Anna Nicole Smith, The Investigation #3

[mom4kittys]

Thread Number 3

[Rte66]

Some of my notes about the appearance of Bruce Ross last night on LKL ...

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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/16/lkl.01.html

[A few questions addressed - evidently, Stern *did* get the temporary appointment as SpecAdmin, assuming Ross isn’t funnin’ us - note how often over the next month the word “temporary” will be omitted! And we also see that they were trying to save filing fees by underestimating the assets in CA! And, it’s going to take 4 months, at least (meaning he’s 2 months into his 6-month retainer, lol) to get this tiny amount of stuff appraised!]

BRUCE ROSS, HOWARD K. STERN’S ATTORNEY: ... [snip] The court on Monday, also at our request, appointed Mr. Stern as special administrator which is — meaning it’s a temporary appointment, but it gives him the authority to act as personal representative on behalf of the estate until he is appointed as executor.
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ROSS: ... [snip] And therefore, this [$710,000] number should be taken with several grains of salt. It is a very preliminary estimate. The only reason even to put a number is that under California system, filing fees now are based on the estimated value of the estate.
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ROSS: ... [snip] It will be appraised. In fact, all of Anna Nicole’s assets will be appraised pursuant to procedures set out by California. We’ll do all of that within the next four months.
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[Ha, take a look at the “subliminal” messages that show what’s really uppermost in his mind:]

ROSS: ... [snip] Mr. Birkhead and Mr. Stern are getting along very well. ... [snip] And I think they’re also both interested in marshalling Ms. Smith’s assets and proceeding with her wishes.
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ROSS: ... [snip] We will account for all of the assets. And we hope we are successful in marshalling and we will then account to the court for those assets ... [snip]
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ROSS: ... [snip] ... far and away the biggest claim, and it’s more than a claim, it is a judgment, when the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit, we have a judgment at the moment although a collection of that judgment has been stayed, that’s $85 million right there. ... [snip] But in addition, of course, we are in the process of marshalling claims which will include name and likeness claims and royalties and the like. [snip] ....
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[theFIRMbss]

>you post your concern for a missing child and you get verbally attacked

Well, if you posted
here that HKS is cool
and should get credit

for helping Anna
stay alive long as she did
and for helping her

accomplish even
the trivial things she did
(because drug-addled

wastes like ANS
typically die younger and
accomplish nothing)

chances are the thread
wouldn't embrace you warmly.
But you never know...

[Rte66]

self-appointed

[Rte66]

Hey, wait a second, you reminded me of something. Take a look at this ...

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[Bruce Ross made his first appearance on the ANS scene, at least “publicly,” on Feb 16th this year ...]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/16/lkl.01.html
CNN LARRY KING LIVE

We now welcome Bruce Ross, retained to handle the probate in California.

Retained by?

BRUCE ROSS, PROBATE ATTORNEY RETURNED [s/b RETAINED] BY ANNA NICOLE’S ESTATE: Retained by Mr. Stern and Mr. Rale, the...

KING: Your specialty is probate?

ROSS: My specialty is probate, yes, sir.
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[Note that he was “retained by” Stern and Rale, ok?]

[Then, from last night:]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/16/lkl.01.html

ROSS: No. In fact, that’s one of the big question marks. That is clearly an asset in California and it’s one of the reasons that we have appointed Mr. Stern as temporary administrator because that litigation has been on hold until we could get somebody to stand in for Ms. Smith.
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[So, now the attorney hired by Stern and Rale has hired Stern to handle the very client account Stern hired *him* to handle in his specialty as a probate attorney? And, this CA atty thinks he needs an atty who lives in The Bahamas to “stand in” for ANS in a CA courtroom? What is wrong with this picture?]

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You’ve got it nailed. And they are getting away with it. Who is going to stop teamStern?

[Rte66]

I’d like to think “Law Enforcement” or a “Judge” or a “Jury,” or “All of the Above.”

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I’d like to think that too - but what law enforcement - where? In the Bahamas? I don’t think so. Do you?

[Rte66]

No

[kcw2007]

Did you read today’s post at artharris.com? WTF????

www.artharris.com/

“So, despite Ford’s rebel yapping that Stern’s a squatter, he’s still living there…and appears to be the legal frontrunner, according to tea leaves I’m reading from a Bahamian judge.”

