Blonde Ambition by Rita Cosby Page A
Authors: Rita Cosby
Tags: United States, General, Death, Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography, Texas, Murder, Women, Celebrities, Rich & Famous, Smith; Anna Nicole, Women entertainers - United States, Celebrities - United States, Women entertainers, Smith; Anna Nicole - Death and burial, Celebrities - United States - Death, Women entertainers - United States - Death
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without proper burial and that it didn't look good. Arrangements for the next deal, the exclusive on Anna's C-section birth and Anna talking about Daniel's death, were being worked out with Entertainment Tonight . A person privy to the behind the scenes negotiations said, "After Anna and Howard were officially cleared to have Daniel buried, he laid there while they worked out their deals. It was disgusting, but it happened."
The week after the commitment ceremony, Michael Scott announced he was withdrawing as her counsel. "A disagreement on a commercial transaction made it difficult for us to remain as counsel," Scott told the Associated Press. He was very bothered by the People magazine pictorial and the fact that the event was held prior to making funeral arrangements for Daniel.
As of June 2007 there remained a $113,000 unpaid bill for Callender & Co.'s legal services.
October 2, 2006
The Monday following Anna Nicole and Howard's Bahamian commitment ceremony, the baby drama kicked into high gear. Larry Birkhead officially filed his paternity suit against Anna Nicole Smith, requesting a judge to order Anna Nicole to return "their" daughter Dannielynn to California and immediately submit to a paternity test. He also demanded that both mother and daughter be tested for drugs.
Larry Birkhead's high-powered attorney Debra Opri said they were asking for legal and physical custody of the little girl Larry vehemently claimed to be his biological daughter. Opri said that Birkhead is "a first time father and he is responding to allegations made by attorney Howard K. Stern on behalf of Anna Nicole Smith, and believes beyond any doubt that he is the father."
Larry Birkhead appeared with me live on MSNBC's Scar borough Country that night and declared that he was definitely the father. He made some shocking allegations and claimed that Anna Nicole deliberately fled to the Bahamas to avoid custody and visitation issues. It was an eye-opener and it went like this:
rita cosby, host: We have just learned that, in just the last few hours, Larry Birkhead has filed suit against Anna Nicole Smith and is demanding that a paternity test be ordered to prove his claim that he's the father. Sources tell me that the court filing is explosive, Joe, with some very damning claims against Anna Nicole Smith.
I've learned that it alleges Anna Nicole Smith was taking methadone and that Howard K. Stern, her attorney, was allegedly facilitating her prescription drug habit, that she fled to the Bahamas after Birkhead suggested that the baby be tested for drugs, and that the filing says Howard K. Stern is claiming paternity for his own financial gain.
And this one is a real shocker: It alleges that Anna Nicole previously tried to get another man, a third guy, to claim it was his baby several months ago. But get this: That man had a vasectomy.
Joining me now exclusively is the man who filed this legal action, the man who says he's the real father of Anna Nicole Smith's new baby girl, Larry Birkhead. Larry, why are you taking this legal action now? larry birkhead, claims he's the father of anna nicole's baby: Well, I have to say, Rita, I was outraged and angry over Howard K. Stern's remarks on Larry King Live , where he claimed to be the father of my baby girl. And that really upset me, and I was outraged that he tried to hoodwink the American public—and Larry King, as well—into thinking and believing his story, which was filled with inconsistencies. And it lacked coherency. And it was just outrageous.
cosby: You know, by doing this action, it appears that you feel she's intentionally fleeing to the Bahamas so you can't be a part of this baby's life. Is that how you feel? And how so?
birkhead: I feel that she has deliberately fled to the Bahamas to avoid any talks of custody and visitation. And this was all a highly orchestrated event between herself and her attorney, Howard K. Stern.
The week after the commitment ceremony, Michael Scott announced he was withdrawing as her counsel. "A disagreement on a commercial transaction made it difficult for us to remain as counsel," Scott told the Associated Press. He was very bothered by the People magazine pictorial and the fact that the event was held prior to making funeral arrangements for Daniel.
As of June 2007 there remained a $113,000 unpaid bill for Callender & Co.'s legal services.
October 2, 2006
The Monday following Anna Nicole and Howard's Bahamian commitment ceremony, the baby drama kicked into high gear. Larry Birkhead officially filed his paternity suit against Anna Nicole Smith, requesting a judge to order Anna Nicole to return "their" daughter Dannielynn to California and immediately submit to a paternity test. He also demanded that both mother and daughter be tested for drugs.
Larry Birkhead's high-powered attorney Debra Opri said they were asking for legal and physical custody of the little girl Larry vehemently claimed to be his biological daughter. Opri said that Birkhead is "a first time father and he is responding to allegations made by attorney Howard K. Stern on behalf of Anna Nicole Smith, and believes beyond any doubt that he is the father."
Larry Birkhead appeared with me live on MSNBC's Scar borough Country that night and declared that he was definitely the father. He made some shocking allegations and claimed that Anna Nicole deliberately fled to the Bahamas to avoid custody and visitation issues. It was an eye-opener and it went like this:
rita cosby, host: We have just learned that, in just the last few hours, Larry Birkhead has filed suit against Anna Nicole Smith and is demanding that a paternity test be ordered to prove his claim that he's the father. Sources tell me that the court filing is explosive, Joe, with some very damning claims against Anna Nicole Smith.
I've learned that it alleges Anna Nicole Smith was taking methadone and that Howard K. Stern, her attorney, was allegedly facilitating her prescription drug habit, that she fled to the Bahamas after Birkhead suggested that the baby be tested for drugs, and that the filing says Howard K. Stern is claiming paternity for his own financial gain.
And this one is a real shocker: It alleges that Anna Nicole previously tried to get another man, a third guy, to claim it was his baby several months ago. But get this: That man had a vasectomy.
Joining me now exclusively is the man who filed this legal action, the man who says he's the real father of Anna Nicole Smith's new baby girl, Larry Birkhead. Larry, why are you taking this legal action now? larry birkhead, claims he's the father of anna nicole's baby: Well, I have to say, Rita, I was outraged and angry over Howard K. Stern's remarks on Larry King Live , where he claimed to be the father of my baby girl. And that really upset me, and I was outraged that he tried to hoodwink the American public—and Larry King, as well—into thinking and believing his story, which was filled with inconsistencies. And it lacked coherency. And it was just outrageous.
cosby: You know, by doing this action, it appears that you feel she's intentionally fleeing to the Bahamas so you can't be a part of this baby's life. Is that how you feel? And how so?
birkhead: I feel that she has deliberately fled to the Bahamas to avoid any talks of custody and visitation. And this was all a highly orchestrated event between herself and her attorney, Howard K. Stern.
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