Celebrity Justice
Criminal Probe Into Anna's Prescriptions

TMZ has learned the California Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a criminal investigation into several doctors who prescribed various medicines to Anna Nicole Smith.

Sources tell TMZ the DOJ's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement has contacted Larry Birkhead, Big Mo (Anna's bodyguard) and others. We're told DOJ is particularly interested in two doctors -- Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor. TMZ broke the story that Dr. Kapoor prescribed methadone to Anna under an assumed name when she was eight months pregnant. Dr. Eroshevich ordered a virtual pharmacy of drugs for Anna, five days after her son Daniel died.

Dr. Eroshevich, who was in the Bahamas with Anna, sent the prescription wish list to Dr. Kapoor. Kapoor's attorney, Ellyn Garofalo, told TMZ "Dr. Kapoor declined the request for prescriptions. He would never prescribe that combination of drugs, in such large dosages, to any patient."

The Medical Board of California launched its own investigation of the two doctors earlier this year. That investigation is pending.

By the way, TMZ has learned Dr. Kapoor is in the process of having twins via a surrogate.



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17116. Patients overheard Ms. Smith screaming loudly and blaming someone in the room for the death of her son. Ms. Smith was quoted as shouting, “You caused this,” The patient further claimed that Ms. Smith could be heard crying from around 9 am until 1 pm. (The Tribune)

Posted at 11:55AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Einstein they can not say that they did not know

17117. I'm having difficulty posting. It's not a long post either.

This is a test.

Posted at 11:54AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Possibilities

17118. When The Guardian news team arrived at the hospital, security guards were at every door but visitors and patients were only allowed through the main entrance, where they were screened, questioned before entering.
All the door leading into the private hospital that would otherwise be open were locked as security guards kept a close watch to see who was leaving and entering….”As I got off the elevator on the third floor, there were security guards everywhere asking me again and again where I was going and they made sure I went in that direction,” said a visitor.
While members of the press were rushed into the conference room, hospital staff hustled the baby out into a waiting van, while Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer, Howard K. Stern, rushed to the hospital parking lot at the same time.
The new mother was never seen, as she was reportedly whisked out of a back door exit. Photos of the baby wrapped in a pink and white blanket could not be taken, as all cameramen were diverted into the hospital conference room. (Nassau Guardian)

Posted at 11:59AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Einstein they can not say that they did not know

17119. So sorry Jane,

I guess someone else thinks you are as crazy as I do.

Tata

Posted at 12:01PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Einstein they can not say that they did not know

17120. Longer comments won't go through for me - just the test. Strange.

Posted at 11:58AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Possibilities

17121. Mrs. Marples,

I too am a mother & grandmother and I feel so sorry for Vergie. I do think she gave up a little too easily, because I'm telling you no man on earth would separate me from my child and grandchild. I can understand how it happened, however. Vergie had a job and responsibilities in TX and Anna was in CA.

One thing I do know. When Daniel died, if I couldn't contact ANS by phone, I would have sent a telegram, "Mama's coming! Will be on next plane out of Houston. Meet me." If no one was there to meet it, I would have taken a cab to Horizons and stood at the gate until they let me in or ANS told me IN PERSON to go away. If they didn't let me see Anna, I would have had Fox & CNN there and I would be telling the world that HKS refused to let me see my child. i don't believe Anna would have turned her mother away at a time like that if she was there in person.

Of course I might have ended up in jail, but after I got out I would have stayed on the island and I woukld have been at that boy's funeral, come hell or high water. I wouldn't have waited until ANS died to raise Holy Hell.

Posted at 12:01PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Justice denied? (was rooting4Larry)

17122. Trying a short post.

About the nannies lying. They are the ones who said they lied in that affadavit. Why on earth would they say they lied, if they didn't? I know your answer. Howard paid/threatened/blackmailed them. Heard it before.

Hater responses are senseless.

