Larry Birkhead is on the stand in the preliminary hearing involving Anna Nicole Smith and the defendants who allegedly fueled her drug habit.
Birkhead just testified between August 2004 and May 2006, he saw Anna take the following drugs regularly: Topamax, Lasix, Klonopin, Valium, Xanax, Potassium and Methadone.
He has not talked about whether Howard K. Stern or the two other defendants -- Sandeep Kapoor and Kristine Eroshevich -- helped facilitate Anna's drug use, but he did identify Dr. Kapoor as Smith's regular physician at the time.
UPDATE 3:20 PM ET -- Birkhead testified he saw Anna's prescription bottles with several different names on them: Anna Nicole Smith, Michelle Chase, Vicki Marshall and Jane Brown. Larry also said the whole time he knew Anna he was concerned that she would take her meds inappropriately.
UPDATE 5:50 PM ET -- Birkhead testified he never saw anyone force Anna to take medication. He said he saw Anna with a duffel bag full of meds. Birkhead said he saw Stern give the bag to Anna Nicole, but didn't see him administer any drugs.
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Apologize for having ever showed up in the scandalous LA criminal prelim.
Posted at 7:50AM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Only swim in the Ocean
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OMG, Isn't that the truth!
With friends like that, (people who have been hired to protect you) who in the heck ever needs any enemies!
Please pay those VAS no mind! I thought they knew there are now laws impersonated others on the web? ;) I believe if they say people lie enough others will believe it? Ridiculously ignorant!
Besides all they can do is state over and over again the opposing opinion by any of us is wrong. I think they do that in order to convince themselves, or LOL.. I told them they were wrong so THERE! I WIN!! ?? Crazy if you ask me, never seen adults act like this before in my life.
Enjoyed reading this: "186. HKS Prelim Day 7"
Oh, and this statement:
"Summary: no one has ever supported VA except the lawyers who sought to profit along with her for her lies.
No one has ever supported Cosby who tried to cash in with OâQ/VAâs lies and avarice.
As I said in March, no holds barred. Criminal trials cannot be pus$yfied like civil trials."
Right on the mark! I get so angry sometimes I feel like marching in there with a bunch of other protesters of justice and yelling to the roof tops in unison, LOOK INTO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BRING THESE PHONY CHARGES IN THE FIRST PLACE!
LOOK INTO WHY and HOW THEY DID IT BEFORE 'ANY' CHARGE STANDS TO BE TRIED!!
(TX=framing people for their own gain..)
I do hope these ruthless characters are named as john/jane soon, with some hefty criminal charges of their own, as it should be!
I think I got it now! PROCURING --setting up a phone consultation with the poison control guy at UCLA. Must be worth three felonies. Dr. K 'conspired' with Dr. E (even though he didn't know her) by forwarding her fax to Freeman while somebody else conspired to sell the fax to TMZ! Yes, that's it. The hospital may prescribe and dose ANS with methadone as a treatment during pregnancy--but NOT Dr. K? A couple of felonies right there.
Picking up prescriptions for Michelle Chase--that must be worth a couple of felonies?
WHO DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE KIDDING ANYWAY????
Get Freeman too, for dispensing prescriptions in an alias and handing them to ANS' boyfriend. Felonize Freeman.
183. AP update
"Earlier in the day, the defense asked to remove a member of the prosecution team, Sarah Slice, who had been accused of trying to influence the testimony of witness Larry Birkhead.
Without comment, the judge declined to order her removal.
District attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said Slice was no longer functioning as a deputy district attorney on the case and was returned to her previous role as a law clerk for this case only.
Slice had been in charge of organizing files for the hearing and "to lose her now would be detrimental," Gibbons said.
After the hearing, Slice will return to duty as a deputy district attorney elsewhere in the county, said Gibbons, who declined to comment on any contacts between Slice and Birkhead because it was a personnel matter."
Posted at 8:59PM on Oct 22nd 2009 by Howard Supporter
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/16/larry-birkhead-anna-nicole-smith-howard-k-stern-drugs-sandeep-kapoor-khristine-eroshevich/13#comments#ixzz0UleUcgGP
That is BS. Like it is not DETRIMENTAL that these Defendants' lives are at stake with the prosecution influencing witnesses!! Their whole case is only helping the Defense and they are desperate. The fact that she will return to her former position after this case is only showing others that the gov't finds nothing wrong with this type of behavior & most likely condones it.
