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Deal, No Deal

Birkhead, Opri, SternLarry Birkhead's lawyer tells TMZ there will be no negotiating with Howard K. Stern.

Debra Opri says the only subject of negotiation is "how fast he [Stern] will produce the child for a DNA test and how quickly he will allow that child to go to California with her real father."

As TMZ has been reporting, Stern has been asking Birkhead for some involvement in Dannielynn's financial affairs after paternity is established. Now Opri says, "There were never any deals. It was a one-sided discussion."

Opri tells TMZ she did not want to respond to Stern's overtures until after the funeral. Birkhead's hardline stance now puts the ball in Stern's court -- will he submit Dannielynn for DNA testing or will the fight escalate?

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3466. The people here should stand together for the baby. If the Bahamas Courts don't want to do WHAT IS ONLY RIGHT IN OUR GODS EYES and that is give the baby to its real earthly father. Then lets stay out of their HELL PIT.We all know that this baby was Made in the U.S.A are court needs to stand up for this one. If you hit a woman with child on U.S soil and the baby is miscarried it is called a killing. So this baby was alive on our U.S soil. THIS IS OUR LAW. This baby has lost everything but its daddy for Gods sake do the DNA. Tell Howard if he gains the world and loses hes soul what did he really gain like Dannie N Anna his day Will come and he Will meet the Lord Our God the real Judge. Dont ask for forgiveness Howard you had a chance to make it RIGHT.

Posted at 12:32AM on Mar 16th 2007 by Kimberley

3467. larry if you are reading this please keep debra opri as your attourney..she is wise beyond her years and yes she can be aggressive but you need someone aggressive to stand by you,,with you,, and for you..i truly beleive she has your best interst and the best interest of little dannielynn at heart..she is a wonderful person and will be a valuable asset to you now and in the future..howard k stern is afraid of her,,at this point they want you to get rid of her because she is on the right track and they feel threatened..thats thier problem..at this point debra is probaly the only one you can trust at this time..larry you are a very decent,,kind and loving man,please dont let the negative nay sayers out there confuse you..dont let them cause you to distrust debra opri..they want debra out of the picture so they can gain momentum and control you..keep your cool and dont have contact with them or anyone else with out debra opri present..this is for your and dannielynns benefit..do not make a deal with howard k stern or any of his cohorts,,your baby is not for sale..you will prevail !!!! people will say things,, horrible things about you unfortunately,,just keep your chin up and stay on track..to debra opri you are doing an execellent job..despite what some peole say you are very attractive and i beleive you to be very honest and caring..keep going the fight is on..i have no doubt that you can win this for larry and dannielynn..stay aggressive..you are not the only one who is aggressive howards female attourney is extremely aggressive and made an ass of her self during court by hogging in and not letting others have a chance..you however know when to be aggressive and how to use it the right way ..you conducted your self in a calm manner and and acted very much like the lady,,we all know you are..you also knew when to speak up and when to put your aggression into focus and force..keep up the good work..as for the statement i have read about your hanging on to larry and fawning over him in an inappropriate manner and demeanor,,i see you only guideing larry,and making sure he is not being talked to with out counsel..which is a smart thing to do..it was very inappropriate for him to be with out counsel and alone with howard k stern during this so called meeting of a resoloution..this was just a way for howard k stern and his cronies to dangle little dannielynn in front of ''larry,'',to try to get him to commit to some form of agreement in which howard k stern could manipulate him in regards to little dannielynn..howard is willing to sell this beautiful baby for money..this is just greed pure and simple..this ought to raise some eyebrows some where to authority figures, - ie,- judges,,police detectives,,coroners and everyone else..everyone out here knows or most everyone who paid attention knows that anna never had a sexual relationship with howard k stern...were they friends yes..did he help her with getting and taking those med's yes..did he work for her some and'''' i stress some,''''',yes..how ever thats all he did except leech off her ,,let her pay his bills and basically raise him..he is a gold digger from his own mouth his parents supported him paid his bills and then he hooked up with anna a very insecure young woman who always had to watch out for her and her son daniel..it was shortly there after in the time frame that anna began using drugs..he held onto her coat tails,,worked his way into her inner circle of trust and friendship and there he clung to her for a free ride for life..a real man does not do this..you however paid your own bills and paid your own expenses,,now that is a real man..i do not beleive that you want your child for money ,especially since you only wanted what was right from the beginning,,your child..you wanted your child from the moment you knew she existed..you have been here waiting all this time for you daughter and you probably would have had her if it had not been for howard k stern...it was you who tried to keep anna off and away from drugs..it was howard k stern who fed them to anna and your baby while she was pregnant,,and then afterwards.....most of the american population knows that anna had ask other men to claim little dannielynns paternity as father..anna told you that the baby was yours,then asked g ben thompson to say he was the father of little dannielynn..when that failed after daniel died she had to name someone there was no one left to ask but howard k stern.of course he readily agreed to do so,,after all it would finally give him an intimate connection to her..not to mention money down the road..after all she was in a desperate state needing a fathers name for the birth certificate,,he probably convinced her it would be ok,,'''''''''as her so called legal advisor.''''''.oh and another thing''the so called will'' i beileve he had it drawn up in case something ever happened to her so he could be the executor of her estate and daniel..i also beleive that howard k stern intended to fix it where if she later married or had other children that no one could lay claim except him and daniel..mainly him..thus no provisions for future spouses and children..it is beleived that daniel had been so concerned about his mother that he in fact did have a private investigator look into howard k stern and what he was doing in connection with anna and everything surrounding her..daniel knew something was not right...it is believed that daniel was afraid of howard k stern,,after all he grew up living with howard watching creepily , his mother's and himself everymove..so he was in a sense a looming scary authority figure who was drugging his mother and controling them both..i dont think howard k stern liked the fact that daniel was almost grown and would not need him to be the executor of anna's estate should something ever happen to anna....daniel was becoming a problem for howard k stern,he was growing up and howard could no longer control him,,and he was affraid that daniel was wise to him and would no longer need him..plus if daniel being more in charge of himself and possibly even his mother anna, because they were so close to each other might tell his mom to get rid of howard k stern..that howard was no good and he didnt trust him..wow howard couldnt let that happen,,no way..this all coming on the eve of dannielynn's birth ..if howard k stern was to get rid of daniel then he could usurp him self even closer to anna..there would then be no one close to her except the baby dannielynn and himself..he would then still be in the running for being the executor of anna's estate,,there for he could then continue to have anna to him self,and her money..now with dannielynn someone never to be expected,, another pregnancy,,another child,, howard did not want her to remarry or have any lover ,,or another child,,that could become a problem for howard k stern because he was so obsessed with anna and her money..he was so jealous it is belived that howard k stern hung around so close as to even sleep on the couch while anna and larry her true lover had a sexual relationship in thier own bedroom..that is when howard wasnt barging in on them at all hours of the day or night...wow and howard k stern says they were intimate and lovers to boot..''dont think so.''.he was creepy in that aspect..howard says they were to be married,,if so why did'nt they do it in the bahamas..it was a simple friendship commitment ceremony..she did not want to be married to howard k stern,,it was a bluff so she could keep little dannielynn..she could'nt have been sexually attracted to him..thus why the other lovers before larry..just like she didnt want to make love to her ex husband howard marshall..no bad connotation's implied against ''mr.howard marshall,'',he truly loved her..however she did not want to make love with him,,just like she did not want to be with howard k stern...did howard love her ? maybe in some creepy ,,wierd, way...he was definately obsessed and infatuated with her,,in a ''s t a l k e r '' kind of way definately..howard k stern knew that vulnerable anna was his meal ticket..thus why he usurped his way into her life after the howard marshall case..it seems to be after that,,that howard started spinning her away from friends and family..alienating her from friends and family,,so she would become soley dependant on him..thus asserting himself further into her private life..these are the ways of someone to manipulate and control a vulnerable person such as anna,,then add drugs to the picture an addict in the making..a manipulative ,,controling,,spineless,,user,,free loader,, leech and bum,,who basically lives off his parents and a vulnerable woman with a small child..has'nt howard k stern lived and sponged off her enough...its wierd how stern's ex law buddy and friend are named in anna's will....we know or can guess howards motives..as for anna's mom virgie i belive that virgie was a good mother and did not approve of her daughters choices in life,and definately did not approve of the drugs..however virgie did and does love her daughter anna..it's been said that howard k stern kept telling anna lies about her mother and supposed things she may have said..anna may have resented her mother for trying to intervene...add howard k stern stirring the pot and what do you get '''mommie dearset syndrome.'''..was virgie a mommie dearest ??[ no..].but was anna angry with her mom yes,,and when your angry you say things you don't always mean..drugs take over that person...but a mother loves her child regardless....it's been said that in her vulnerable moments when she wanted her mother that howard k stern would bring up bad memories and tell anna that virgie didnt love or support her..thus creating turmoil and indifference along with hatered in regards to her mother virgie..thus keeping virgie further out of her daughters life..as evidenced at anna's funeral by howard,,just think what howard k stern was like behind closed door's when anna wanted her mom......yes virgie may not have handled going to daniel's grave the way certain people would have expected her to do so,,but maybe she felt safe with going with those people after all she was going to a foreign country in uncharted territory..maybe she needed financial help also..maybe this was a way for her to get to go to see daniel...maybe these folks helped her with the understanding that at least this way she could then speak on record to her daughter,,to plea for her to be careful and safe....especially since howard k stern screen's anna phone calls keeps family and friends at bay...virgie may at some point have to make arrangements financially to be able to fight for her deceased grandson and daughter and the baby granddaughter dannielynn,,who are we to say or bad mouth her for trying to have contact with her grandbaby...at this point it's not like she's planning a get rich scheem...virgie stay strong...however don't try to take away larry's rights as a parent..you above anyone else knows how that feel's..if larry gets his child he has already said he would let you be in her life and share her with you...work together on this..if by some off the wall chance this is not larry's baby then you fight to get this child...but i belive larry is the father so dont hurt your self with larry,,do not alienate yourself from larry especially since larry is willing to welcome you into his circle..god bless you vergie and my prayers are with you.'''''.larry stay strong ,,stay wise,,and take care,,you are in my prayers''' do not make any deals..hold your self high like you always have...debra opri keep up the excellent work,,you are also in my prayers..by ; stephanie c.