Posted at 12:03PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Possibilities

17123. 15641. There are a lot of "crazies" here talking about EVIL, and saying that Howard Stern is EVIL. I don't believe in that sort of thing at all. It lets people off the hook to call them EVIL. There is good and bad, but EVIL suggests some sinister force that is supernatural and beyond the control of man, and no one involved in the Anna saga has that kind of power.

I do think that the people who are CONSTANTLY here talking about all this seem to have been put under some sort of spell. It's become an obsession, and that's wrong. The obsession seems to have taken over lives...and what's worse is that it's an obsession in which you have no stake - NONE. A victory for Howard is not a victory for Howard supporters. A loss for Howard is not a victory for Howard haters. If you find yourself getting excited by the goings on in Howard's life (in any way) maybe you should step away from all this and go take a walk, read a good book, get your mind on something of value - like energy conservation, feeding the poor, health care for all, or something.

There's too much passion for something that doesn't even involve you. And don't say JUSTICE involves everyone. There's all sorts of injustices out there that you could be doing something about, but there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING you can do about Anna Nicole and Daniel being dead, and there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING you can do about Howard living in Horizons, being the executor of Anna's will, delaying the Daniel Inquest and NOT being charged with Anna's death, EXCEPT OBSESS about something that you have NO POWER to change.



Posted at 11:09AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Obsession is a KILLER

Posted at 12:06PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Worthy of reposting

17124. possibilities...show me where those nannys said they lied....you are the liar ...and as far as being paid..yes they were each paid 100 dollars for their depositions at ford shelleys lawyers office....they didnt know they were to be paid for it...i challenge you to show me where they EVER said they lied...i challenge you on this because i KNOW its not true...never have they said they lied...and now you make me finally believe there are paid posters here...paid to post outragious lies..so prove it to me once and for all..where did they say they lied???

Posted at 12:07PM on Aug 15th 2007 by say what

17125. 70. I believe that Howard and Anna did have a great love affair and that he and Dannielynn are "the" two people whose lives have been destroyed by the loss of that love.

The malicious and irresponsible coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith saga, especially in the United States, has brought with it top ratings for many in the media. It has created mega stars out of, as well as plenty of money for, an unlikely array of characters. It has devastated the lives of Howard K Stern and Dannielynn and, because no man is an island it has also spewed forth to defile every human being who believes in truth and decency.

One would think that with the autopsy report which declared Anna Nicole's death to be an accidental overdose things would simmer down, but that is not the case. With the Inquest into Daniel's death the whole situation has become alarmingly inflamed and we are about to face round two.

Due to the notoriety that surrounds this case it is as if Howard K Stern is running across a world wide land mine in the dark. How can he possibly survive in tact? I'm not so sure he can. His heart was ripped out the moment Anna died and ever since then the media vultures have been mounting an all out attack that will not end until they own his soul.

I have heard that there will be forty witnesses who will be called on for this inquest. How many of these people will come to the hearing without an agenda of their own? There are so many conflicts of interest in this scenario that impartiality is an almost insurmountable undertaking.

If you ask any of the following people; Larry Birkhead, Virgie Arthur, Elaine Tabors, G Ben Thompson, Ford Shelley, Gina Shelley, Bobby Trendy, Jackie Hatten, Mark Hatten, Donald Hogan, Billy Wayne Smith, Quethlie Alexis and her sister Nadine Alexis anything about Howard K Stern you will not hear the truth. They all have an agenda.

Both Bobby Trendy and Quethlie Alexis were fired by Anna.

Larry B. has registered a trademark for something he has told us that he used to say to Anna in the privacy of the bed they shared. This trademark opens the doors to financial gain from books, movies, internet use etc. Larry also wants Dannielynn and the financial bounty that he hopes will come with her. He has been signing autographs and acting as if he has achieved star status throughout this ordeal. I would have to say that anything he adds to this inquest would have to be suspect. He can tell us all that he wants to, how he tried to get Anna off of drugs and yet when he tells (in court) how Howard supposedly brought a duffel bag of drugs into the hospital he does not explain why he did not report it. Could it be that everyone but Howard let Anna down and they cannot live with the guilt so they are making Howard the whipping boy?

