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Los Angeles County Prosecutors File Notice Of Appeal In Anna Nicole Smith Case

March 05, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed a notice that they plan to appeal a judge’s decision to throw out drug conspiracy convictions against Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend-lawyer and psychiatrist.

Anna Nicole, The Opera: She Aims To Sleaze

February 18, 2011

LONDON, U.K.

Why write an opera about the sordid life and death of Anna Nicole Smith? That question doubtless leaped to the minds of many when they heard the Royal Opera had commissioned such a work.

And sad to say, despite the expenditure of considerable talent and money — and a splendid performance by Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role — the question remains unanswered following the world premiere of “Anna Nicole” at Covent Garden on Thursday night.

Judge Dismisses Drug Conspiracy Convictions Of Anna Nicole Smith Boyfriend, Psychiatrist

January 06, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

A judge Thursday dismissed the drug conspiracy convictions of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern and her psychiatrist, allowing only one conviction to remain against the physician while reducing it to a misdemeanor.

Superior Court Judge Robert Perry found that Stern never had the intent to defraud when he used his name and others to protect Smith’s privacy when he obtained prescriptions for her.

Prosecution Recommends Probation, Community Service In Anna Nicole Smith Drug Case

January 05, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Prosecutors in the Anna Nicole Smith prescription drug case are urging a judge to choose felony probation, community service and fines rather than prison for her psychiatrist and lawyer-boyfriend convicted of obtaining drugs for her under false names.

On the eve of their scheduled sentencing, lawyers for Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Howard K. Stern want something different. They are asking to have their clients’ convictions reduced to misdemeanors or dismissed in the interest of justice.

Wikileaks Cable Compares Anna Nicole Smith To Hurricane, Says Wreaked Havoc In Bahamas

December 23, 2010

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

Anna Nicole Smith may have been just a “B-list celebrity,” but she hit the Bahamas like a hurricane, spreading scandals that toppled a string of officials and endangered the whole government, according to newly leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.

Howard K. Stern Says His Conviction In Anna Nicole Drug Case Should Be Dismissed

November 30, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Howard K. Stern has asked a judge to dismiss his conviction for obtaining prescription drugs under a false name for his former lover, the late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith.