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Stern, 2 Docs Charged in Anna Nicole Drug Case

Howard K. Stern turned himself in last night -- he was arrested and charged, along with two other doctors, for allegedly conspiring to fuel an addict with prescription drugs -- and the addict was Anna Nicole Smith.

Howard K. Stern, Sandeep Kapoor

Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (above right) and Khristine Eroshevich are being charged with a total of eight felonies.

Sandeep Kapoor: Click to watchAccording to the L.A. County D.A., the conspiracy counts allege the three defendants conspired to furnish controlled substances to Smith between July, 2004 and January 2007.

Stern and Kapoor were charged with one count of unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance. Eroshevich and Stern were charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance between June 2004 and January 2007.

Kapoor and Eroshevich were each charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by "fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." They were both also charged with one count of obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address.

Kapoor and Stern were also charged with one count of "prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict." Eroshevich was charged with the same crime for separate prescriptions.

Bail is recommended at $20,000 for each defendant. We know both Stern and Kapoor bailed out Thursday night.

As we first reported, California drug officials recently raided the Los Angeles office of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, looking for evidence against Stern.

Stern has denied doing anything illegal in connection with drugs and Anna Nicole.

The pictures below -- obtained by TMZ -- were taken in Anna Nicole's bedroom in the Bahamas, shortly after she died. It was stocked with methadone (5 mg per 5 ml), along side Slim-Fast. The Slim-Fast is ironic since Anna was a TRIMSPA spokesperson.

Howard K Stern
TMZ had obtained docs showing that 13 days before Anna Nicole Smith gave birth to Dannielynn, Dr. Kapoor wrote a prescription for methadone. It was written to Michelle Chase, an alias Anna used.



Tags: anna nicole smith, AnnaNicoleSmith, doctor, howard k. stern, HowardK.Stern, lawyer, prescription drugs, PrescriptionDrugs, sandeep kapoor, SandeepKapoor

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16. Here's a case of someone who had it all figured out. He was gonna get married to Anna, insist her baby was his, keep the baby girl away from her rightful daddy and get all of the money in the end when Anna was finally given the old man's fortune. Unfortunately for him, his drug plan ended in Anna's death and that ended his master plan to be a very wealthy guy as Anna's husband. He deserves what he gets! It's really nice to see a guy like him get nailed for his crimes.

Posted at 10:22PM on Mar 12th 2009 by whatashocker

17. KARMA is a BITCH..................you r a friggin' loser COWARD k stern.......I hope you rot in jail and hell

Posted at 10:23PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Tambo

18. THANK GOD! This worthless sleazebag. I'm so glad Jerry Brown is enforcing the law against the creep WHO CARRIED THE DRUG DUFFLE BAG AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. So much for him and Lin Wood's even worse greedy, sleazy, "libel suits" against this SCUMBAG who kept Anna supplied with drugs.

Posted at 10:24PM on Mar 12th 2009 by opi

19. Looks like her two doctors are going down, too. They should lose their licenses.

Posted at 8:29PM on Mar 14th 2009 by Peachy

20. YES! YES! THANK YOU LORD! THANK YOU LORD!

Posted at 10:25PM on Mar 12th 2009 by AlamoGirl

21. Why is everyone so happy about a man being arrested? Are you all so sure he had something to do with Anna's death? If so, how? Are you intimate friends of her? From what I've seen, Stern seems like a pathetic person who would have done anything to please Anna, and apparently, did so, even at his own peril.

Sad.

Posted at 10:25PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Zandor

22. Finally the scumbag gets what he deserves. It'll be interesting to see how TMZ handles this as they've always been pro-HKS.

Posted at 10:25PM on Mar 12th 2009 by justice

23. COWARD k stern..............................
KARMA baby boy KARMA

Posted at 10:26PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Tambo

24. KARMA

Posted at 10:27PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Tambo

25. I have always felt deep down that Howard K. Smith is responsible for the deaths of Anna Nicole and her son. It was all too smooth and all came down in too great an order to be a coincidence. His plan: to first move Anna Nicole to the Bahamas where the laws were more in his favor; get rid of Anna's son, the obvious heir to her estate, then get rid of Anna Nicole, adopt her daughter and subsequently claim Anna Nicole's potential fortune for her daughter, for which he would be in control. And he went after Anna Nicole's daughter, claimed to be her father, till Larry Birkhead proved otherwise and foiled his plan. His sinister plan ALMOST worked for him and although he did pull it off to a great extent, but not to the end he intended. I hope for the sake of Anna Nicole's legacy, the truth is uncovered and proven and the evil doers recieve their JUST rewards.

Posted at 10:28PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Woody McBreairty

26. I hope they put you away from the bahamas so you will NOT be close to the ones you drugged

Posted at 10:29PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Tambo

27. I have been waiting for this day!
I have a pic all ready of him sitting in a cop car.
Poor baby!

Posted at 10:31PM on Mar 12th 2009 by BamaCat

28.
It's about time!!!!!!...He was right there when she died, then ran his ass to b uy boat before they found her..Lately been wheeling and dealing with Birkhead for the big bucks...that's where that innocent baby comes in...she's those twos ticket ...they've been together on this from day one...all about the money !!!! hope all the rest get caught too.....

Posted at 10:03AM on Mar 13th 2009 by FRANKIE

29. BASTARD

Posted at 8:21AM on Mar 15th 2009 by Tambo

30. Wow, had almost given up hope. Larry...you're next.

Posted at 10:37PM on Mar 12th 2009 by Larry and Howard are grifter pimps.

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