Virgie Arthur told the court that her sister Elaine Tabors is the one who has been doing business with her "close family friends" at Splash Magazine and yet their hospitality provided great benefit for Virgie as they chauffeured her around town during the court trial. Virgie could not raise her own child and now she wants to raise her grandchild. Does that make sense to you? Have you listened to the tape Anna made about the beatings and rape she suffered when she was a child and living at home with Virgie? The sexual assaults would explain Anna's blatant sexuality. It would also explain why she came to love both Howard Marshall and Howard K Stern. They asked nothing of her. Why is it that Virgie, the law enforcement officer, could not get her own daughter to stay in school? How much did she do to provide and advance the education of Anna? It was Virgie who tried to stop, and ultimately was late to, her much beloved daughter's funeral and then she ceremoniously shoveled the dirt fifty one times onto Anna Nicoles coffin and walked over her daughters grave as she was leaving.

As for G Ben Thompson and his son-in-law Ford (Gina) Shelley there is Horizons to consider. With Anna Nicole marketing it, I would venture to guess that it is now worth more than ten times what it cost them originally. Was Ford Shelley the one who staged the pictures of Methadone in the small refrigerator at Anna's house?

Jackie Hatten (who claims to be Anna's best friend) and her brother Mark might just be angry over what they perceive to be Anna's wrongful accusation of terrorist threats against Anna which landed Mark in prison.

Both Donald Hogan (Anna's dad) and Billy Wayne Smith (her first husband) had so little to do with Anna and Daniel when they were alive so I can only surmise that any interest at this time would be due to a desire for their fifteen minutes of fame and any monetary benefit this could yield.

Catherine Crier, Nancy Grace, Jeanne Casarez, Jamie Floyd, Ashleigh Banfield, all of Court TV and Harvy Levin of TMZ have gone on the record and maligned Howard K Smith. They did not just provide facts, they continuously provided twisted facts, and encouraged rumors in an effort to crucify Howard. In an effort to make good copy they have helped to create a lynch mob atmosphere.

Several lawyers as well as any number of those named above who are involved in the case have labeled Howard a murderer. Many people want Howard out of the way. Everyone wants to blame him for not forcing Anna to go get off of drugs, for not getting her to the hospital when clearly her wishes were to avoid becoming tabloid fodder for the masses and as we can see now she might have known a little something about that. Stern has not fought back in the media. He has carried himself as a gentleman in a dignified manner.

Here we are at the Inquest of Daniel Smith. If Jack Harding (the PI that Daniel talked to) is one of the witnesses I would caution those who matter to really listen to what he has to say that Daniel told him. A twenty year old does not use the term svengali. It does sound familiar…oh yes that is what Virgie's camp has been calling Howard. Look at all the statements Mr. Harding has made. In the beginning he said Daniel was worried about the people who were surrounding his mother (could he have meant G Ben Thompson and Ford Shelley?) but in later interviews it was said that that Daniel was afraid of Howard and that is who he was talking about.

I have heard that the Inquest will include a tape Anna made to the police after Daniels death. That is a good thing. Perhaps if Anna has the last word the rest of the world will finally fall silent and Howards grieving can begin.

Posted at 9:51PM on Aug 11th 2007 by Bahamas

Posted at 12:10PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Worthy of reposting

17126. 7147. 16959. Who on a blog might be insane? Some factors to consider:

- Does a blogger claim that mystery forces are preventing them from posting?

Mock...but until you experience your posts not going through, you can't understand. I don't think it's a "force" - but I do think it's frustrating not be able to type more than 4-5 lines at a time.

Posted at 12:19PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Possibilities

17127. and..by the way..both of these nannys ARE on the list of witnesses for the inquest ...the PI is NOT...i dont believe most of what the pi said but the nannys being on that witness list says alot...

