Anna Nicole Smith
- Profession: Model
- Place/Date of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA, 28 November 2020
- Date of Death: 08 February 2021
Arthur wants Smith taken to her home state of
Perper said he was hopeful a decision would come soon.
"I don’t have any kind of reservations or fears that there will be any further deterioration of the body because of the delay in the decision of the judge," he said. "It is my belief that the judge will make the decision as soon as the party will present their case."
The question of who will inherit Smith’s estate was also thrown into confusion on Friday with the release of a 2001 will in which the former Playboy centrefold said her fortune should be held in trust for her son - who died last year.
The 19-page will did not say how much Smith was worth, so it is still a mystery how much money those battling over her and her baby daughter could get.
Nanny claims Anna attempted suicide - Feb 16 2007
Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith tried to kill herself twice after the death of her son last year, a former nanny has claimed in court documents.
Quethlie Alexis said the star spent 48 hours in a coma after drinking a bottle of what she believed to be a sleeping aid and also tried to drown herself in the swimming pool at her
The nanny, who worked for Anna Nicole for almost three months, also alleged she was told to "underfeed" baby Dannielynn to make sure she was "sexy".
In the affidavit, filed over her dismissal in November, Ms Alexis, said when Anna Nicole woke from her "unrousable coma" after drinking the liquid, she told her: "I wanted to die... I meant to kill myself."
Shortly afterwards the reality TV star - who is referred to by her real name of Vickie Marshall in the document - tried to drown herself, she claimed.
Ms Alexis, 37, also stated in the document obtained by TMZ.com: "Ms Marshall was obsessed with making sure that her baby was ’sexy’.
"She repeatedly told me that she wanted her baby to be ’sexy’.
"The practical consequence of this obsession was that I was absolutely instructed to underfeed the baby."
Ms Alexis claimed Anna knew the correct amount of baby food was 3 ounces every 3 hours, but insisted the baby was given a maximum of 2.5 ounces.
Anna Nicole’s body to be held for DNA tests - Feb 15 2007
Anna Nicole Smith’s body is to be held for DNA testing as a result of the paternity dispute involving her five-month-old daughter, a judge ruled today.
US Circuit Judge Lawrence Korda granted the request in a brief meeting in his chambers with lawyers for photographer Larry Birkhead, who claims to be Dannielynn’s father.
He petitioned the
Nancy Hass, a lawyer for Birkhead, said the Birkhead camp feared that accurate DNA testing would not be possible if the body was released and moved out of state.
Anna Nicole’s partner, Howard K Stern, also claims to be the baby’s father and Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt has reportedly said he plans to file a paternity challenge.
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Although she had aspirations to become ’the next Marilyn Monroe’, Vickie began working at Jim’s Krispy Fried Chicken where she met her first husband, Billy Wayne Smith. They married when Vickie was just seventeen. The next year she gave birth to their son Daniel and in 1987 seperated from her husband, finding work as an exotic dancer in Houston.
Whilst working as a stripper she met elderly millionaire J. Howard Marshall, with whom she began a relationship despite the sixty three year age gap. In 1994 the couple married amid much tabloid excitement. Marshall died thirteen months later, leaving nothing to his young wife.
In the interim Vickie, now going by the name Anna Nicole Smith, appeared on the front cover of Playboy, being made Playmate of the Year by Hugh Hefner. She bagged a deal with Guess?, replacing supermodel Claudia Schiffer and finding herself a household name. Meanwhile Anna Nicole battled Marshall’s sons in the courts for her share of her late husbands millions, however she was eventually bankrupted and ordered to pay $1million dollars in fees. She was again given the right to fight for her entitlement following the death of her stepson.
Anna Nicole’s acting career was much less publicised than her marriage, although she appeared in high profile films The Hudsucker Proxy and Naked Gun 33 1/3. Her bigger roles came in smaller films such as To The Limit and Skyscraper and on television, appearing as herself in wacky reality TV series The Anna Nicole Show. She later apeared in Be Cool and Wasabi Tuna.
On September 7 2006 Anna Nicole gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, claiming the father was her lawyer Howard K Stern, although her ex boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, claimed the child as his. Three days later her son, Daniel, died of an apparent drug overdose while visiting his mother and half sister in hospital. Later that same month Anna Nicole and Howard K Stern exchanged vows in a commitment ceremony in the Bahamas.
On February 8 2007, the day after a date for a paternity test on her daughter had been set, Anna Nicole collapsed at a hotel in Florida and later died. An autopsy has yet to determine the cause of death.
updated February 2007
October 2007