Posted at 12:43AM on Mar 16th 2007 by stephanie

3468. $tern calls himself an attorney, since when does someone have an
attorney as executor of her will which makes his duties to disburse
the estate to the heir Not for the lawyer to take over living in the
house!! $tern is wasting Dannielynn's inheritance squandering it on
unnessary legal fees how dare him! What kind of executor is that?
This man needs to be investigated and removed from the bar! Once Anna
died why didn't Howard STOP the transaction on the house Anna was
having remodeled and stop the purchase of that motoring yacht
Dannielynn would be served better with her money from those items in
the bank and not supporting $tern like her Mother did. Howard, Do the
Right Thing......Get that baby her DNA and unite her with her real Dad
and move on with your life.
Cindy in Calif.

Posted at 7:37PM on Mar 17th 2007 by Cindy

3469. WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED .. I DIDNT THINK HOWARD HAD ANY THING TO DO WITH IT.. BUT AS TIME GOES ON AND THINGS POP UP .. I HONESTLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART HOWARD HAS SOME THING TO DO WITH IT .. SEEEMS AS THOUGH ANNA WAS BRAIN WASHED BY HIM THROUGH DRUGS.. SHE PUT TOO MUCH TRUST INTO THE WRONG PEOPLE IT SEEMS..MY THEORY. SHE DID NOT KILL HER SELF .. SHE JUST HAD A BABY. I READ ALOT OF ARTICLES ON THE NET AND THE 1 THING I FIND ODD IS THAT HOWARD CLAIMED TO BE HER FRIEND .. THEN WHY IN THE HELL WAS HE ALWAYS TAPING HER HIGH ... NEVER SAW A VIDEO WHERE SHE WASNT . IT REMINDS ME OF A PERSON BEING SET UP.. HOWARD HASNT GOT A CLUE WHAT LOVE IS .. HE THINKS ITS SPELT MONEY..COURTS SHOULD BE ASKING FOR A BLOOD TEST FROM HOWARD N LARRY .. TO TEST THERE BLOOD FOR DRUGS.. AS FOR THE MOTHER.. PLAIN AS DAY ANNA DIDNT CARE MUCH FOR HER ... SHES A FRIGGIN GOLD DIGGER JUST LIKE THE OTHERS IN HER LIFE ..AND NOW YOU HAVE HER SONS FATHER COMMING OUT OF THE WOOD WORK... HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS SON AND HIS UP BRINGING WHY BOTHER NOW WHEN HES PASSED ON?? PURHAPS THE MONEYYY... THINKS HE SHOULD CRAWL BACK INTO THE WOOD WORK.. SET UP THROUGH DRUGS BY HER BEST FRIEND TSK TSK ....JUST PRAYSS THAT THE COPS DONT GIVE IN AND FIND THE REAL REASON WHY ANNA DIED SO YOUNG JUST LIKE HER SON ..TC

Posted at 8:48AM on Mar 16th 2007 by Penny

3470.
HKS does not have to prove anything right now. Vergie and Larry are the only ones that have something to prove.
When all this stuff started ANS was alive and if you remember she said HKS was the father. I dont understand why everyone is giving HKS such a hard time this is what ANS wanted! (HKS to be the father)

Posted at 10:58AM on Mar 16th 2007 by Aileen

3471. COMMENT TO #3512 . HOWARD HAS EVERYY THING TO PROVE RIGHT NOW.. THERES A BABY INVOLVED .... AND YES YOU ARE CORRECT ANNA WAS STILL ALIVE .. BUT WAS SHE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS???? GIVEN TO HER BY HER SO CALLED BEST FRIEND ! LIKE I SAID SHE PUT TOO MUCH TRUST INTO THE WRONG PPLZ HANDS TY

Posted at 12:55PM on Mar 16th 2007 by Penny

3472. Will anyone ever look or even care that these two very young people both died of unnatural reasons?, Needless to say Daniel had spoke with a P.I.? Annas mom had predicted trouble months before her death, Now Dannilyn is still and yet with the very person danny was in fear of and no one can seem to do anything about it? What exactly would we do if anything happens to this little girl, I'm scared the real question is what can we do?

Posted at 1:10PM on Mar 17th 2007 by SUSAN VAN KLEECK

3473. LMFAO @ "Larry Birkhead is hot" Anyho, I think Larry is in for the money as is Vergie HO!

Posted at 9:43AM on Mar 18th 2007 by Abba

3474. The Bahamas know they are being CLOSELY WATCHED when they have TONS of emails, letters, and phone calls directly to them asking that they do the right things relating to the baby and the investigations. FLOOD Bahama with phone calls, letters, and emails! It takes people to open letters and emails, and answer ringing phones . . . those people will tell others about how the world is watching regarding the baby and investigations . . . they in turn remember Aruba (see scaredmonkeys.com or scaredmonkeys.net) and know that the world is quickly hearing about all the previous corruption in the Bahamas before and after Anna arrived (google Bahama corruption or similar (before), plus Anna Nicole and Gibson (after) . . . so the legal residents of Bahama may put pressure on their officials to do right for their future economy and reputation. The judges might be separate from the government (like in Aruba) but they should want their island's economy to prosper in the future.

This is not a call for a tourism boycott yet. It is a plea for Bahama not to make the same mistakes, so that their future tourism does not suffer. TOURISM is a KNOWN way to earn their money (the Marshall millions have been in courts for 12 years and is still being fought, so there may never be any money actually received). Let Bahama know the whole WORLD"s future tourists are WATCHING their decisions (actions and non-actions) regarding both the baby's CUSTODY and their INVESTIGATIONS !

Filming and laughing at a pregnant woman on drugs and not taking her to the hospital is horrid. Whatever went into Anna's system also went into the baby's and that should be a crime, not a "joke" as said on the tapes.
Kidnappers do not go free just because they bonded with their hostage (google "Stockholm Syndrome"). No, I am not calling Stern a kidnapper, but IMO he seems to be keeping a baby from it's biological families wanting (the control of the money for Anna's likeness, use of her name, future books, movie rights, etc. plus the possible Marshall estate) settlement arranged first ( Stern and Anna's lawyers' words).
It is also impossible to bond with a child you are not allowed to be with daily, so the biological families should not be penalized for not being close when they can not physically get close to the baby daily.

Bahama, please give custody to her biological families to raise in the United States for everyone's sakes. Both the US and Bahama, please do a great job on investigatigating Anna and Daniel's untimely deaths (and hopefully IMO imprisoning Stern and cohorts for something related to all of this). Please help to have custody of Dannielynn be given to her biological father or biological family.Her mother and brother are dead, both while being IMO with Stern and around all those drugs.

SEND your emails right now,
and when the offices open CALL the phone numbers.
SPREAD this list to all your friends, relatives, and to OTHER BLOG SITES, asking everyone to USE it immediately.

Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
PO Box N-3701,
Bay Street,
Nassau, The Bahamas
Tel: 1 (242) 302 2000
Fax: (242) 302 2098
General Manager
Tel: (242) 424-0888
E-mail:
tourism@bahamas.com
pamelal@coralwave.com

Bahamas Tourist Office,
1200 S. Pine Island Rd.,
Plantation, FL 33324;
954-236-9292 or 800-224-3681
contact at:
http://www.bahamas.com/bahamas/contactus.aspx

Bahamas Tourism Channel
P.O. Box N-2000
Nassau, Bahamas
Ph. (242) 393-8278
Fax (242) 393-8259
Email:
Info@BahamasTourismChannel.com

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Bahama Government
Email: Webmaster@bahamas.gov.bs

Office of the Prime Minister
Hon. Perry Gladstone Christie
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre, Cable Beach
P.O. Box N-3217
Nassau, N.P. Bahamas
FAX: 242-327-5806
EMAIL:
pmchristie@bahamas.gov.bs

Bahamas Embassy to the United States
Washington D.C.
Tel: 202-319-2660/7
Fax: 202-319-2668
Email:
bahemb@aol.com

Publisher
The Tribune (newspaper)
P.O. Box N-3207
Nassau, N.P., Bahamas
FAX: 242-328-2398
EMAIL:
letters@tribunemedia.net

Publisher
The Bahamas Journal (newspaper)
Media Hse East Street North
P.O. Box N 8610
Nassau, Bahama
Phone: (1-242) 325-3082
Fax: (1-242) 325-3996
to contact::
http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=136

Publisher
Nassau Guardian Ltd. (newspaper)
Carter Street,Oakes Field
P.O. Box N 3011
Nassau, Bahama
Phone: (1-242) 302-2300
Fax: (1-242) 328-6867
General Manager 242-302-2307
Chief Editor 242-302-2314
News Room Coordinator 242-302-2337
Email:
editor@bahamainfo.com
editor@nasguard.com

The Tribune,
Freeport, Bahamas
tribunefreeport@mackeymedia.com

Editor,
The Freeport News,
P.O. Box F-40007,
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Fax: 242-351-3449
email:
oswaldtbrown@hotmail.com

Editor,
The Punch,
P.O. Box N-4081,
Nassau, New Providence. Bahamas
Contact: Ivan Johnson tel: (242)-322-7112
Fax: (242)-323-5268
email: thepunch@coralwave.com
Sonya Minnis sonya@thepunch.org

(there may be more Bahama governmental offices to add by googling and checking to make sure their contact info is still working).

Keep the media watching the Bahama and all the jurisdictions. It is a cycle: The More Interest, the Higher the Ratings, the More Media . . . Watching them and reporting until the final conclusion of all of these issues and investigations. A few contacts are:

Nancy Grace, Headline News
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5c.html?24

Greta, Fox News
Email:
Ontherecord@foxnews.com

Catherine Crier, CourtTV
to contact:
http://www.courttv.com/contact/feedbackform.aspsubject_id=53&start=true

CNN/Headline News
to contact:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5c.html?1

Showbiz Tonight on Headline News
to contact:
http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5c.html?23

Please, before you sign off,
Email or contact all the above today and spread this list for others to do the same!

Posted at 9:07PM on Mar 18th 2007 by rescue the baby

3475. HK$ without a doubt is a character right out of Charles Dickens's novel 'Oliver Twist', non-other than the lowlife 'FAGIN', the money grubber that robbed orphans and sets his associates up to take the fall for him in all his crimes. Maybe they should cast him in the next Broadway production......

Character description:
Fagin - A conniving career criminal. Fagin takes in homeless children and trains them to pick pockets for him. He is also a buyer of other people’s stolen goods. He rarely commits crimes himself, preferring to employ others to commit them—and often suffer legal retribution—in his place. Dickens’s portrait of Fagin displays the influence of anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Posted at 11:21AM on Mar 19th 2007 by Vigilante Justice

3476. everyone blaming HOWARD for not submitting DNA but Anna just died SHE was the one dealaying this

Posted at 1:18PM on Mar 21st 2007 by Tammie

3477. 3514. everyone blaming HOWARD for not submitting DNA but Anna just died SHE was the one dealaying this

Posted at 1:18PM on Mar 21st 2007 by Tammie
i beg to differ with you...the lawyer ron rale stated that anna wanted to do the dna but he stopped it ...

Posted at 7:19AM on Mar 22nd 2007 by cherylinohio

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