Judge Orders Anna Nicole Smith Boyfriend, Doctors To Stand Trial
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Howard K. Stern and Anna Nicole in 2000
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Anna Nicole Smith hits the red carpet for the ‘Be Cool’ premiere, Los Angeles, February 14, 2005
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Anna Nicole Smith in 2006
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Anna and her pooch work the American Music Awards press, LA, 2005
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 30, 2009 4:04 PM EDT
LAST UPDATED: October 30, 2009 4:11 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A judge has ordered Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend and two doctors to stand trial on charges of illegally funneling prescription drugs to the former Playboy model.
The ruling Friday in Los Angeles follows a three-week preliminary hearing to determine if there was enough evidence to try Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich.
The hearing delved deeply into Smith’s troubled life and the role the defendants allegedly had in feeding her drug addiction before she died of an accidental overdose in 2007.
Prosecutors tried to show that the doctors blurred the line between being physicians or friends to the celebrity model.
The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 11 on charges of conspiring to illegally provide Smith with drugs.
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