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Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith was born
Vickie Lynn Hogan, and grew up in a small Texas town. She
was a waitress when she met her first husband, Billy Smith, who
was the father of her son. In 1989 she meets Howard Marshall II,
who
she marries in 1994.
It was after her marriage to
Marshall that Lawyer Stern latches onto her.
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James Howard Marshall II
Marshal a university professor
turned oil magnate, and part owner of
Koch industries,
is a billionaire. He has two sons, he disinherits one, and the
other one opposed Anna Nicole, but recently died. Nicole is
basically a friend for three years, he wants to provide her with
some security, and she finally agrees to marry him
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At The Supreme Court
Smith is awarded a
judgment by a state court, it is reversed by a higher court, and
winds up before the U.S. Supreme
Court. At stake is the half-billion
dollars from oil tycoon Howard Marshall. The issue the Supreme Court
is considering specifically involves federal vs. state jurisdiction
over bankruptcy law.
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The Billionaire's Son
Nicole's main
adversary, E. Pierce Marshall, dies in 2005. This strengthens
Stern.
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G. Ben Thompson
A North Carolina developer,
Thompson gives Nicole a mansion
in the Bahamas.
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Daniel Smith
Nicole's son, who was not a
drug addict, tragically dies
in a hospital in the Bahamas. He was on Zoloft for
depression, and mysteriously obtained methadone, the combination
killed him.
Lawyer Stern had the Bahamians perform the autopsy, and hired
famed Jewish pathologist, Dr. Cyril Wecht, verified it.
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Stern Becomes Legal Guardian Of Anna's Daughter
With the sudden death of Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern has
already assumed the title of "legal guardian" of Anna Nicole Smith's
5-month-old daughter Danielynn, according to Bahamas law.
The law states, "On the death of the mother of a child, the father,
if surviving, shall, subject to the provision of this Act, be
guardian of the child, either alone or jointly with any guardian
appointed by the mother. "
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Bahamas Birth Certificate
Smith named Stern as the father on Danielynn's Bahamian
birth certificate.
Birkhead has filed legal papers in Los Angeles, asking a
judge to order a paternity test.
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Good Lawyer Stern There When The Son Dies
Nicole's mother said. "I had a daughter and I had a
grandson.
He was there when both of them
died. Now I only have a granddaughter left, and now he has her, and
I'm afraid for her."
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Good Lawyer Stern With Anna
On Thursday afternoon, Smith's bodyguard ran in the building and
to the elevator. "A few minutes later Stern ran out of the elevator
to the front desk. He was frantic."
Stern went back upstairs, and minutes later, paramedics arrived.
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Judge Refuses DNA
A Los Angeles judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA
test on the remains of Anna Nicole Smith.
This benefits Stern.
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The Autopsy
Dr. Joshua Perper, a Russian immigrant, and the Broward County
medical examiner, did the autopsy.
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Attorney Fights DNA
Ron Rale, an attorney to Stern and Nicole is fighting the DNA
testing of Miss Smith's corpse.
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Stern Has Nicole's Baby
Lawyer Stern, and
Shane Gibson,
the minister of immigration, have taken
the baby to the actresses’ Bahamas beachfront mansion, in the
in a heavily guarded motorcade. The
Bahamas official have told Nicole's
mother, Vergie Arthur, she has no right to the baby.
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Lawyer Stern Cries
Abbie Stern brings Izzie Marks, the producer of the TV show ET,
who witnesses
Abbie break down with tears of joy.
Stern says he knows Anna Nicole is in heaven with her son Daniel,
and his job as 'father' is to protect the baby from the evil
grandmother.
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