Anna Nicole Smith#See also
{{short description|American actress and television personality (1967–2007)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Nicole Smith
| image = Anna_Nicole_Smith_crop.jpg
| caption = Smith in 2005
| birth_name = Vickie Lynn Hogan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1967|11|28}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|2|8|1967|11|28}}
| death_place = Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
| death_cause = Combined drug intoxication
| alias = {{unbulleted list|Vickie Lynn Smith|Vickie Lynn Marshall|Nikki Hart}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress|television personality}}
| years_active = 1992–2007
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Billy Wayne Smith|1985|1993|end=div.}}|{{marriage|J. Howard Marshall|1994|1995|end=d.}}}}
| children = 2
| module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate
| embed = yes
| issue = May 1992
| preceded = Cady Cantrell
| succeeded = Angela Melini
| pmoy-year = 1993
| pmoy-preceded = Corinna Harney
| pmoy-succeeded = Jenny McCarthy
}}
}}
Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith,{{cite news|title=Interview with Anna Nicole Smith |publisher=CNN|date=May 29, 2002 |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/29/lkl.00.html |access-date=February 14, 2007}} was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for fashion companies, including Guess, H&M and Heatherette.
Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Smith died in Hollywood, Florida, of a combined drug intoxication.
Early life
Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in Houston, Texas, the only daughter of Virgie Tabers Arthur (1951–2018) and Donald Eugene Hogan (1947–2009).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/13/features.woman6 |title=Chronicle of a death foretold – Anna Nicole Smith – The Guardian |newspaper=The Observer |date=May 12, 2007 |last=Wood |first=Gaby |access-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081707/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/13/features.woman6 |url-status=live }} Smith attended Mexia High School, in Mexia, Texas, transferring there from a Houston school. She attended at least one semester of ninth grade in Mexia but did not complete a whole term of tenth grade.{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212044127/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc |archive-date=February 12, 2007 |title=High school remembers Anna Nicole – barely |author1=Ed Stoddard |author2=Jessica Rinaldi |agency=Reuters |access-date=February 14, 2007 |date=February 9, 2007}}{{Cite web |title=Virgie Mae Hart-Arthur |url=https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/6597732 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419074809/https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/6597732 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |website=Klein Funeral Homes and Memorial Parks}} She had five half-siblings on her father's side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family in Mexia.
Career
=Modeling=
Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year.{{Cite news |last=Cloran |first=Blaise |date=14 March 2025 |title=Playboy star Anna Nicole Smith’s sad life: Surgery hell, horror deaths and estranged dad who tried to bed her |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/playboy-star-anna-nicole-smiths-sad-life-surgery-hell-horror-deaths-and-estranged-dad-who-tried-to-bed-her/news-story/5171b7616fc447600d277bc8125c43a8 |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=News.com.au}}
Smith secured a contract to replace supermodel Claudia Schiffer in a Guess jeans advertisement campaign featuring a series of sultry black-and-white photographs. During the Guess campaign, she took on the stage name "Anna Nicole". Guess photographers noticed Smith bore a striking resemblance to Jayne Mansfield and showcased her in several Mansfield-inspired photo sessions. In 1993, she modeled for the Swedish clothing company H&M, which led to her picture being displayed on large billboards in Sweden and Norway.{{cite news |url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/galerie-archiv/anna-nicole-smith-bio-und-prozess |title=Anna Nicole Smith Bio und Prozess |newspaper=Berliner Zeitung |language=de |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2016 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042407/https://www.bz-berlin.de/galerie-archiv/anna-nicole-smith-bio-und-prozess |url-status=dead }} Smith was featured on the cover of Marie Claire, shot by Peter Lindbergh in October 1993, and in GQ magazine.{{Cite web |url=http://patidubroff.com/covers/german-marie-claire-anna-nicole-smith.html |title=German Marie Claire: Anna Nicole Smith {{!}} Pati PREMA Dubroff |date=October 2, 1994 |language=en-US |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325162010/http://patidubroff.com/covers/german-marie-claire-anna-nicole-smith.html |url-status=live }} In 2004 she modelled for Heatherette.{{Cite news |last=Sokol |first=Josh |title=Just a Few of Anna Nicole Smith’s Most Fashionable Moments |url=https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/anna-nicole-smith-most-fashionable-moments/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=Grazia}}
=Endorsements=
In October 2003, she became a spokeswoman for TrimSpa, which allegedly helped her lose a reported {{convert|69|lb}}. TrimSpa diet product company and Smith were sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill was false or misleading. TrimSpa filed for bankruptcy after Smith's death and was liquidated.[https://www.nj.com/business/2008/10/goodbye_anna_nicole_trimspa_pa.html "Goodbye, Anna Nicole: TrimSpa parent to be liquidated"]. NJ.com, Published: Oct. 08, 2008.
