FROM THE NEWS DESK: Birkhead, Rosie & Letterman (March 21, 2007)
By McKay Heim and George Larrimore
ISLAND INTRIGUE: The DNA samples given up by Larry Birkhead and Dannielynn were flown out of the Bahamas to a testing lab in the Cincinnati suburb of Fairfield, Access Hollywood has confirmed. That's the home base of the doctor who went there to consult on the testing. Still very murky as to when the results will be revealed. But a lot of reports today indicate that this whole matter may not be over just yet. The twisted strands might reveal Larry Birkhead to be the biological daddy, but Howard Stern could still try to keep custody of Dannielynn because he is the presumed legal father. Also, there was a rumor today that Larry got to see the baby but he would neither confirm nor deny with our man in the Islands.
MEANWHILE IN MIAMI: Actually Broward County, but we like the headline better that way. Looks like Monday or Tuesday for the Verdict on What Killed Anna Nicole. A lot of nervous anticipation and all eyes are on Joshua Perper. It has been a very long wait for this information and while there's been a lot of speculation about sinister motives we wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be a kind of suicide/death wish.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah4556.shtml
Dannielynn's DNA Taken for a Ride
by Natalie Finn
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:38:58 PM PDT
Anna Nicole Smith's paramour is reportedly appealing a Bahamian justice's order to submit Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern for DNA testing, despite the fact that the test has already been performed, according to several media outlets.
MSNBC said that Stern, who is listed as Dannielynn's father on her birth certificate, took the six-month-old to a doctor's office in the Bahamas Wednesday and, although a court-imposed gag order prevents the various factions from discussing the case publicly, the general consensus is that the baby girl was on the scene so that a mouth swab could be taken.
Larry Birkhead also visited the same doctor's office Wednesday morning to submit his own DNA, according to TMZ.com. Stern is exempt from testing for now because, since he's on the birth certificate, he's daddy until proven otherwise.
At the same time, legal sources close to the tangled web said that Stern's attorneys were drawing up papers to object to Justice Stephen Isaacs' ruling. However, Stern's appeal will probably not be heard until next week and, according to MSNBC, the results from the DNA tests could be ready as early as Friday.
So, Stern would have to somehow prove that the sample was improperly improperly taken from Dannielynn in order to get it thrown out.
"I gather they are shooting for Monday," a source told Reuters regarding Stern's latest action.
Meanwhile, the samples that were presumably taken Wednesday are reportedly on their way to a lab in Columbus, Ohio, where latex-gloved technicians will hopefully be able to provide an answer to one of the more pressing questions to be asked on tabloid covers in recent years.
Of course, several other men, including Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, have also come forward as possible fathers to Dannielynn, but common sense—what remains in this case, anyway—has nearly all of its eggs in the Birkhead-Stern basket.
But even if the paternity saga comes to a close (minus custody issues, financial support and all of the other details that will need hammering out, of course), Anna Nicole Smith's name will still be gracing plenty of legal documents in the weeks and months to come.
Records from the L.A. County Treasurer and Tax Collector show that Stern's Santa Monica-based corporation Hot Smoochie Lips—which lists Smith as president—owes $28,945 in state corporate taxes and $8,920.54 in back property taxes on the Studio City house where Smith used to live.
Smith bought the residence for $1.3 million on April 11, 2005 under her real name, Vickie Lynn Marshall, and transferred the title to Stern's company the following day.
Earlier this month, Hot Smoochie Lips' corporate status was suspended due to the unpaid bills so, unfortunately, Stern is currently unable to conduct business under the Hot Smoochie shingle.
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b8cb0017-d3eb-47d6-92e2-9bcf48005fd2
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