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Birkhead: Stern Taunted Me, Gave Drugs to Sick Anna

Larry Birkhead alleged on the witness stand that during a hospital stay in April 2006, when Anna Nicole Smith was ill and several months' pregnant, that Howard K. Stern and Anna Nicole had "a duffel bag" full of drugs with which they would supplement the hospital's dosages.

Birkhead added that Anna Nicole made "a baby book" while in the hospital, in which she identified Birkhead as the dad, and Howard K. Stern as "Uncle Howard." Nearing tears, Birkhead described his efforts to help Anna get past her drug problems at her Studio City home in May 2006.

He also suggested that Stern was "romantically interested" in Anna Nicole but that the love was unrequited. Birkhead said that Stern challenged Birkhead's paternity, and taunted him with the possibility that South Carolina businessman Ben Thompson might be the actual father.

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46. Howard K Stern is a slimey gold digger.

Posted at 7:23PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Emmanuelle

47. #33

ANS had an elective c-section done which means they take the baby AHEAD of the actual due date which places the conception date EXACTLY when Larry claims it does

Posted at 7:23PM on Feb 21st 2007 by open your eyes

48. Ok people I'm confused!

Who has the CUPS? lol HKS or ..... LB??

Posted at 7:24PM on Feb 21st 2007 by monkia louinski

49. I hope they arrest Howard K Stern for supplying ANS and her son with drugs and for forgery and I hope he is disbared for unethical conduct with his client. HOWARD K STERN is a money grubbing, drug dealing shyster.

Posted at 7:30PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Emmanuelle

50. I think Ms Opri should be disbarred for using stolen evidence to promote her case.

It shows that she will stoop to any level in order to get what she wants rather than going by the letter of the law.

CAN YOU SAY DISBARRED?

Posted at 7:31PM on Feb 21st 2007 by imitalian

51. CAN YOU SAY CRIMINAL CHARGES -- Italian pony the term "disbarred" is going to come out of these hearings all right -- perhaps chrissy barth or howard stern, but not Debra Opri ... get real!

Posted at 7:34PM on Feb 21st 2007 by dmc

52. to open your eyes ......... I have had 3 c-sections and twice I was 2 weeks past my due date and once I was right at my due date due to baby size they did not want me to go past that date. It depends on the doctor and medical condition as far as when a baby will be delivered by c-section.

Posted at 7:34PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Doreen

53. your wrong thomas virgie is not out for money the ones that are out for money
was the other three guys that claimed to be the father of anna nicole's baby
so i hope virgie will get what she wants so stop putting down her and larry
they are not out for money your just plain wrong i feel for virgie and i hope she will get all she wants because when she was on the stand today she felt so confused with answering all those questions that were tough and one answer she was very
confused about was about the money part if she was in for the money but it is sad to see virgie in court she was very sad in the court room during some of the testimony give this lady a break and dont blame her for going after money thats not the issue.

Posted at 7:41PM on Feb 21st 2007 by pricsilla

54. Do you want to have some FUN??!! Google-up the two words, +"Stern" and +"scumbag". You'll get more than 85,000 hits!
I guess if we looked up the word "SCUMBAG" in a dictionary, we would see Howard K. Stern's FACE!

Posted at 9:53PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Bonnie

55. #47.....Who claims anything was stolen...???...a dead woman? Don't think so. Howard?..Bingo! Why?....it wasn't his property.
Just because the owners of the house got there before Stern did and secured Anna's property, not Howard's?...means nothing. They claim it was Anna's wishes if anything happened to her. They don't have a reason to lie....does Howard? Hell yes!
All I'm saying is that if there was a doubt the "Clown" tape dispelled them all regarding Howard's integrity, morality, and intent.
Why don't some of you listen to the facts before spouting off?

Posted at 7:44PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Janielyn

56. A lot of sadness here....
A beautiful, full of life woman, with no self-worth....untrusting...and an addictive personality.
An educated man, who, over time, fell in love with a woman who did not love him.
An innocent son, who lost his life, due to his mother's lifestyle....and her associations.
An innocent daughter, who will never know her mother, her brother, and maybe even her father.
This whole story is about fame, money, deceipt, drugs and fraud. Many lives have been ruined....and many more will be.
Very, very sad for everyone involved.

