Celebrity Justice
Virgie: I Didn't Pay for My Bahamas Flight

Anna Nicole Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, just told the court that her round-trip airplane fare for a recent trip from Houston to the Bahamas was paid for by a third party. She traveled with sister-in-law Elaine Tabor, and someone she called "a close friend" of the family, David Leigh, identified as a journalist with Splash News.

She could not identify precisely where Leigh lived in Florida, and said he did not know Daniel Smith, even though he was present at a memorial service for him in the Bahamas in January.

Arthur revealed that she receives approximately $3500 per month in pension, and that her husband makes $600 per week, upon being asked by Judge Larry Seidlin.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Anna Nicole Smith

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1. OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! If this person needs financial help from a close friend of the family to travel!!! BIG DEAL!!

Posted at 3:44PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Tonia in Fort Frances, ON

2. Its all about the money - she has no shame

Posted at 3:44PM on Feb 21st 2007 by T

3. And the family friends just "happen" to be from a news organization? I'd be less skeptical if that "family friend" didn't turn around and publish the images that he helped pay to procure . . .

Posted at 3:45PM on Feb 21st 2007 by CA Girl

4. she wants the body for the coin.

Posted at 3:45PM on Feb 21st 2007 by asscrack

5. I like how she is close personal friends with this guy, but doesn't know what state he lives in. Cuckoo Cuckoo.

Posted at 3:46PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Me

6. This woman has proven herself to be a LIAR. How can she be considered to be a credible person in the court room now???

Posted at 3:47PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Kat

7. Who cares NOt like HOWIE has never or will never do the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leave MOM alone GO after howie he will get all anyway

Posted at 3:47PM on Feb 21st 2007 by lier lier

8. so what

would accept the same if I was strapped for cash. Her lawyers need to be paid somehow!

Posted at 3:48PM on Feb 21st 2007 by lala

9. Interesting look behind the scenes of the new media and the manufactoring of news - and yall thought she showed up in the Bahamas cause it was "the right thing to do".

Posted at 3:49PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Inspector Gadget

10. the point is she is a liar, she made plenty of money from the media organizations, everytime she was on the air, she had nothing but bad things to say about her daughter, her and her daughter was estranged for yrs. what anna wanted when she was alive should remain in play, i believe that woman wanted to be buried next to her son and no where else, now her mother comes along and tries to take that from her, she is crazy. I'm no big fan of Stern but why would he lie about that, he was with Anna during the good and the bad, now that his anna is gone, the dollar signs are going off for the mother

Posted at 3:49PM on Feb 21st 2007 by goldie

11. Howie sold rights to the funeral for $1,000,000 AND sold his sobbing-act reaction to Anna's death for another $1,000,000.

He trumps.

Posted at 3:50PM on Feb 21st 2007 by froglevel

12. She is gross.
When she was asked earlier in the day - I guess she "forgot" that THIS CLOSE FAMILY friend worked for Splash.

UGH - she is way more creepy to me than HKS!

Posted at 3:50PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Lee

13. I bet her lodging is paid for too. She wouldn't be there on her dime.

Posted at 3:50PM on Feb 21st 2007 by T

14. Ole' Virgie is on the hot seat now ....she lied earlier.....this should be ..Splash put the helicopters in the air

Posted at 3:50PM on Feb 21st 2007 by dawn2

15. Just wait...Vergie's lawyers want Howard to take the stand again. They are going to drop the BOMB........the video of Anna Nicole stoned at 8 months pregnant with Howard saying, "This is worth money!"

Posted at 3:51PM on Feb 21st 2007 by RN 2 B

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