Aired October 13, 2006 - 19:00:00 ET
CNN transcript - Virgie thinks Daniel was murdered
BANFIELD: It`s definitely not the first time I have heard this. I have heard some more stark language used. Not reported because it`s very libelous if you say these kinds of things. But, no, I`ve spoken to people who are very close to Anna Nicole Smith, one of her best friends, who said this about four weeks ago, that she believes this is murder.
HAMMER: What kind of motivation are you hearing from those people?
BANFIELD: Money, money, money. At least this is their conjecture, not mine. Let me be very clear about this.
They believe that because of the setup, if there`s, in fact, some kind of a union between Howard Stern and Anna Nicole, and Daniel is no longer there, it cuts at least one avenue for some of that money if something were to happen to Anna Nicole down the road. And I know that it sounds pretty Hollywood script-like, but some of these friends truly believe this.
HAMMER: Yes. I mean, it`s a real conspiracy theory. And look at the fact that the Bahamian police have said at this point that they don`t believe there is any criminality involved. But is there any evidence that could possibly point to and back up this theory that Daniel was murdered?
BANFIELD: Well, there`s methadone, and if you talk to at least Virgie Arthur, if you talk to some of the people very close to Anna Nicole and Daniel -- and one of these best friends, by the way, baby-sat Daniel for years and thinks he is one of the finest children out there, and really was the adult in the relationship between mother and son, and never took a drug, nor would he ever -- Virgie Arthur believers that, too -- that may be evidence right there that it would be very unusual to find that level of methadone in his system.
I don't know anymore whether Anna truly despised her mother, or was manipulated by HKS. I did see an interview with Anna and a talking head, and the subject of Virgie came up. Anna got a real mean look in her eye. She was very unkind in her description of her mother. Based on that, I would be hesitant about granting her custody of Dannielynn. Better Prince Von Altholt and Zsa Zsa should raise the baby.