UH...HUH??? You mean HKS actually has a GOOD chance of gaining ownership of Horizons WITHOUT paying one thin dime on the mortgage?? That freakin’ AMAZES me!! Is the whole “G. Ben gave the house to ANS as a GIFT” defense really going to PREVAIL for HKS?? I am flabbergasted! I’m also REALLY happy that I am not rich, bc I might have made the same mistake and offered to help out a friend in need, as G. Ben did for Anna, with the FULL intention of being paid back!! Pardon my crudeness, but all I can say about that is, Anna MUST have been one HELL of a GOOD F__K, and I certainly hope G. Ben enjoyed it, to the tune of over a million dollars!!! AMAZING! Just plain AMAZING! Although, I guess this could just be the HKS Team ‘painting a pretty picture’....hopefully, it’s not true.

Here’s another excerpt from today’s post at artharris.com:

“Anna’s estate probate attorney, Bruce Ross, tells me it’s also logical to file first in California since that’s where Anna battled to collect on an $88 million ruling in her favor from the estate of her late husband, Howard Marshall; Aher eventual share could be far more if she wins-maybe a half billion dollars, depending on the mediation. Howard K. Stern has been named administrator to pursue that case for the estate as well, a case he’s been quarterbacking since 1996.”

Quarterbacking? Good to know HKS’s ol’ football injury (the one he is prescribed narcotics for) hasn’t kept him down! He’ll take one for the team any day...TEAM STERN, that is!! The funny thing is that a good portion of the “Marshall Case” took place in Texas, and HKS is not a member of the Texas bar, so WHO was ‘quarterbacking’ for that part? I’m assuming that BMOC Stern was ‘red-shirted’ for that portion of the ‘Marshall Case’!! LOL!!

Seriously, you gotta LOVE Bruce Ross and the way he speaks...he can tie in HKS’s old football experience and he can use the word ‘marshall’ to describe EVERY aspect of HKS’s being!! I can’t wait to hear him announce that HKS has been appointed as the temporary ‘Special Marshall’ for the “Marshall Case”!

*****TOUCHDOWN by Stern in the final minutes of the last quarter WINS the game!********

—Cut to sideline— showing Larry in his cheerleading uniform, pom-poms in the air, yelling “Stern, Stern, he’s own ‘MAN’, if he can’t do it, chloral hydrate CAN!”

GO TEAM STERN GO!!

—Cut to me— gagging incessantly!!
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I’m disgusted with the way things are going in this case, can you tell??

[Rte66]

Ya know, with *some* of the legal types, I can parse their statements and see the lies pretty clearly.

With TV people, which is what this Art Harris is (and I apologize for contaminating our thread with his tripe yesterday - it was the first thing in print about the will petitions and it was so outré that it caught me off-guard), they just bald-face lie and don’t bother to wrap any truth molecules inside.

Let’s see, *if* a Bahamian judge really talked to him, which I don’t believe one did, but *if* so, it must be the uncle of that attorney Stern “engaged” for the paternity appeal and forgot to tell him to cancel it. A bigger judge (a SCOTIBA, I guess you would say, lol) has already censured that judge for talking to the media about ANS things, so I’m gonna guess that’s who it might be.

OK. Then the Marshall marshalling - you did see that Bruce Ross said yesterday that $88 million award is a judgment they just have to collect? Yeah, right. And this guy thinks that just maybe the dead Anna Nicole will get $500 million IN MEDIATION? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

To begin with the $88 million was appealed. I’m sure Howie’s team knows what an appeal is! One of their favorite things. You just appeal and appeal and appeal and keep on appealing into oblivion. (That’s the only time the word *appealing* is ever used in conjunction with anything HKS-related!)

When *they* have an appeal in the works or even if they’ve filed one, they *always* make sure to say that about whatever victory the *other guy* won. They just laugh and say “riiigght, we’re appealing!” Then people think “oh, that’s been cancelled out.” Well, guess what - the $88 mil has been “stayed,” too.

And they are loving throwing out that word “mediation” to make it sound like they’re sitting down with Pierce Marshall’s widow and having tea to discuss whether they should fly together to the Koch Industries board meetings or go in separate planes in case something happens to one of them.

The absurdity of ALL of this is that it derived from ANS’s hare-brained bankruptcy case to begin with! Why don’t they ever go back to that? As usual, she was trying to get out of paying her bills and a big judgment when somebody thought maybe she should have included that pie-in-the-sky Marshall money in her assets.

A decade later, here they still are. The bankruptcy itself was discharged years ago (altho, it would be funny if they *could* come back on her for that one $850,000 charge, if nothing else, to cancel out the minimal CA asset value in the estate and put it into the red).

