun by filing a lawsuit against the corpse.

Posted at 7:28AM on Feb 16th 2007 by David Orbach

96. No matter how estranged Anna was with her mother (while drug enduced), no one, not even Anna, can take the fact away that Vergie is her mother and Anna is Vergie's daughter. A mother, especially a mother, in the USA courts have legal rights when it comes to their children. Like it or not! Just like Vergie, no matter how my child argued, fussed, fought, disowned me and even not speak to me, I would have been on the first plane to get my daughter's body, and yes, my grand child too! All of you are saying, it's because of the money. But come on really, if this child ever sees a dime would surprise me, because if anyone thinks that the Marshall family is going to relinquish money now that Anna is dead, is sadly mistaken.

Yes, the judge is doing the right thing. Let's not leave any stone unturned. One thing, I think we can all agree on is that, we don't want speculations after this is over.

Posted at 5:07PM on Feb 15th 2007 by JR

97. Seems to me in this case the next of kin issue is totally tied in with the paternity issue. Dannielyn is the immediate next of kin, and whomever her father might be would be the one who would make decisions in her behalf. Therefore, the courts have to rule out who's NOT the father, and hopefully determine who IS the father. The only way the mother would be deemed the next of kin would be if none of the men claiming paternity actually fathered Dannielyn, and she was deemed guardian of the child. So it's a complicated situation that's not going to be solved overnight-I think the judge is doing the right thing by taking his time. This is besides the fact the eyes of the world are upon him, and he doesn't want to screw up.

Now...back to the issue of the Medical Examiner's head....WTF is up with that? It's the biggest mystery of all to me!

Posted at 6:08PM on Feb 15th 2007 by cheri

98. This is just crazy, all parties involved need to step up and agree on something, a viewing for Virgies folks, a burial in the Bahamas. Seems really simple to me. How could anyone involved NOT want her buried next to her son? That is just cruel and evil. Now this idiot judge has his ugly mug on television and is loving it, hell when this is all over Anna will be a pile of dust and they can just half the pile.

Posted at 5:05PM on Feb 15th 2007 by yeahisaidit

99. Who is Larry Birkhead? Why should we trust anything he says/
Was he just living off of sellling Anna's pictures. He dosn't look to upset to me. What does he have that would make him a better father? He may not be able to buy the kid a pair of shoes.

Posted at 8:31PM on Feb 15th 2007 by peace0000

100. The judge in Florida that claims "Anna's body is his now".......... he is one "legend in his own mind" type of guy! He is abusing his authority1
Why doesn't he do the right thing by the baby, and let the paternity test happen right away! Let the baby bond with her real father.
Notice HKS's NOSE or BEAK shall I say, and look at his coloring! The baby is quite the opposite of HKS.
HKS is being cruel, cruel, cruel to the baby- let her bond with her REAL BLOOD!

Posted at 6:27PM on Feb 15th 2007 by ngel Bondavich

101. This judge is an embarassment.

Oh, I forgot. Judges are lawyers. That explains all the posing and self-righteousness.

Nancy Grace is totally correct about this prima donna.

Posted at 5:19PM on Feb 15th 2007 by ellen

102. having been in court 54 times (YES FIFTY-FOUR!) trying to collect child support I can personally swear to some judges being completely insane.

Posted at 6:54PM on Feb 15th 2007 by a frequent visitor of Family Court

103. On Fox news today, they interviewed the Funeral Home, that handled Daniels funeral in the Bahamas.
The woman said she never saw Anna at the funeral home.And that Annas son is in a unmarked grave in the Bahamas.
Remember when Stern told ET he sold pictures to "get the money" for Daniel...
WOW...and with all that cash, they didn't even get the kid a headstone! And don't forget,Daniel wasn't buried timely either..Anna and Stern chose to have a "commitment ceremony first"

Posted at 6:42PM on Feb 15th 2007 by A Mom and a Grandmom

104. Judge Seidlin is mentally unstable. No will has been probated. Anywhere. HK Stern is not the Executor of anything. Bahamian law has no business in a Florida Judge's chambers - particularly since the decedent is in Flordia, U.S., and her "Bahamian domicile" (as Stern's big-mouthed lawyer calls it) is fraudulent. Stern has no business even being represented in the matter of where ANS will be interred. More importantly, mentally-unstable Seidlin has deemed it that a 5 mo. old baby should have say (through a guardian) as to where ANS will be buried. No matter how many times ANS's mother's lawyer presented case law to this maniac in a black robe, he refused to hear it. He said he's going to let his "heart tell me what to do. My heart will speak to me." He also spoke about the "vibes" he has. Now, in order to avoid taking the blame for what is going to be an illegal decision (to give the body to Stern), he's appointed an Administrator to review the case and he's allowing clearly inadmissable "evidence". Things called "hearsay," which means there's no proof that ANS said these things. This case is RIPE for an appeal. BTW, if that horse-faced lawyer for HK Stern wants to admit transcripts from Entertainment Tonight, Virgie's lawyer better submit the transcript from Wed.'s Access Hollywood, WHERE TRIM-SPA'S OWNER SAID HK STERN AND HE (ALEX GOEN) WANT TO HOLD THE FUNERAL IN THE BAHAMAS BETWEEN 2/18 AND 2/25 TO COINCIDE WITH A TRIMSPA PARTY WHEREIN THEY HOPE TO FIND THE NEW SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE DRUG. WHY IS DANIEL SMITH BURIED IN THE BAHAMAS? HE IS A LEGAL CITIZEN/RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Posted at 5:30PM on Feb 15th 2007 by DB

105. I think that the Medical Examiner is the son of Gumby! Look at that head! Or do we need another DNA sample?

Posted at 5:08PM on Feb 15th 2007 by thinkaboutit

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