She was manipulated by HKS --- no doubt about it, but her mom threw her away, so I have no reason to doubt ANS's own words.
The facts remain, that ANS had nothing to do with either her sister or her mom for a good long time --- 10 years IIRC.
HKS has reportedly been in ANS's life for 15 years.
"but her mom threw her away"
What a baseless conclusion. Based on what I have read, her mother had very little influence on her from the age of 17. Virgie Hogan has probably lived through a personal hell watching her daughter self-destruct.
Asked about the relationship between her brother and Smith, Bonnie Stern said that he met the former model in 1996 when she was referred to his law firm and he soon became her personal attorney.
"He started doing her legal work and then he became her confidant. They became best friends and then he fell in love with her," she said.
As for Larry Birkhead, the man who claims that he might be the father of Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn, she said: "Larry Birkhead was not her boyfriend. There were times of some intimacy."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251670,00.html