Baby Daughter Is Anna Nicole's Only Heir

Appellate court agrees with earlier Texas ruling

(NEWSER) - Anna Nicole Smith's estate won't inherit any money from J. Howard Marshall, the oil magnate Smith married a year before his death. In a case that's dragged on for nearly 15 years, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled today that a Texas probate court correctly found Marshall didn't intend to leave Smith anything. The former Playmate, who died in 2007, had laid claim to $450 million in a separate case in bankruptcy court, KTVU reports. Her heir is her 3-year-old daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead. More»

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

(NEWSER) - Just in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making out" with her and providing her with drugs, E! reports. More»

Anna Nicole Smith's former lover says he was told to 'ramp up' testimony

(NEWSER) - Anna Nicole Smith's babydaddy Larry Birkhead took the stand again yesterday in the Howard K Stern hearing, and testified that the prosecution pressured him to "ramp up" his testimony because he appeared to be taking Stern's side. "I felt I personally did my best and I was being chastised," Birkhead said of a deputy district attorney—who was conspicuously absent from the courtroom after lunch, the AP reports. More»

(NEWSER) - More sad details about Anna Nicole Smith's drug use emerged during the Howard K. Stern hearing yesterday, as babydaddy Larry Birkhead testified that she took methadone while pregnant with daughter Dannielynn out of fear that she'd go into shock and lose the baby if she stopped. As to why she was taking methadone in the first place, Birkhead said she was trying to alleviate back pain caused by her large breast implants, the New York Daily News reports. More»

Alleged affair with shrink off limits, but bodyguard spills on near-death

(NEWSER) - Anyone hoping for steamy testimony of Anna Nicole Smith’s alleged lesbian affair with her shrink will be disappointed: The judge in Howard K. Stern’s hearing squelched that topic yesterday, saying, “I’m not going to turn this into some circus sideshow,” the New York Daily News reports. Prosecutors insisted the “evidence of a sexual relationship” shows that Dr. Khristine Eroshevich had reason to keep Smith supplied with pills, but the judge was “not buying this.” More»