How Anna's Mom Learned About Anna -- From Jailbird Ex

Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother may have been so desperate for information about her daughter, that she begged a criminal who is still in prison for making criminal threats against Anna, to fill in the blanks.
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TMZ has obtained a letter Virgie Arthur wrote to Mark Hatten, a man was acquitted of stalking Anna, asking him to share "memories" of Anna with her, as well as any information he may have had about their infamous mother-daughter rift.

In the letter, dated November 13, 2006, two months after the death of her grandson Daniel, Virgie asks Hatten to "tell [her] the story Vickie told you about what we are not speaking" (Vickie was Anna's birth name) and thanks Hatten for "all the information you did give me ... I WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY MEMORIES THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH ME." Virgie also asks for pictures and expresses her sorrow to Hatten -- who had a brief relationship with Smith -- for getting "tangled up [sic] the web."

In other correspondence that Hatten shared with TMZ, Hatten claims to have made a sex tape with Anna Nicole, a tape that he fears was stolen from the Bahamas house where Anna was living when she died. "It must be destroyed," says Hatten, who adds that Anna was "against pornography (hardcore)."

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31. How can people be so stupid?

Posted at 3:43PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Baboo

32. Not only is he in jail for threats against Anna he beat up the next door neighbor. He got 8 years in prison. Jackie would not testify against her borther for what he did to Anna, Anna droped her fast. Just another friend Anna thought she had but didn't. In the state of California to get 8 years it must have been bad, hell rapist don't get that. On Larry King Jackie said she was on the phone with Virgie when she heard of Anna death. So Jackie has been in touch with Virgie for sometime. I think Jackie was helping Ann's sister who was writing a book about Anna. Anna was very upset about the book, as Anna said " this person has not talk to me or seen me in 10 years, what dose she know about me". Virgie and clan have tried for years to get money from her or make it off of her. I don't care who the father is just don't let that clan near that baby.

Posted at 4:34PM on Mar 6th 2007 by sorry for all

33. This is the same hateful woman who had the nerve to show up at the funeral after trying over and over to stop it, (according to ET's coverage) shovelled dirt into the entire grave and then WALKED ON HER OWN DAUGHTER'S GRAVE!!! The daughter she claimed to love so much. Even the footage of her eulogy at the service was filled with crocodile tears. She's an evil, hateful woman and I pray she NEVER gets her hands on Danielynn. That baby would be better off never knowing what kind of person her maternal grandmother is.

Posted at 3:43PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Leah C

34. This woman did not know her daughter and she needed to know things to make people think she did, also sell it, she is a mean woman. MEAN!

Posted at 10:41PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Cheryl

35. # 11 SHEILA AKA VIRGIE -

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? VIRGIE NEEDS TO KNOW NOTHING! SHE IS A NOSY B**** AND THE ONLY REASON SHE WAS TRYING TO GET INFORMATION WAS TO PASS ON TO SPLASH! IF SHE GAVE A SH** ABOUT HER DAUGHTER OR GRANDSON SHE WOULD HAVE FOUGHT TO SEE THEM! NOONE IS GOING TO BUY HER BOOK EXCEPT HER FAMILY! NO ONE GIVES A SH** WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY, EVERYONE KNOWS SHE IS FULL OF IT!

SHE CONTACTED "HOLLYWOOD" FIRST, HE WROTE HER BACK LIKE THE DUMB AS* HE IS AND THEN SHE RESPONDED AGAIN. HE THOUGHT BY PASSING IT ON IT WOULD MAKE HER LOOK BETTER, BUT IT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHAT A MONEY HUNGRY B**** SHE IS.... TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF HER GRANDSONS DEATH! SICK!!!!!! $30,000 WASNT ENOUGH!! GREEDY, GREEDY, GREEDY! SHE IS GOING STRAIGHT TO HE**!!!

SHE NEEDS TO CRAWL BACK INTO HER TRAILED AND STAY THERE, HER AND THE REST OF HER NASTY FAMILY!

TRYING TO GAIN CUSTODY OF DANNIELYNN, THAT PROVES EVEN MORE SHE IS AFTER MONEY! STUPID FAT NASTY WITCH! SHE WASNT THERE FOR HER DAUGHTER MOST OF HER LIFE, SHE NEEDS TO STAY OUT NOW! HER "FRIEND" FROM SPLASH NEEDS TO LEAVE HER ALONE BEFORE HE IS HATED AS MUCH AS SHE IS... OH YAH, HE ALREADY IS... ANYONE NOTICE HER EXAGGERATED DEPARTURE FROM THE MORGUE.. HOW STAGED WAS THAT.. DUMBY FROM SPLASH EVEN PLAYED IT UP FOR THE CAMERAS THAT HE PLANTED THERE!

WHATEVER! YOU PEOPLE THAT STICK UP FOR THE MANGY WITCH ARE OBVIOUSLY FAMILY OR TRAILER TRASH TOO!

ANNA WAS NOT AN ANGEL, SHE DID THE BEST SHE COULD WITH HAVING THAT WITCH FOR A MOM!

VIRGIE GO AWAY! YOUR STILL NOT WANTED, ANYWHERE! NOT EVEN IN TEXAS!
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR UGLY FACE ANYMORE! DO US ALL A FAVOR, DISAPPEAR PLEASE!

Posted at 9:07PM on Mar 6th 2007 by J C

36. did anyone ever stop to think that maybe she's trying to get some evidence against HKS to have him put away where he should be
i'm in favor of mr.HK$$$$ to take a polygraph test.and watch the sparks
fly!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:45PM on Mar 6th 2007 by t.sanders

37. Virgie Arthur is total scum.

Posted at 3:45PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mel

38. Yeah virgie really loved her daughter....shes friends with a man in prison for stalking her....get a life virgies...you don't have a clue to what it means to love.

Posted at 4:29PM on Mar 6th 2007 by danielle

39. HER MOM NEEDS IT FOR HER BOOK, NOT BECAUSE SHE CARED! COME ON

Posted at 5:13PM on Mar 6th 2007 by lynnieGirl-Memphis,TN

40. And none of you think that Howard, or any of her other 'employees' will right a book about her from their perspective? I'm thinking the only one with any integrity will be Larry, the real father of Dannielynn. And I think he'll keep her out of the public eye, so her life won't get as messed up as her mother Anna's. So what if Virgie writes a book, everyone else will.

Posted at 4:47PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Vall

41. This woman should be so ashamed of herself. I don't think she has one bit of remorse or compassion. She's in it for the money and that's it. I would hate to think that as much as ANS hated her - that she would actually even attempt to get custody of Dannielynn. Hell, she wasn't a mother to her own daughter - why would she want to try now. She's an old country bumkin and needs to go home, hang her clothes on the line and tend to her chickens!

Posted at 4:00PM on Mar 6th 2007 by K. Jackson

42. How sleazy will Virgie Arthur Get. No wonder Anna didn't speak to her. Seems she was spying on Anna. Well, I still think Virgie was working for the Marshall family to get any dirt on Anna. And I still think the Marshall family is funding all the trouble she is making now. She probably has a deal for a lot less money than Anna should have gotten from them.

Posted at 4:54PM on Mar 6th 2007 by LA Wallace

43. Is it just me, or does that writing look like a girl's writing? Is that supposed to be his hand written note on the side?

Posted at 4:46PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Renee

44. Leave Virgie Alone~~~~!!!! You don't know her grief!

Posted at 3:52PM on Mar 6th 2007 by monkia louinski

45. This woman is disgusting..now I get a better picture of why ANS hated her.

Posted at 3:53PM on Mar 6th 2007 by bitch

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