In March 2005, at the first MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney's Luna Park, Smith spoofed Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction by pulling down her dress to reveal both breasts, each covered with the MTV logo.{{Cite news |title=Anna Nicole Flashes Crowd at MTV Event |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149445,00.html |date=March 4, 2005 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 14, 2007 |work=Fox News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225154931/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C149445%2C00.html |archive-date=February 25, 2007 |url-status=live}}
Personal life
While working at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Smith met Billy Wayne Smith, a cook at the restaurant, and the couple married on April 4, 1985, when he was 16 and she was 17.{{cite web|url= https://imdb.com/title/tt13957894/|title= ABC 20/20 Tragic Beauty: Anna Nicole Smith|date= February 5, 2021|website= IMDb|access-date= August 12, 2022|archive-date= August 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220813040143/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13957894/|url-status= live}} She gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith, on January 22, 1986. Smith and her husband separated the following year, and divorced in 1993.{{cite web |url=https://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/news/imported/pdf/February07/HoustonChronicleRappingSmith.pdf |title=Anna Nicole Smith's life, and death, is a tabloid tale |work=Houston Chronicle |last1=Kever |first1=Jeannie |last2=Feldman |first2=Claudia |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=July 21, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203859/https://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/news/imported/pdf/February07/HoustonChronicleRappingSmith.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2021}}
While performing at a Houston strip club in October 1991, Smith met 86-year-old petroleum tycoon J. Howard Marshall.In re Marshall 275 B.R. 5, 21 (C.D. Cal. 2002). On June 27, 1994, Smith and Marshall were married in Houston,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/obvious-history-anna-nicole-smith-ended-marrying-89-year-old |title=How Anna Nicole Smith Ended Up Marrying an 89-year-old |date=April 26, 2018 |magazine=Interview Magazine |access-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415215250/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/obvious-history-anna-nicole-smith-ended-marrying-89-year-old |url-status=live }} resulting in speculation that she married him for his money. Marshall died on August 4, 1995, in Houston, at the age of 90.{{Cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1320909 |title=Fame and Infamy Surround Anna Nicole Smith |work=ABC News |date=November 17, 2005 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214074140/http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1320909 |url-status=live }}
=Court cases and bankruptcy=
{{see also|Marshall v. Marshall{{!}}Marshall v. Marshall|Stern v. Marshall{{!}}Stern v. Marshall}}
In October 1994, Smith initiated a $5 million lawsuit against the New York magazine, claiming that she did not authorize the use of her photo on the cover of its magazine titled "White Trash Nation" and that the article damaged her reputation. The lawsuit was settled.{{cite journal |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2007/02/anna_nicole_and_new_york_a_nol_1.html |title=Anna Nicole and New York: A No-Love-Lost Story – Daily Intelligencer |journal=New York |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427084117/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2007/02/anna_nicole_and_new_york_a_nol_1.html |url-status=live }}
Even though Smith was not in Marshall's will, she claimed that in return for marriage, Marshall verbally promised her half of his estate, which primarily consisted of a 16% interest in Koch Industries, then worth $1.6 billion. Smith's stepson E. Pierce Marshall disputed the claim. Smith temporarily joined forces with J. Howard's other son, J. Howard Marshall III, who was disowned after attempting to take control of Koch Industries. Howard III also claimed that his father had verbally promised him a portion of the estate; like Smith, Howard III was also left out of his father's will.{{cite news |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/41279/probate-jury-disses-anna-nicole |title=Probate Jury Disses Anna Nicole |website=E! Online |date=March 8, 2001 |access-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081652/https://www.eonline.com/news/41279/probate-jury-disses-anna-nicole |url-status=live }}
In 1996, Smith filed for bankruptcy in California as a result of an $850,000 default judgment against her for the sexual harassment of a nanny who cared for her son. Since any money potentially due to her from the Marshall estate was part of her potential assets, the bankruptcy court involved itself in the matter.{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Supreme Fight |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800142_pf.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Lane |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Lane (journalist) |date=March 1, 2006 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-date=August 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816111915/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800142_pf.html |url-status=live }}
