Anna baby daddy is ... tune in today!
The true daddy of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter could be revealed as soon as today after wanna-be pop Howard K. Stern lost his last-ditch bid yesterday to block release of DNA test results.
Stern, Smith’s longtime lawyer and companion, and her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead are set to face off in court today in Nassau, Bahamas, where DNA findings from a Fairfield, Ohio, lab may be unsealed.
The test will show whether Birkhead is the father of 6-month-old Dannielynn. If he’s not a match, the paternity mystery will remain unresolved because Stern - who is listed as the dad on Dannielynn’s birth certificate - did not submit his DNA for comparison.
Dr. Michael Baird of the DNA Diagnostics Center, who conducted the test and is expected to present the results in court, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
A panel of three Bahamian appellate judges told Stern his DNA appeal was filed too late, so his lawyers withdrew it yesterday. The appellate court fined Stern $10,000, forcing him to pay both Birkhead’s and the government’s legal fees related to the matter.
A confident Birkhead has said he is “getting the nursery ready” in his Los Angeles home. Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, is also in the Bahamas hoping for news today.
“She’s excited about it,” Donald Clark, an investigator working for Arthur, told Court TV.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/04/03/2007-04-03_anna_baby_daddy_is__tune_in_today.html
Could Today Tell Dannielynn’s Real Daddy?
There are reports that the DNA results revealing the real father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby could be unveiled today, but TMZ knows it isn’t so. In fact, we’re told that it probably won’t happen this week, and that next week is the time.
Yesterday, TMZ told you that Howard K. Stern had lost a crucial appeal to block the release of the testing, and on top of that he was fined $10,000 for filing a frivolous claim. This means that the findings from the DNA Diagnostics Center of Fairfield, Ohio, as the New York Daily News reports, are cleared to be presented in Nassau by Dr. Michael Baird, the scientist who conducted the test. As of this morning, Baird wasn’t commenting.
http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/03/could-today-tell-dannielynn-s-real-daddy/
Even if Baird can't physically be there, he can do a conference call into the court.
Tests are completed, so there's no good reason not to give the results today.
Besides, the logistical cost of Birkhead and his attorneys should be considered and they need to wrap this up ASAP.
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