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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76. PEOPLE PLEASE THIS WAS A MOTHER WHO MISSED HER DAUGHTER AND WANTED TO QUIT USING DRUGS I DONT BLAME HER FOR ACTING LIKE A BITCH YOU WILL DO ANYTHING FOR YOUR KIDS NOW MATTER WHAT THEIR AGE THAT DAMN ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT MAKES ME SICK TALKING ABOUT POOR HOWARD ITS MIGHTY FUNNY HOW ANNA WON HER STAY IN THE COURTS AND NOW EVERYONE IS DROPING DEAD I HOPE ANNA HAUNTS HOWARD ALL THE WAY TO HELL WERE HE BELONGS THAT SOB HOLDING THAT BABY FOR BLOOD MONEY J HOWARD MARSHALL HAS PUT A CURSE ON HIS MONEY SO NOONE CAN GET THEIR GRIMMY HANDS ON

Posted at 4:19PM on Mar 6th 2007 by KIM

77. #2 and #4 - who is his sister?

Posted at 9:05AM on Mar 7th 2007 by Lin

78. Some of Anna's diaries have just been found.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02282007/gossip/cindy/anna_nicoles_diaries_found_cindy_cindy_adams.htm

Posted at 3:21PM on Apr 9th 2007 by CiCi

79. Amazing how NOW hes all concerned about Anna, yet when he got arrested for STALKING and such his only worry was himself. If he ever cared about Anna he would have known that going off to her mother in any sad attempts to help himself would be AGAINST her wishes ..And now that Anna has passed, him and his sister are seeking the spot light right next to vicious vergie. Let the scum stick together .. we can all see the slimy trail .. in hopes it leads to the bank.....

Posted at 5:27PM on Mar 6th 2007 by HaVaNa

80. Interesting comments. I took it since she was estranged from her daughter, she wanted any info possible about her because it was a way to hold on to her.

Posted at 4:16PM on May 23rd 2007 by Reine

81. Watch the Anna Nicole show. Anna's toothless cousin said Anna's whole faimily wanted nothing to do with her all growing up, and now that she is rich and famous they are calling her just wanting her money.

Virgie is a pathetic piece of crap!

Posted at 4:20PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mrs Pickle Hopper

82. What is the sadest part of all of this is the fact that she completely surrounded herself with trash. How much did they make on their photo's and interviews. You all want to talk about how much you loved her, should have loved her while she was on this planet.

Posted at 4:36PM on Mar 7th 2007 by vicki

83. go here

Posted at 4:23PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mark Hatten

84. Howard was sure busy with the camaras. Who else would take a pic of Anna in with with another man... just like the pics of Anna in bed with the Bahamian official. (which by the way.... the sheets in this pic with the jaibird are very similar to the sheets on the bed with the Bahamian offical). Howard seemed to know the pics of Anna would be worth a fortune after fer death. He proved that by his comments he made while filming the video of Anna with the clown face.

Posted at 5:13PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Hmmmmmmm

85. www.markhollywoodhatten.com
for all the info

Posted at 4:24PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mark Hatten

86. That's exactly right Mrs Pickle..."Cousin Shelly" did say that. I was wondering why she hasn't been interviewed. She confirms everthing that Anna said about her family. I'm sure Virgie doesn't want Shelly talking.

Posted at 8:07PM on Mar 6th 2007 by danielle

87. I HOPE LARRY KEEPS DANNIELYN AWAY FROM ALL THESE PEOPLE WHEN HE GETS CUSTODY!!!

Posted at 4:27PM on Mar 6th 2007 by mimi

88. There's an interesting article, just a short paraphrase:

"Anna’s mother Vergie Arthur keeps on saying how she would have tried everything to get Anna off of drugs. But even the book says how Anna and her mother back then were heavy partiers and drank together. So her mother would beat her and allow her husbands to abuse Anna. Then when Anna got a bit older she drank and partied with her daughter. The problem wasn’t drugs or Howard K. Stern. The problem has always been her mother from the very beginning. And it’s also very clear that her mother IS making money from Anna’s death though she insists she isn’t making any money at all"

http://nosysnoop.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/anna-nicole-smiths-diaries-to-be-released/#comments

THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS IN THIS STORY JUST A BUNCH OF GREEDY PEOPLE WHO PREYED ON A TROUBLED WOMAN WHEN ALIVE AND ARE NOW PICKING HER CARCASS IN DEATH.
I was never a fan of Anna Nicole but God knows all I can see now is an abused child who grew up to be a tormented soul resorting to self-destructive habits as a way of coping with her pain. The sadness of her human story has touched my heart in ways even I am trying to understand.

Posted at 4:36PM on Mar 6th 2007 by VoodooQueen

89. I HOPE child protective services is keeping an eye on dear dear granny...this is emotional abuse,not to mention psychological abuse against Dannielynn...

Cripes Lady - Virgie- youre making yourself look ridiculous!

Posted at 9:14PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Dawne

90. WHY DON'T EVERYONE LET ANNA REST, IT'S OVER. LET THE MOTHER DO WHAT SHE THINKS SHE HAS TO. RIGHT OR WRONG, SHE WILL TRY, WHO ARE WE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HER, AND HER MOM. HAVE ANY OF YOU HAD KIDS THAT JUST WOULDN'T LISTEN. SHE MIGHT HAVE REALLY HAD IT TOUGH WITH ANNA. AND ANNA IS GETTING BACK AT HER. ARE KIDS ALL THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL. STERN I HOPE DOESN'T GET THE BABY, LARRY SHOULD HAVE HER. STERN SAID, WE DIDN'T MARRY BECAUSE THEY WILL THINK I MARRIED YOU FOR YOUR MONEY. HA-HA-WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY THINK ALREADY. GET THIS OVER ALREADY.GET DNA AND SETTLE IT. THEY DON'T BECAUSE THIS IS ALL MAKING MONEY FOR EVERYONE. NOTHING CAN BE PROVENT RIGHT, ANNA IS GONE. IT WAS TERIBLE , BOTH HER AND SON.

ANNIE

Posted at 4:36PM on Mar 6th 2007 by ANNIE

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