DNA To Solve Anna Nicole Baby Riddle
Created: Thursday, 15 Mar 2007, 7:00 AM EDT
The mystery over who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter will soon be solved.
A US judge has given the go-ahead for a DNA test later this month to end the custody battle over six-month-old Dannielynn.
The dead former Playboy's boyfriend Howard K Stern, 39, and ex-lover Larry Birkhead, 32, along with four other men, claim to be the father.
Birkhead's lawyer Debra Opri told Stern: "Put up or shut up, that's what we're asking for."
Birkhead is convinced the DNA test will prove his claims.
He said: "I've been putting a nursery together so I'm smiling - in a good mood."
But Stern's lawyer countered: "He is the presumed father until one of the 12 or whatever people claiming to be Dannielynn's father can come in and prove it."
Stern currently has custody of the child, who could potentially inherit millions of dollars from her mother's estate.
Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, also says he may be the father.
He has launched legal proceedings against Fox and Bill O'Reilly after the talk show host called him a "fraud" for staking his claim.