Smith's Lawyer Says He's Baby's Father (Anna Nicole & Howard K. Stern_

AP ^

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

Smith's Lawyer Says He's Baby's Father

By JASON BRONIS

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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - A lawyer for Anna Nicole Smith said Tuesday that he was the father of the reality TV star's newborn girl, who has been the couple's one "ray of hope" as they have grieved the death of her 20-year-old son in the Bahamas.

Howard K. Stern, who was with the family in the hospital the night that Daniel Smith died, told CNN's "Larry King Live" they had named their daughter Dannie Lynn Hope.

"Right now we have to somehow get through what we're going through," he said. "And I'll tell you, our baby is the one ray of hope."

Daniel Smith, 20, died Sept. 10 while visiting his mother as she recuperated from giving birth three days earlier. Authorities have said there was no sign of suicide or foul play, and they were awaiting toxicology results to determine the cause of death.

"We're still waiting to find out what the cause is," Stern said. "We also now have an indication that there may have been other prescriptive medication in his system."

Stern, who picked Daniel up at the airport and brought him to the Nassau hospital the previous night, said he appeared happy to see his mother and half-sister. He said the young man appeared fine until the next morning.

"And then at one point Daniel said to me, 'How come I'm so tired?' And in hindsight I wish that I had seen that as some sort of a signal and seen that something wasn't right," he said.

Soon afterward, Anna Nicole Smith noticed Daniel wasn't breathing, Stern said. Medical personnel could not revive him, and he and Anna Nicole continued resuscitation efforts even after they were asked to stop.

"She stayed there and we were at the foot of the bed and she was hugging Daniel's legs," he said. "And she was praying to Jesus and she was telling Jesus to take her and not take Daniel."

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Stern said he and Anna Nicole Smith had been living together in the Bahamas, and planned to stay in the island chain long term and marry "at some point."

She wanted to get away from the media and to start a new life and give her daughter a chance to live a normal life, said Stern, who described himself as a "proud father."

He said there has not been a funeral and declined to describe any burial plans.

Cyril Wecht, a pathologist hired by the family to conduct a repeat autopsy, has said Daniel was taking a low dose of the antidepressant Lexapro. Stern said Smith had recently been hospitalized with back pain and depression, and may have had "other prescriptive medication in his system."

Daniel Smith, who appeared several times on the E! reality series "The Anna Nicole Show," was the son of Anna Nicole and Bill Smith, who married in 1985 and divorced two years later.

Anna Nicole Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, when she was 26 and he was 89. He died the following year and she has since been involved in legal disputes over the estate.

[sarasota]

DNA tests coming up.

[Hildy]

There's a long thread in CHAT about this. I posted it last night.

[Balding_Eagle]

Lawyers will do ANYTHING for billing time, won't they?

[sarasota]

Thanks Hildy. I'm heading over there.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Figured that was the case.

Her "attorney" has always been a creep.

[sarasota]

Didn't find it my entering anna nicole smith. Can you help?

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

I search too, using article's title and Anna Nicole Smith, and came up empty.

[Hildy]

Here ya go:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708936/posts

[Hildy]

Here ya go:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708936/posts

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708936/posts

[Hildy]

Here ya go:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708936/posts

[sarasota]

Thanks!

[ClearCase_guy]

Didn't find it my entering anna nicole smith. Can you help?

You keep trying that, and her lawyer's going to be mighty upset. ;)

[elc]

When all this happened, I wondered if he was the father so that he could get his hands on more money. Worse thoughts went through my head too about what happened to Daniel, especially if the "this is all your doing" or whatever it was Anna said is true.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

this Stern cat (her manager) is another Phil Specter

"anna" is another Ronnie, albeit a trailor-trash version and untalented.

the show in now in intermission, and commercials are being aired. Stay tuned.

[Rte66]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1709738/posts
Anna Nicole Smith's Son Had A Lethal Combo Of Drugs
local6 ^ | 27 Sept 2006

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1709569/posts
Wecht: Meds Killed Daniel Smith (Anna Nicole)
People ^ | Sept. 27, 2006 | Nicole Weisensee Egan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1709248/posts
Smith's Lawyer Says He's Baby's Father (Anna Nicole & Howard K. Stern_
AP ^

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708936/posts
Stern (Anna Nicole's lawyer) IS the Dad
Larry King Live | Sept.. 26, 2006 | Hildy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704964/posts
Anna Nicole 'pockets £300,000' from pictures of dead son
Daily Mail ^ | September 19, 2006

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703881/posts
Autopsy Shows Smith's Son on Medication
AP ^

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1702315/posts
Pathologist to do new autopsy on Smith (Anna Nicole's son)
Yahoo News ^ | Sept.15,2006 | By MICHAEL MELIA,

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1701403/posts
Anna Nicole 'memory loss' over son's sudden death...
breitbart ^

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700788/posts
Charges possible in death of Anna Nicole Smith's son; coroner awaits report
AP ^ | September 13, 2006 | JESSICA ROBERTSON

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700696/posts
Doctors Tried to Save Anna Nicole Smith's Son for 22 Minutes
Fox News ^ | September 12, 2006 | Associated Press

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1700152/posts
Celebrity's son's death mystery (Anna Nicole)
The Nassau Guardian ^ | Sept. 12, 2006 | IANTHIA SMITH & INDERIA SAUNDERS


http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/26/lkl.01.html
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/12/lkl.01.html

[elc]

Hmm... Now they are married?? and she hasn't even buried her son. I'll now say what I was referring to in my last post. He's got to be involved with Daniel's death! What better way to get his hands on even more of her millions than to father her child and/or marry her.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

sure.....now "his" kid is her legal heir, and anna's proclivity for booze, drugs, and stupidity will be the death of her, soon enough. But the hook is if the photographer is really the kids daddy.

I'm not certain, but I think I read somewhere that Stern and her son traveled to Bahamas together, the kid coming from California and meeting Stern in Florida(?), then the last leg of the flight together.

If smith and stern allow a DNA test w/o fighting it, stern probably is the daddy, but with her, anything imaginable is possible, even incest IMO.

[elc]

I heard on the radio this morning that there is some legal loophole in the Bahamas - since he married her so soon after the baby's birth, he has more rights than the biological father (if he's not the one).

Both guys have lots of rea$on$ to claim to be the father.

And I just have to say - the very first thought that came to my head, prior to thinking it was the lawyer, was that it was the son. Disgusting thoughts, but it did occur to me.