ibckground:
Jan/Feb ‘06 - Larry Testimony - Anna tells Larry that she is expecting another baby with him around Feb
CALCULATED DATE Feb 14th, ‘06 -
According to source, when Anna told him that she was pregnant with his baby, Larry told ANS she was either going to have to give up the drugs, or give up the baby. The source explains: “He told her, ‘If you do not stop your lifestyle, now that you’re pregnant with my baby, I will go for custody.’ That’s when she ran away.”
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21263934.shtml
Apr ‘06 - ANS and “M” in an email, talks of getting up, taking pills,[trimspa?] going to bed, that’s all she does, being lonely, says LB is a ‘f..”’(male gay person slang), says he never cared until now and now all he wants is custody.
May 09 ‘06 - email to Laurie Payne dated May 9, 2006. says [LB]won’t leave her alone. “remember what I told you?” says she ws really sick, says she was afraid during her hospital stay but she finally ‘got out’
http://cdn.digitalcity.com/tmz_documents/110206_birkhead_smith_email.pdf
Sep 19th, ‘06 - The father of Anna Nicole’s baby has announced he intends to fight for custody
Sep 27, 2006 - Larry Birkhead announces he is the baby’s father - in response to Stern LKL interview Sep 26
more cites for ‘sole custody’
Sep 27th, ‘06 -Pathologist Cyril Wecht has revealed to People magazine that Daniel died of a lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro. Wecht said the drugs caused the cardiac dysrhythmia ...
http://thebosh.com/archives/2006/09/lethal_combination_of_drugs_killed_anna_nicole_smiths_son.php
Birkhead himself seems to be fond of the conspiracy and has taken to posting on his website his side of the story. Birkhead writes, “That’s not a grief-stricken mother. [Howard] wants to take over paternity and that’s his maneuver. Nothing shocks me now. It gets crazier and crazier.”**********
http://thebosh.com/archives/2006/09/is_anna_nicoles_wedding_a_cover_up.php
Sep 29th, ‘06 - LB signs retainer with Opri
Sep 30th, ‘06 - add’l LB retainer with Opri
Oct, ‘06 - Birkhead says it’s ‘criminal’ for anna to run with baby, wants sole custody, starts talking about drug use Oct 3.
Oct 01, ‘06 - LB signs a third retainer with Opri
Oct 2, ‘06 -Birkhead files the paternity suit.
Oct 03 ‘06 - Birkhead wants Drug Tests Larry Birkhead is claiming full legal and physical custody of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby, plus he wants both Anna Nicole Smith and Dannielynn Hope to be given full drugs tests. (court documents allege anna is on methadone and in the Bahamas to keep her baby from being tested for drugs)
http://www.hecklerspray.com/anna-nicole-smiths-baby-might-not-be-the-lawyers-after-all/20065140.php
Anna Nicole Smith Lawsuit Alleges Drug Abuse (10/4/06)
The photojournalist claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter alleges in court documents that Smith was taking methadone and is hiding out in the Bahamas to keep her baby from being tested for drugs. Larry Birkhead filed court papers in Los Angeles on Monday, attempting to establish paternity and obtain legal custody of the child. The lawsuit alleges Smith was taking methadone, which is normally used to treat heroin addiction, and
that Stern has been facilitating her habit. Birkhead also claims Smith is hiding out in the Bahamas to keep her baby from being tested for drugs.
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-10-04#celeb1
Oct 31, ‘06 -Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, who claims he is the father, saw the child with dark hair in leaked snippets of an Entertainment Tonight interview of Smith, his attorney Debra Opri said Monday.”It’s horrendous,” Opri said. “We are calling our experts right now to see if dyeing an infant’s hair is any way toxic or harmful to a child.”
Nov 01 ‘06 - [leaked depo] “Payne alleges in her declaration that Anna Nicole was taking methadone and Xanax in May, 2006, during her pregnancy.
http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/02/anna-nicoles-true-baby-daddy-drug-use-alleged/
CASAREZ: I think there could be because he could ultimately possibly get custody of the child.
GRACE: What?
CASAREZ: Then Anna Nicole could possibly have to pay him.
GRACE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Where are you getting that? Why would he get custody?
CASAREZ: Well, Nancy, if she — at some point, he would take her into a court to say that she would not be a fit mother to have her child. And this is all speculation, of course. Ultimately, he could get custody of that child.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/08/ng.01.html