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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46.
#21 GET CABLE
ET'S COVERAGE IS BIAS

Posted at 3:55PM on Mar 6th 2007 by sandy

47. Virgie didn't need to write him, her own daughter has a book coming out all about Anna. Don't tell me Virgie is going to say she has no idea about this book. And don't tell me Virgie isn't going to get money from this book. The women is just VILE

Posted at 4:35PM on Mar 6th 2007 by sorry for all

48. The Hatten family and Virgie all deserve each other. None have Anna Nicole's best interest at heart. All about money and they can say anything they want as ANS is not here to defend herself. Go Away!!!! Virgie's behavior confirms what ANS said about her mother. It's all about Virgie-even trying to stop the funeral.

Posted at 4:11PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Freida Worley

49. None of us will ever know exactly what went on in Anna-Nicole's life, as a child, teenager or adult. I do believe that she was not the brightess bulb on the porch, and what she perceived as "truth" might be from a overactive (or under-active) imagination....I'm not saying bad things did not happen to her, when she was young...I'm just saying perhaps, just perhaps she WAS the source of the problem...Its not like she was the first girl or boy to lie about something and then repeat it so much that it became truth....I do believe she was a troubled youth, who left home and became a troubled adult...People used her, she used people...She never really matured....This was a very sad life.

Posted at 3:54PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Old Dog

50.
why he the hell did she walk over ANK grave????A REAL MOTHER WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING---------------------- SHE IS NOT A MOTHER---------------------ONE EVIL
B--TCH ------------------------------SHE SOLD HER SOLD TO SATAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:56PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Barbara

51.
WTF??? Virgie is a prime example of why there should be some sort of criteria established for people having children!

Posted at 4:57PM on Mar 6th 2007 by jr

52. IIF VERGIE WANTS TO WRITE A BOOK ON ANNA, SHE SHOULD WRITE ABOUT ANNAS FIRST 15 YEARS ..THE YEARS SHE LIVED WITH HER MOTHER..THOSE WERE THE HORROR YEARS AND VERGIE HAS ALL THE FACTS FIRST HAND...AND PHOTOS...( U KNOW THE 1`S SHE WOULDN`T GIVE TO ANNA WHEN FANIEL DIED)..SHE CAN WRITE ABOUT ALL THE BEATINGS, THE RAPES FROM 1 OR 2 OF HER 5 STEP FATHERS...AND THE RAPE FROM HER 1/2 BROTHER...VERGIE CAN WRITE ALL THAT STUFF....ITS TRUE MOMMY DEAREST...YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY...VERGIR NEVER DEFENDED ANNA ALL THOSE YEARS..

Posted at 6:42PM on Mar 6th 2007 by JC

53. I would like to know WHO is taking all of these intimate photos?? Is it Howard?? My goodness, is there no privacy anywhere in this household?? SICK!

Posted at 3:59PM on Mar 6th 2007 by George RH

54. Some say a mother holds her child close to her heart......I say Vergies love for the money she plans on making off of her daughters tragic life is what she holds closest to her heart and bank account!
A mother in pain? The only pain she'll feel is if no one gives her what she wants and expects! Money!!

Posted at 3:59PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Johna

55. Wow, here's something that was COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.

Judge Larry Seidlin, who presided over the Anna Nicole hearing/circus last week, might get a regular spot on CBS' Saturday Early Show. One of the show's producers, Michael Rosen, sent Judge Seidlin a letter the other day (obtained by The Sun-Sentinel), saying that they want to hire him for a new segment on the show:

"I have been extremely impressed by your compassion in the Anna Nicole case and I would love to discuss with you the idea of being our judge on a new segment, `Morning Justice.' It would be a semi-regular segment in which you would resolve the ethical and legal questions of our viewers who send in the issues troubling them."

Now, aside from the fact that "Morning Justice" sounds more like a cable adventure series starring Lorenzo Lamas, is this a good idea? Sure, it would probably be good financially for Seidlin, but I wonder if he would have to leave the bench to take the job? Is it really worth it to go to a morning show, especially one that's always third in the ratings?

I mean, it's not even the weekday show, it's Saturday only.

Posted at 3:58PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Cali

56. #11. I agree with you. I find it very sad and quite pathetic that she has to rely on an ex boyfriend, one that is in prison no less for information on her grandson. I think Virgie is being judged on her appearance in many ways, referring to her size. People seem to think they can dehumanize her because they find her unappealing, never mind Anna Nicole had her big days too. In death Anna has been elevated to sainthood, she could do no wrong and everything Anna said was true, ie the stories of abuse etc. Yet Anna was known to lie about important things such as the paternity of her child, the house she lived in. Yet her word is taken as the gospel truth. Maybe just maybe she was doing an interview with ET for the money and a sordid little story of her life is what sold. Ranks right up there with phony wedding aka commitment photo ops and selling pictures of her dead son to the highest bidder. As Howard Stern stated in his eulogy she was an entertainer she knew what people wanted.

Posted at 4:00PM on Mar 6th 2007 by mg

57. Who's taking the photo? Anna's in bed. Who else is in the bedroom taking photograph's of her? All.the.time.

Posted at 4:01PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Annie

58. Do you really think women would make up stories of being sexually abused as children? The hurt in her eyes said it all..seen it before. I can't even imagine what she went through as a child. ANS has earned her rest

Posted at 4:01PM on Mar 6th 2007 by boon

59. This woman apologizes to Anna's stalker, a man who the state felt needed to be locked up? This woman has to be the most evil creature walking the face of the earth.

I wonder if Anna was pregnant when she died? Just a thought.

Posted at 4:04PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Jannie

60. This piece of trash will stop at nothing. One time in the past 10 years she tried to find out something out about her daughter and I guess that makes her a MOTHER....whopdido.................Should have tried a bit harder. Go get a life Virgie. All Anna needed was LOVE in her life she had to get the best way she knew how. She sure did not get it from MOMMY.......

Posted at 4:02PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Nicole Ann Key

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