Celebrity Justice
Daniel Smith Inquest Back in Session

The inquest into the death of Anna Nicole's son resumed today in the Bahamas, with new testimony about how the former Playmate traveled with a cache of drugs in a Coach duffel bag.


Ford Shelley, a South Carolina real estate developer who once rented a house to Anna, testified today that when Anna came to visit, he and his wife found methadone in her luggage.

He also said on the stand that she had the drug in both tablet and liquid form, and that Anna Nicole traveled with a Coach duffel bag filled with drugs, although he admits he never "saw Anna personally take any of the medication."

Shelley called Daniel "a brilliant" and "awesome" kid who loved his mother, but found it difficult to deal with her fame.

Smith died in September of 2006 while visiting his mother in the Bahamas after she delivered his half sister Dannielynn. A coroner's inquest into his death was requested by the Bahamian government, although an independent autopsy commissioned by Daniel's family determined the cause of death to be an accidental overdose.

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91. Told ya.

Posted at 6:38PM on Jan 30th 2008 by froglevel

92. 74. And WHY was Ford Shelley and his wife in Anna's luggage anyway? It's one thing for a guest to snoop in the bathroom but a HOST in a GUEST's luggage??? There's something wrong with that picture, I think.

Posted at 5:57PM on Jan 30th 2008 by mountnqt

I always got the impression that FS did not fly the straight way..and it seems henpecked by wife and dad in law.

Posted at 6:49PM on Jan 30th 2008 by university of scr*w you

93. 83. Posted at 6:11PM on Jan 30th 2008 by LMAO
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I agree, the pap's hounded her, she couldn't go anywhere even in the Bahamas without them following her around.

Posted at 6:23PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

The same thing the stalkarazzi is doing to Britney today. We need legislation to put the paps in there place and stop this BS; especially in LA. The paparazzi is a public nusance and safety threat!

Posted at 6:41PM on Jan 30th 2008 by LMAO

94. 87. They found methadone...so what? That's not illegal. In fact it's used to help get people OFF drugs.

Posted at 6:31PM on Jan 30th 2008 by monkeynoodle
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It was one of the medications in Daniel's system, it's also addictive and abused by some. Daniel wasn't prescribed methasone, his mom was though.

Posted at 6:40PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

95. Say what you want about Howard Stern, but at least when he had custody of Dannielynn he didn't have her battling it out with Paris et al for tabloid and magazine cover space. A few pictures, yes, but Birkhead has the baby on/in every magazine, and on "entertainment news" shows every week. Is the public so starved for "news" that we have to have updates every time the kid gets a new tooth? Is there nothing else going on in the entertainment industry? The chances of the kid growing up without becoming a total fruit loop (or, perhaps, growing up at all, given the extent of Birkhead's thirst for media exposure) are slim to none. The public may perceive Stern as a slimeball (after all, he's a lawyer. And any lawyer who has just one client whom he never billed has to be a greedy slimeball. Right?) but at least when Dannielynn was under his care the kid wasn't the focus of a media event every time she went on a diaper run. And as for Daddy Birkhead, he must be independently wealthy because heaven knows he seems to have time for everything but work (and if he's living off his parents, or worse Dannielynn, how does that make him better than the slimeball lawyer with the one client he never billed). Anna Nicole was, at least legally, an adult - if she wanted the kind of media attention she got that was her business - and a lucrative one at that, it seems. This kid doesn't have a choice - or a hope. I'd love to see some of these "entertainment news" programs grow a pair and say "ya know, Lar old buddy old pal, we're enablers here and this is your intervention. We don't want to contribute any further to screwing up an innocent baby by putting her every movement on our show. (and heaven knows they've filmed enough "daddy changes a diaper" segments that the public's been exposed to a number of the kid's movements. But I digress). If Dannielynn wants to give us an interview when she's of legal age - assuming she's not in rehab, or heck, even better!, if she is - have her give us a call then. Until then, Lar old buddy old pal, get yourself a real job and stop over-exposing your kid."

Posted at 6:43PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Anne

96. Posted at 6:41PM on Jan 30th 2008 by LMAO
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I agree with you on that too, the paps swarm like flies, create traffic hazards, and knock innocent people out of their way. They are a danger, and hopefully someone won't get killed because they needed that other shot of Brittney getting coffee

Posted at 6:47PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

97. Sure HKS is guilty. He tried to say DannieLynn was HIS when he'd had a "snip job" so he could NOT father a child. Then - Daniel came to see his mother - HKS figured Daniel would get a "cut" of the money from Marshall - and that would never do - so he spiked his OJ and "they say" he committed suicide? sounds good. Now Anna is a mess - and she was probably already dead when he went to see the boat - meanng he wasn't there! sounds good? He flushed all the meds etc. down the john before the police were even there - OR the so-called nurse flushed them?. sounds good. All we know FOR SURE IS THAT HKS WAS PRESENT WHEN BOTH ANNA AND DANEIL DIED. HKS stole from Anna - the house everything. He is a slick guy, and don't forget - he is a lawyer of some sort. NOT criminal - but dumb like a fox! WTH is that slob Vergie doing there? There is no money for her - there is NOTHING FOR HER! WHO is paying for all the trips - new clothes, face lift? ET rags? I don't know why Larry isn't there - unless he doesn't want to testify against HKS or about Anna - but he belongs there - not grinding with some whore!! Maybe he is just counting himself out? Made a deall with HKS? I can't see trhat! The truth will NEVER come oout - as their are too many oaver-ups and the Bahamas isn't smart enogh to deal with this - so the quicker they get the verdict - the better. TOO DAMN BAD. HKS belongs in jail!
A VOTE FOR HILLARY IS A VOTE FOR BILL TO BE PRESIDENT!!!!

Posted at 7:16PM on Jan 30th 2008 by hopey-joe

98. WHY IS HOWARD K STERN NOT IN JAIL. IT IS NOT HARD TO DECIDE HOWARD WAS WITH BOTH PEOPLE WHEN THE DIE. HELLO OUT THERE ARE YOU PEOPLE IDIOTS. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO QUESTION HOWARD ABOUT THE DRUGS. THROW THAT LOSER IN JAIL ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 7:14PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Patty

99. THE SADDEST THING ABOUT THIS IS THE DEATH OF AN INNOCENT BOY,HOWARD THE COWWARD LAWYER IS A LEECH SLIME BALL.

Posted at 7:20PM on Jan 30th 2008 by wendy lucus

100. 96. Howard Sterns PAID BLOGGERS are back!!!!

Posted at 7:20PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Janet
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I see Vergie Arthur is back......

Posted at 7:28PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

101. GOOD IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!! WHAT TOOK SO LONG!!! LOCK UP THE MURDERER!!!! HE DESTROYED ANNA AND HER SON'S LIFE!!!! WHY SHOULD HE BE STILL WALKING AROUND??? HOPE HIS BOYFRIEND LARRY GETS HIS TOO!!!

Posted at 7:32PM on Jan 30th 2008 by lenny

102. Howard is so very guilty and Harvey you need to realize this. Next time you interview him on Larry King's show you need to throw the really hard questions at him and quit playing softball. His lover boy Larry needs to be in the slammer too - these 2 slimballs are disgusting. I hope they never see a dime and quit living off what they have stolen from Anna.

Posted at 7:39PM on Jan 30th 2008 by he's so guilty

103. Have you ever stop to think that Anna her self very will may have give him the pillz. He had taking them before and he could have ask her for one for A head ache are what ever and she may have give it to him not knowing she would kill him. And that is why she had blocked it out. And if that did happen I AM sure that WKS knowz it and is not saying cuz of his love for Anna It is all SO SO SAD.

Posted at 10:33AM on Jan 31st 2008 by destinydazz

104. . Have you ever stop to think that Anna her self very will may have give him the pillz. He had taking them before and he could have ask her for one for A head ache are what ever and she may have give it to him not knowing she would kill him. And that is why she had blocked it out. And if that did happen I AM sure that WKS knowz it and is not saying cuz of his love for Anna It is all SO SO SAD.

Posted at 7:49PM on Jan 30th 2008 by destinydazz

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After I'm done laughing about your comment "HKS knows and is not saying anything cuz of his love for Anna and how it's sad". Don't you mean his LOVE OF HER MONEY and the possible payoff in the Marshall matter?

Posted at 7:59PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Follow the money trail and who benefits!

105. TMZ WHERE IN HELL IS MY POST????? DONE AT ABOUT 7:30pm 1-30-08???????????????

Posted at 7:06AM on Feb 10th 2008 by adr

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