I don’t get the Howard K. Stern hate. I think he is the closest thing Anna Nicole ever had to a real partner. I suspect that he did everything he could to help her because he loved her. When someone wants drugs, alcohol or pain pills and has the money to buy them, it’s very hard for someone else to completely keep them away. Anyone who ever watched the Anna Nicole show knows how determined she was to have her own way.
Who managed her money?
Howard drove off everyone who tried to get Anna off drugs. Her mother, Larry, both tried. In his testimony in Florida, Larry said he tried to get her off drugs, and in fact he hid them. It wasn't Anna that asked for them back, it was Howard.
Anna's son Daniel found himself on the outs with Anna when she moved to the Bahamas. He would try to call her, and Howard would answer the phone. He hung up as soon as he heard that it was Daniel calling. Daniel visited a private investigator to see about having Howard investigated. He said Howard was giving Anna "mind bending drugs."
Daniel finally gets to see his mom when she contacted him after giving birth. Daniel arrives and within hours he is dead. Howard kicked into gear destroying evidence. Ford Shelley said he saw Howard taking pills out of Daniel's pant pockets and throwing them out.
Several people have stated that they saw Howard give Anna injections in the butt. After Anna's death he told Dr. Perper that he knew Anna was an addict, and so he hid her drugs. The morning of her death, Howard said Anna was too sick to get out of bed by herself, so he got her up and assisted her to the bathroom, then left to buy the boat. The magical duffel bag of drugs that has been testified about was in the living room. For Anna to have given herself the fatal dose, she would have had to get herself out of bed, get into the livingroom, and tossed the room to find the bag, then give herself the dose and get back into bed.
I believe that she was too sick to get out of bed, because Dr. Perper said that she had diarrhea in the bed. I believe that charges will be forthcoming in the Bahamas. Then Florida will have to re-open their investigation based on evidence uncovered in the Bahamas.
As for the lawsuit Howard has filed against John O'Quinn, this is wonderful, and I believe it is what John O'Quinn wanted. He will finally be able to get Howard on the witness stand in this case and he will HAVE to testify. Remember, in Florida, Judge Seidlin wouldn't really allow Howard to be questioned because the judge had cut a deal with Howard. That will not be the case in this trial. If Howard wants to win the case he has filed, he must testify and answer the questions.