Boyfriend and Doctors to Stand Trial for Death of Anna Nicole Smith November 2
It has been more than two and a half years since model and actress Anna Nicole Smith succumbed to what is being pointed out as an overdose on a cocktail of medications at her hotel room in Florida, but her death is far from being a closed book. A judge has ordered for the trial of two LA doctors as well as her boyfriend and companion, Howard K. Stern, on charges of illegally providing Smith with prescription drugs.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry based his decision on a various witness accounts and a review of medical files. All these reportedly pointed to the fact that the model/actress was a “drug addict” and indicated in his decision that there was “an ongoing and widespread effort” to supply her with prescription drugs. He did mention, though, that prosecutors only needed to demonstrate very minimal proof and that the proof presented was below what would be required if a trial conviction was needed.
However, whatever was presented was enough to raise suspicion that Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich committed the acts that they are being accused of.
Among the witnesses who testified before the judge were Smith’s bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt and the father of Smith’s daughter Dannielynn, Larry Birkhead. Anna Nicole Smith was reportedly addicted to a variety of prescription medications. Among the medicines mentioned in the report were Valium, methadone, Xanax, the anti-seizure medicine Topamax, the muscle relaxant Soma, the sedative chloral hydrate and Dilaudid, a painkiller that is also known as “hospital heroin”.
All three defendants are being accused of conspiring to provide Smith with these addictive medications, ranging from illegal prescriptions to using aliases to picking up pharmacy refills and calling in requests for such refills. All three have pleaded “not guilty” to the charges and are expected to do the same thing during an arraignment on December 11.
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