Posted on 02/19/2007 3:23:00 PM PST by blam
Minister quits in Anna Nicole row
News of the pictures sparked protests in the Bahamas
The immigration minister of the Bahamas has resigned over a row about his involvement with the late Playboy model and actress Anna Nicole Smith. Newspaper pictures of Shane Gibson and Anna Nicole Smith embracing each other had sparked calls for him to leave.
It was claimed that Mr Gibson had fast-tracked Smith's application for residency on the island.
Mr Gibson apologised for any embarrassment he may have caused the country but denied any wrong-doing.
'Sorry'
"I want to apologise to all persons who may in any way have been offended by anything that I have said, done or perceived to have said or done," Mr Gibson said on state television.
But Mr Gibson, who was pictured fully clothed hugging the former model and actress, denied that he had a sexual relationship with the 39-year-old.
Smith's application for residency on the island was based on the disputed ownership of a waterfront mansion in the Bahamas.
Mr Gibson denied that he had abused his ministerial office by speeding up the process to grant Smith residency, describing her as a family friend.
According to local newspaper The Bahama Journal, Mr Gibson's mother was looking after Smith's five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, when she died.
The body of Smith, the widow of Texas oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II, was found in a Florida hotel room on 9 February.
The cause of her death, which has sparked a paternity row and custody battles, has yet to be determined.
Sad all around.
I did not get ANS pregnant.
I AM THE FATHER OF ANNA NICOLE'S BABY!
That, like so many other possible fathers, remains to be proven ;)
I thought that the father might be the old Marshall guy if Anna saved "him" for later. At this point I would not be surprised if her son is the father.
It seems to me that the only reason that she went there was to keep her baby away from her natural father, and that makes the baby a possession too. How tragic, and how selfish of her.
Maybe...but maybe she intended to live there forever and wanted to be able to go see her son's resting place. It was a hectic time for her, maybe she just wasn't thinking. Or maybe she didn't want his body brought back to the USA for some reason. Whatever her reason was it doesn't much matter now. I say bury her next to her son, she bought a plot so maybe she meant to be buried there. I doubt ANS really knew who the daddy was/is either... Prayers for that poor child and the hope a normal loving family takes her in , instead of this bunch who seem like morons to me. I don't think any of them ought to raise that little girl. (I am no ANS fan by any means either )
Perhaps he was buried there in order for the family to avoid the embarassment of a homicide investigation.
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