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Prosecutors Ask Appeals Court For New Hearing In Case Against Anna Nicole Smith’s Ex-Boyfriend

November 03, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Prosecutors refusing to accept an appellate court’s ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith case asked the court on Friday to change its decision and allow her former boyfriend and manager to be retried.

Court: Judge Wrong To Toss Convictions Against Anna Nicole Smith’s Psychiatrist & Manager

October 18, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

An appellate court said Thursday a trial judge erred in dismissing conspiracy convictions against Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist and manager at the end of a contentious trial centering on celebrities’ use of prescription drugs.

Los Angeles County Prosecutors File Notice Of Appeal In Anna Nicole Smith Case

March 05, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed a notice that they plan to appeal a judge’s decision to throw out drug conspiracy convictions against Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend-lawyer and psychiatrist.

Anna Nicole, The Opera: She Aims To Sleaze

February 18, 2011

LONDON, U.K.

Why write an opera about the sordid life and death of Anna Nicole Smith? That question doubtless leaped to the minds of many when they heard the Royal Opera had commissioned such a work.

And sad to say, despite the expenditure of considerable talent and money — and a splendid performance by Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role — the question remains unanswered following the world premiere of “Anna Nicole” at Covent Garden on Thursday night.

Judge Dismisses Drug Conspiracy Convictions Of Anna Nicole Smith Boyfriend, Psychiatrist

January 06, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

A judge Thursday dismissed the drug conspiracy convictions of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern and her psychiatrist, allowing only one conviction to remain against the physician while reducing it to a misdemeanor.

Superior Court Judge Robert Perry found that Stern never had the intent to defraud when he used his name and others to protect Smith’s privacy when he obtained prescriptions for her.

Prosecution Recommends Probation, Community Service In Anna Nicole Smith Drug Case

January 05, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Prosecutors in the Anna Nicole Smith prescription drug case are urging a judge to choose felony probation, community service and fines rather than prison for her psychiatrist and lawyer-boyfriend convicted of obtaining drugs for her under false names.

On the eve of their scheduled sentencing, lawyers for Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Howard K. Stern want something different. They are asking to have their clients’ convictions reduced to misdemeanors or dismissed in the interest of justice.