Posted at 7:44PM on Feb 21st 2007 by D. Stevens

57. DOES ANYONE READ THE BAHAMA JOURNAL THIS WAS IN TODAYS NEWSPAPER!!!

BIRKHEAD HAS A HUGE FIGHT AHEAD!!! WRITE YOUR LETTERS TO THEM!!
ITS DISGRACEFUL!!!



20th February
Paternity Law May Work To Stern’s Advantage
By Quincy Parker
The law of The Bahamas may work against Larry Birkhead, the ex-lover who claims to have fathered Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern with the late Anna Nicole Smith, in his challenge of the Bahamian birth certificate listing Howard K. Stern as the baby’s father.
Mr. Stern, whose only client as a lawyer has reportedly been the late Ms. Smith, claims to be the father of her daughter, who was born at Doctors Hospital in September 2006.

He claims to have been the late model/actress’ lover for some time.

Mr. Birkhead is one of four or five men who have either claimed to be the child’s father or have had it claimed on their behalf.

According Mr. Birkhead, he is the real father of the baby girl, and Ms. Smith’s and Mr. Stern’s assertions that he (Mr. Stern) is the father are untrue.

However, the Status of Children Act 2002 seems to put the advantage in the affair squarely with Mr. Stern.

The law may, however, allow Mr. Birkhead some relief in terms of the ability to appeal.

Section 7(1)(d) of the Act makes the presumption that the father of a child is the person who was living with the mother in a relationship "of some permanence" at the time the child was born.

"Unless the contrary is proven on a balance of probabilities, there is a presumption that a male person is, and shall be recognised in law to be, the father of a child (if) the person was cohabiting with the mother of the child in a relationship of some permanence at the time of the birth of the child, or the child is born within 280 days after they ceased to cohabit," the law states.

As Ms. Smith and Mr. Stern had been living together in ‘Horizons’ on the Eastern Road prior to the child’s birth, and continued to do so up until Ms. Smith’s unpredicted death, this seems to give the weight of Bahamian law to Mr. Stern’s claim to paternity.

A subsequent section of the law, Section 7(1)(g), also seems to speak to the particular situation facing Messrs. Stern and Birkhead.

"There is a presumption that a male person is, and shall be recognised in law to be, the father of a child (if) the person has acknowledged in proceedings for registration of the child, in accordance with the law relating to the registration of births, that he is the father of the child," the law says.

Therefore, in Bahamian law, Howard K. Stern is the father of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern.

Section 12 of the Act allows for the court to vary or discharge the declaration of paternity "where evidence becomes available that was not available at the previous hearing."

Section 14 sets out the terms under which a blood test may be used to determine the parentage of a child.

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Posted at 7:46PM on Feb 21st 2007 by nancy

58. If Larry cared so much about Anna and the baby, while she was still pregnant why the hell diden`t he say or do somthing at the time he saw Howard in action in the hospital while all this was going on. Because he was in on somthing too. Noone really cared enough about any of Anna`s family or Anna herself or they would fought for her right then and there . My sons father died of an overdose when he was five years old. I left him when he was 3mos. old because I could not stop the man I loved withall my heart from hurting himself. I was not going to be a part of that shit with my son at all.. None of these people gave a fuck about this poor sweet now dead mother nof two!!!
Pissed off

Posted at 7:45PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Lisa

59. As a former police officer and defense attorney legal assistant I find this trial very interesting. After watching the testimony of the parties involved I am most impressed with Larry Birkhead. He seems very sincere and honest. He does not come accross as one who is trying to gain anything but the custody of what I now believe is his child. As for the burial of Anna Nicole's body, just end it and let her mother bury her. Howard Stern is in this for the money. He admitted that he stands to make 6 million dollars from the 100 million Marshall judgement that is currently being appealed. Stern lives in California, why would he care of want Anna's body buried in the Bahamas? Anna's Mom has already indicated that she wants her daughter and grandson buried together in Texas. Stern got his face cracked when the judge ask him if Anna Nicole was impaired in the tape they keep showing where she is bashing her Mom when he responded that he (Stern) had seen her more impaired and when the judge questioned him about his remark he (Stern) tried to repair the damage he just caused, but I don't feel that the judge bought his attempt to undo the damage he caused. So, Larry Birkhead, best of luck to you and I hope you get your daughter real soon.

Posted at 7:48PM on Feb 21st 2007 by David Masters

60. Not Larry, not Howard, not that fake prince or bodyguard...Because it is I.....I am Anna Nichole's baby-daddy.

Posted at 7:47PM on Feb 21st 2007 by skelestones

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