Freeman said he always understood that prescriptions written under the pseudonym "Michelle Chase" were intended for Smith. It was a practice begun in 2001, three years before Kapoor or Eroshevich began treating her, to prevent "trouble for her in terms of her celebrity status," Freeman said."
Posted at 7:55PM on Oct 22nd 2009 by Howard Supporter
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/16/larry-birkhead-anna-nicole-smith-howard-k-stern-drugs-sandeep-kapoor-khristine-eroshevich/13#comments#ixzz0UltraqWL
Yes, another point for the Defense. I do wonder if Freeman had other celebrity customers and it was discussed in the hearing?
196. Testimony about heating drugs to inject is false
Prescription drugs in tablet form contain a tiny amount of the actual drug but a lot of filler materials. Grinding a pill into powder and âheatingâ it, does not provide an âinjectableâ form of the active medication.
Filler materials can be dissolved in water to precipitate the active drug that is rarely water soluble. Isolating and âsuspendingâ the active drug in a safe injectable medium (not plain water) is a time consuming process. Most homes have the substances and filters to do this process, but it takes a great deal of time.
Anyone testifying that someone crushed pills and heated it in a spoon to inject is lying. Someone crushing Valium as an example to inject would be missing in action in the bathroom for hours.
Posted at 5:08AM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Only swim in the Ocean
Yes with a whole lot of chemical smells flowing through the home. This is such a good example of the lies told throughout, easily disproved with a small amount of research. It has amazed me, although obviously desperation, that no one thinks of these type of things when coming up with the lies??
http://www.artharris.com/2007/10/24/bald-truth-exclusive-doctor-kris-goes-to-court-anna-nicole-shrink-erosovich-to-see-raid-items/#more-544
Interesting article from Oct.24, 2007 about Dr. E, DOJ search warrants, Judge Fidler, and an assistant prosecutor with an investigator....
http://www.artharris.com/2007/10/17/bald-truth-exclusive-dr-kris-wants-raid-items-lawyers-challenge-jerry-brown-search-warrant/
They did challenge the search warrants.
And this:
http://www.artharris.com/2007/03/24/search-for-drugs-on-annas-laptop-florida-homicide-prosecutors-on-case-scoops-you-read-here-first-weeks-ago/
March 24, 2007 THE STOLEN COMPUTERS
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SWIM:
What was the Feb. 2009 ATF/DOJ raid about and what happened from Oct. 2007 until Feb. 2009 as to 'new' evidence they found? The only thing 'new' was adding Howard to the charges.
Also, why would you think that a judge presiding over a preliminary hearing would care anything about the defense at this point? Other that to shut down the death in Florida AFTER Santiago testified all day about something he never participated in insofar as the investigation--everyone knows the prelims are to slide through on to trial. That's all the judge is there to do--send it to trial. This is the first time I have even seen one or two defense witnesses at a prelim.
The only thing standing between justice and the chutzpah of lousy prosecutors with a lousy case is THE JURY. That is our jury system and it is THEIR job to weigh the facts. Judges at trial only 'referee' the proceeding as to admissibility of evidence, etc.
Two Democrats were in a run-off during the non-partisan election for Mayor of Houston: History made.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6767658.html
The old-boy network that had chosen Houstonâs elected officials for a generation dealt a decisive blow despite its late and hard fought hate campaign against the new Mayor-elect, Annise Parker. Parkerâs win provides a blueprint for others to sweep out of elected office those in the bag for business/legal interests instead of and to the detriment of the people.
831.
"Houston Chronicle reports that O'Quinn's estate agreed on Thursday to pay $46.5 million to a group of former breast implant clients who filed a class action alleging his firm overcharged them for expenses. In 2007, a three-member arbitration panel ordered O'Quinn's firm to pay a total of $41.5 million in damages to the class in Martha Wood, et al. v. John M. O'Quinn, PC, et al., after finding his firm breached a fiduciary duty. O'Quinn's firm had appealed the judgment confirming the arbitration award, but that appeal will end if the class members accept the $46.5 million settlement."
