May 3, 2007
Bodyguard: Birkhead Abusive to Anna Nicole
Maurice “Big Moe” Brighthaupt, Anna Nicole Smith’s bodyguard, will detail how Larry Birkhead, the father of her daughter Danielynn, held her against her will and sent her threats by phone in his tell-all book, Baby Girl, due out in July by HarperCollins.
Birkhead is the reason Smith “escaped” to the Bahamas, according to Kenji Jasper, the author who is co-writing the book with Brighthaupt, who worked for Anna for several years and tried to revive her with CPR in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino where she died.
Brighthaupt, pictured above with Smith and her companion Howard K. Stern, also will discuss “Anna’s abuse as a child, abuse her mother turned a blind eye to, leading to a feud that would last for the starlet’s entire life,” Jasper says in an email interview. He also will detail his efforts along with those of Stern and a doctor to “curb Anna’s prescription drug use after the death of her son, Daniel.” Brighthaupt also says that G. Ben Thompson, the South Carolina developer who tried to evict Anna Nicole from her home in the Bahamas, tried to bribe him with $500,000 to get into Anna’s house while she and Howard K. Stern were away.
Jasper, a founding cast member of BET’s Teen Summit and author of several novels including Dark, Dakota Grand, and Seeking Salamanca, says he was tapped to do the project by Manie Barron of the Menza-Barron Agency, which represents both him and Moe.
“Manie felt like we would be a good match as we were both from DC,” Jasper says. “As it turns out we grew up in the same neighborhood. Thus I had an interest in making this as descriptive and personal of a story as I could make it. Once Manie had paired us together and we had talked I wrote a proposal for the book, which Harper almost immediately became interested in.”
“I wanted the challenge of taking what could have been made into this really fluff or sensationalist kind of thing and try to make it classic,” he added. “I wanted to have a hand in writing the definitive book on Anna Nicole through the eyes of someone who knew her extremely well during her last days.”
Last month, a so-called tell-all book by Smith’s sister Donna Hogan, Train Wreck, hit the shelves to poor reviews by those who shared their opinions on Amazon.com.
Jasper says he expects Baby Girl to fare much better.
“I think the book will be have a terrific reception, particularly as Moe was a key figure in Anna’s life as opposed to Donna Hogan, who Anna told Moe she hadn’t had anything to do with in quite some time. I think readers really want to get Moe’s take on all that has happened in these past few months.”
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/swan/entries/2007/05/03/bodyguard_birkh.html
Anything for a buck..I will not be buying his book!!!
It seems to me that G. Ben had access to the home because they got in after Anna died. We can pretty much conclude that this has Stern’s stamp of approval since Moe was released from his confidentiality agreement. I was waiting for the rumors of abuse to come out. I think Anna herself fostered some of these as an excuse of keeping Larry away. I believe this is how she got the Thompsons to help her.
Bahamas government ousted in poll
Mr Ingraham says too much power is being handed to foreign investors
Voters in the Bahamas have ousted the governing Progressive Liberal Party in favour of the opposition Free National Movement, unofficial results show.
Results broadcast on state TV had the Free National Movement winning 23 seats in the 41-seat legislature.
The party is led by former prime minister Hubert Ingraham.
The party of Prime Minister Perry Christie, who has called his rival to concede defeat, claimed 18 seats, the Bahamas Broadcasting Corporation said.
The government of Mr Christie, which won a landslide victory in 2002, had been under fire in recent months on a number of issues, including the alleged fast-tracking of the residence permit of the now deceased American model Anna Nicole Smith.
“The people of the Bahamas have spoken,” Mr Ingraham said as he addressed thousands of cheering supporters, dressed in his party’s trademark red, in the capital Nassau.
“We will devote all of our energies to the continued development of our nation in every respect - economic, political, social and cultural,” Mr Ingraham said.
“We ask our political opponents and all Bahamians to join us in this endeavour.”
Residency law
Ousted leader, Mr Christie, had campaigned for a second term by highlighting the $20bn in outside investment and tourism projects which were pumped into the nation of 700 islands during his time in office.
However, Mr Ingraham had successfully argued that too much had been done to accommodate foreign investors, saying that it would be preferable for land to be leased rather than sold to non-Bahamians:
“They simply sign on to just about any outrageous proposal that winds up in the inbox on their desks,” he said of the government at a recent campaign rally. “Once the land is sold, it’s gone.”
Mr Ingraham also said that he would consider scrapping a law which affords foreigners residency if they buy a home in the country.
It follows on from a row over the residency application by the late Playboy model and actress Anna Nicole Smith.
Immigration minister Shane Gibson was forced to quit amid reports that he had fast-tracked Smith’s application for residency.
Mr Gibson apologised for any embarrassment he may have caused the country but denied any wrong-doing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6618421.stm
Moe is already a proven liar, so I’m sure the whole “classic” book (ha!) will be the same.
I guess Howie has something on Moe also.
As for LB holding her against her will -- wanna bet that has something to do with her drug use?
IMO, Moe may be named as the co-author of this book, but the information (or rather MISinformation) is coming from HKS. I think HKS made a deal with Moe, so he could get his ‘side of the story’ out, without looking like an opportunistic leech by writing his own book. That is why Moe gave HKS half of the book advance. Just wait and see....this book will contain information and/or incidents that Moe was never a party to and wouldn’t have known on his own. HKS is going after LB and Virgie (and everyone else) in this book to try to repair his image. It won’t work!