And as far as HKS being “named the administrator” - by whom? By the probate attorney *he* hired for Anna? Guess what. A COURT has to “name” the adminstrators and executors - and no hearing has happened yet - that’s what the petition is asking and will be heard on June 19.

Stern the quarterback? Oh, ha. That’s what they call whichever lawyer got the short straw way back when and had to baby-sit the berzerko client until her death? That’s usually the water boy.

Reminds me of myself in the 5th grade when the teacher made me the “coordinator” of the class play. She played it all up and said it was the most important job, blah blah blah, yada yada yada - but it was only because I couldn’t sing and she didn’t know what else to do with me.

[kcw2007]

LOL!! You are absolutely right! I got so caught up in my outrage of the first part of the article, that I forgot to even mention the ridiculousness of some parts of it! Like the $88 million ‘judgment’ that they (ANS Estate) just have ‘to collect’!! As if that’s a DONE DEAL!!

I especially love the part at the end about how much ANS’s name and image might be worth, and how much she wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe...and then this statement:

“She’d want Dannielynn to live the lavish lifestyle she dreamed she’d live one day,” just like Marylin, confides a confidant. “That’s what Howard is trying to make happen. That’s what keeps him going.” “

*GASP* *Choke* *Clearing my throat*.... Um....Dannielynn is 8 months old. Have any of these people been ‘clued in’ to the fact that Marilyn Monroe suffered a lifetime of depression, emotional and physical abuse, mental disorders, and drug abuse (AS DID ANNA)? AND, THAT is the life they WANT for Dannielynn??? How VERY VERY SAD!! She deserves so MUCH MORE!! The last line in that paragraph is particularly poignant.

“That’s what Howard is trying to make happen. That’s what keeps him going.”

In regard to that statement, I ABSOLUTELY believe him! And, it terrifies me for Dannielynn...

[gopheraj]

I realize that the will had to be probated in the US but not sure why it would have any affect of any kind in the Bahamas. I would think they could settle the Horizons problem without the will. (but what do I know LOL)

[Jane Austen]

You are right: they lie. Far too many lies have been made in this case and the media appears to go along spreading their own. Howard K. Smith deserves the Liar of the Year award. You and the others might yet help bring down HKS. Terrific comments here like questions about the authenticity of the commitment video and inconsistencies of the time line. The authorities should have investigated them but were too eager to give HKS a pass.

[gopheraj]

they are trying to confuse everybody so nobody knows who is doing what. I agree - JUST like HKS did with ANS. I believe he was able to work around her drug fog to get what he wanted regarding money or her family.

[Kimberly GG]

Just stopping in to say hello! I’m looking forward to seeing if things move forward next week! In the meantime, I’ve been away in search of tests and treatment for thyroid as well as doing everything I possibly can re: on-going critical and very timely political issue.

I’ll keep checking in to see if anything happens before next week, but hopefully if I miss something I’ll get a ping!

The sun is shining, it’s a beautiful day...and I think I’ll go treasure hunting (yard sales) ;) Just wish one of you were here to go with me ;)

Kim

[Pepper777]

The following from one of your Snips from the LK interview:

“”ROSS: ... [snip] Mr. Birkhead and Mr. Stern are getting along very well. ... [snip] And I think they’re also both interested in marshalling Ms. Smith’s assets and proceeding with her wishes.””

I sure don’t like the sound of Mr Birkhead and Mr Stern getting along very well and PROCEEDING with Anna’s WISHES. Usually when HKS refers to Anna’s wishes its in relation to Virgie. Hopefully this doesn’t mean LB is going along with the Stern’s goal of not allowing Virgie to see baby DL.

I’ll really be mad at LB if he has chosen to pair up with HKS because he thinks he will get more dollars and have a really nice mansion in the Bahamas, do to all of Stern’s dirty tricks. Virgie can’t offer LB any money. She’s just a Grandma who has lost her daughter and grandson. I hope I’m so wrong, but it looks like the ones who are after the money are HKS(which we knew from the beginning), but also Larry B.

I hope Virgie has some powerful lawyers to help her to stop HKS and his dirty tricks. I know this is nuts, but I’m wondering if Larry B has been in on some of this crap with HKS from the beginning.

Thanks for all your continued work here on the thread, even though it makes me sick that HKS still appears to be running the show. What kind of arrogant jerk or jerks, if LB approves of HKS’s tactics, would think he could do a power grab and get Horizons? Unreal.

If LB approves of HKS and his continued efforts to steal Horizons, I would imagine the Thompson’s and the Shelley’s have changed their opinion of Larry Birkhead.