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202436289893&Wrongful_Death_Suit_Filed_Against_OQuinn_Estate_Over_Fatal_Car_Crash
Long time coming for these ladies, if they accept which will most likely happen then -- Merry Christmas to them!
Posted at 9:33PM on Dec 12th 2009 by jm
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OâQâs Executor appears not to have the mind-set to drag out losing cases. The offer appears to be the arbitration award plus legal costs and interest. The family of the late Johnny Lee Cutliff (OâQâs driver) should expect a generous offer soon as well. It is time now to expect a calculation of the costs of the vindictive, retaliatory, phony, damaging and loser âbloggersâ case.
Wrongful death lawsuit was filed against O'Quinn's Estate, plus breast implant settlement. Virgie Arthur's paid bloggers, Yvonne Waddle/QV Carol Nichols,... "forgot" to mention that information.
Oct 23, 2:03 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Investigators are testifying about prescription and travel records of two defendants in a drug case involving Anna Nicole Smith.
An agent from the Department of Homeland Security testified Friday in Los Angeles that there were many trips made by Dr. Khristine Eroshevich to the Bahamas while the former Playboy model lived there.
Another agent from the California Department of Justice pharmaceuticals task force identified records from several pharmacies detailing drugs issued to Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern.
The dates of the prescriptions often coincided with the trips Stern took to visit Smith.
The testimony came at a preliminary hearing to determine if Stern, Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor should stand trial on charges of illegally providing Smith with controlled substances.
Smith died of an accidental drug overdose at a Florida hotel in 2007.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.
The family of the late Johnny Lee Cutliff (OâQâs driver) should expect a generous offer soon as well.
Posted at 11:46AM on Dec 13th 2009 by Only swim in the Ocean
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Agreed. It is strange that Cutliff was usually the driver for O'Quinn, and yet this time he was not driving. Neither wore seatbelts. Makes me wonder if O'Quinn was angry if he forgot something or just plain in too much of a hurry? No matter the actions of any person in life -- what a sad way to have it end. I feel sorry for each of their families and am glad no other car with people was involved in this crash. It is hard for me to call it an accident when someone is going that far over the speed limit.
I'm anxious to see who starts *spilling* the truth out in the SC case.
A little lost on how it would be decided for recovery of Estate losses.
Will FS and people who took ANS's property like their attorney be criminally charged by distributing it to Fox News or the LE in CA?
Or to the legal office in Texas who had been looking for anything to perhaps control the Estate?
I do hope that many contracts are Ordered for the Court to see exactly how much Fox paid for that stolen tape along with transportation / lodging costs for FS/GBT to appear on GR, GVS ---
Would the actions have to be proven in this Estate case and then another case filed by the Estate for criminal charges once the activity is revealed? Or, if criminal actions are proven does the SC DA just look at the case transcripts when completed with sworn testimonies and decide how many charges of illegal crimes they have committed? How would that work when more than one State is involved? There is SC, TX, GA, CA ---
Howard learned to lie from his mom:
Agents detail prescription record in Smith hearing
By LINDA DEUTSCH (AP) â 53 minutes ago
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LOS ANGELES â Investigators are testifying about prescription and travel records of two defendants in a drug case involving Anna Nicole Smith.
An agent from the Department of Homeland Security testified Friday in Los Angeles that there were many trips made by Dr. Khristine Eroshevich to the Bahamas while the former Playboy model lived there.
Another agent from the California Department of Justice pharmaceuticals task force identified records from several pharmacies detailing drugs issued to Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern.
The dates of the prescriptions often coincided with the trips Stern took to visit Smith.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i17A4FXTLhJX10-sCbhhnhdqY9HwD9BGUVP80
For the rest click on the link.
Howard learned to lie from his mom:
The Judge HAS to follow the law.
In the state of Calif. you can NOT have drugs in your name and give them to someone else.
Howard K. Stern had drugs in his name and gave them to Anna.
2:39 into video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ShRUiD8JaM
Plus the proof from the pharmacy.
Records of trips made to deliver meds to Anna.
Howard goes to trial for 11 felony's that he will be found guilty of.
Howard was told by Doctors at the hospital to get Anna into rehab when she was preg. He was her "everything"? Then why didn't he get her help?
Why does Howard now own everything Anna?