Posted at 12:11PM on Aug 15th 2007 by worthy of reposting

17128. Posted at 11:09AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Obsession is a KILLER

Posted at 12:06PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Worthy of reposting
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Wish you would have sent that message to Howard before
people "he loved" starting dropping like flies.

It's never to late!

Posted at 12:15PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Einstein they can not say that they did not know

17129. 15561. 15550. The emergence of H D S (Howard Derangement Syndrome).

The Virgie/O'Quinn operatives/trolls are easily recognized. They focus
attention on now irrelevant players in the ANS saga, Virgie and/or
O'Quinn.The really troubling aspect of these blogs now are those with
'HDS' and the unwitting followers they attract. This syndrome becomes
more pervasive as fewer new storylines are available in the mass
media and those that are reported are consistently positive toward
HKS.

Mild symptoms of 'HDS' include:- the fixed belief that all
aspects of the ANS tragedy were/are caused by HKS.- any positive news
coverage is the act of irresponsible journalists.- any positive Court
action is the result of corrupt authorities.- many mystery forces are
secretly at work and will suddenly appear to arrest HKS.-

a fixed
belief that all of the discredited Opri and O'Quinn spin from the
long ago days when these two were asked to appear on TV was and is
still trueTroubling symptoms of 'HDS':

- 'standing by', and allowing fellow anti-HKS posters to write lewd and disgusting claims about
people they do not know, without protest- overlooking bizarre and
impossible claims by fellow anti-HKS posters without challengeSevere
symptoms of 'HDS':

- conspiracy theories about HKS that reject the fundamentals of law & order as we know them to be in America.-
insisting they have 'inside information' about various and sundry
forces at work behind the scenes that are investigating HKS

- the
casual posting of even the most ridiculous or lewd or impossible
scenarios about HKS, LB, ANS etc. day after day after day despite
negative reactions from other bloggers- strong emotional reactions to
HKS, a complete stranger to all of us.

- repeated posting of bloggers'
'personal information' which of course is not verifiable and even
children know, is dangerous and inadvisable to do on the internet.-
insisting daily that they are subject to mystery censorship and that
certain pro-HKS posts sail through while theirs are blocked
somehow.I'll write soon about the possible interventions or
treatments available for 'HDS'.

Posted at 1:28AM on Aug 12th 2007 by
Only swim in the OceanGreat post Ocean. I seriously think that this
website has been overtaken by mental patients.

Posted at 2:11AM on Aug 12th 2007 by the mental patients need their meds nowMuch needed
analysis for a sobering in-depth look at the nutsos running this
asylum.

Posted at 12:16PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Worthy of reposting

17130. 17126. ok..here is the deal with the nannys..read it good....they first did a deposition in the lawyers office of ford shelley..at the end of their depo they were each paid 100 dollars...they werent aware they were to be paid for it...then they saw on tmz and in rag mags reports of things they did not say so they went to lincoln bain of controversy tv to get the real story out..as lincoln interviewed them he asked them exactly what was said that they didnt really say...they said for instance...it was said that they had said shane gibson visited the horizons every single day....they said that wasnt true..it was more like every other day...for those of you who have not seen these interviews you can visit mrcontroversy.com and see the videos in full...and yes..they said anna screamed at howard..i trusted you and you killed my son!...they also said that whenever anna was coherent(which was about once every 3 days)she would demand howard to leave horizons and her and never come back...at those times she got another shot that put her out for 2 or 3 days...anyone who watches those videos and claims those girls are lying..is definitely the same caliber of person that howard is...at daniels funeral anna hit howard so hard she knocked him down and a cop had to help him up...anna was taken home and given a shot that knocked her out for 3 days..go watch the rest of it for yourselves..but those who claim the nannys were paid know nothing ...they also notified police BEFORE anna died about concerns for her and the baby..the bahamas police did NOTHING..i wonder how they sleep at night knowing if they had done something then ..anna would be alive today to help give her son some justice...

Posted at 12:17PM on Aug 15th 2007 by say what

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