In September 2000, a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge awarded Smith $449,754,134.00, the amount that Marshall's interest in Koch Industries appreciated during their marriage.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-28-me-28008-story.html |title=Judge Awards Guess Model $450 Million of Oil Estate |first=ANN W. |last=O'NEILL |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 28, 2000 |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817171441/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/28/local/me-28008 |url-status=live }} However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury's findings in the probate case by ruling that Smith was entitled to nothing. The judge ordered Smith to pay over $1 million to cover the legal costs and expenses of E. Pierce Marshall. The conflict between the Texas probate court and California bankruptcy court judgments forced the matter into federal court.{{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-orders-Anna-Nicole-Smith-to-pay-up-2051825.php |title=Judge Orders Anna Nicole to Pay Up |first=Janette |last=Rodrigues |work=Houston Chronicle |date=July 10, 2001 |access-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171338/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-orders-Anna-Nicole-Smith-to-pay-up-2051825.php |url-status=live }}
In March 2002, a federal judge vacated the California bankruptcy court's ruling and issued a new ruling that reduced the award to $88 million. On December 30, 2004, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed that decision on the grounds that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction to overrule the probate court's decision.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/anna-nicole-smith-loses-husbands-millions-7198075.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith loses husband's millions |first=Paul |last=Sims |work=London Evening Standard |date=December 31, 2004}}{{cite web |url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/20041510392f3d111811401 |title=In re Marshall, 392 F.3d 1118, 1124–1131 |publisher=United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |date=December 30, 2004 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225064941/https://www.leagle.com/decision/20041510392f3d111811401 |url-status=live }}
In September 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of that decision. The George W. Bush administration directed Paul Clement, the United States Solicitor General, to intercede on Smith's behalf in the interest of expanding federal court jurisdiction over state probate disputes.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10606237 |title=White house lends a hand to Anna Nicole |agency=Associated Press |work=NBC News |date=December 27, 2005 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023010322/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10606237/ns/politics/t/white-house-lends-hand-anna-nicole/ |url-status=live }} On May 1, 2006, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of Smith. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion. The decision did not give Smith a portion of her husband's estate, but affirmed her right to pursue a share of it in federal court.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/washington/01cnd-smith.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case |first=David |last=Stout |work=The New York Times |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107234212/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/washington/01cnd-smith.html |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/SupremeCourt/story?id=1911507 |title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins One at Supreme Court |first=ARIANE |last=DE VOGUE |work=ABC News |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=June 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042358/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/SupremeCourt/story?id=1911507 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smith-wins-supreme-court-appeal |title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Appeal |first=Jane |last=Roh |work=Fox News |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081707/https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smith-wins-supreme-court-appeal |url-status=live }}
On June 20, 2006, E. Pierce Marshall died at age 67 from an infection.{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/E-Pierce-Marshall-dies-suddenly/42841151152625/ |title=E. Pierce Marshall dies suddenly |work=United Press International |date=June 24, 2006 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225064824/https://www.upi.com/E-Pierce-Marshall-dies-suddenly/42841151152625/ |url-status=live }} His widow and estate executrix Elaine Tettemer Marshall, pursued the case on behalf of his estate. After Smith's death in 2007, the case continued on behalf of Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/09cnd-smith.html |title=Cause of Anna Nicole Smith's Death Uncertain |first=Maria |last=Newman |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824222300/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/09cnd-smith.html |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}} In March 2010, an appeals court upheld the verdict barring Smith from the estate.{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's little girl Dannielynn Birkhead loses will battle |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/21/anna-nicole-smith-s-little-girl-dannielynn-birkhead-loses-will-battle-115875-22126931/ |work=Daily Mirror |date=March 21, 2010 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=January 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130100650/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/21/anna-nicole-smith-s-little-girl-dannielynn-birkhead-loses-will-battle-115875-22126931/ |url-status=live }} Following the decision, lawyers for Smith's estate appealed the decision to the entire Ninth Circuit. On May 6, 2010, the appeal was denied.{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2010/05/06/court_wont_reconsider_anna_nicole_smith_ruling/ |title=Court won't reconsider Anna Nicole Smith ruling |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=May 6, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081548/http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2010/05/06/court_wont_reconsider_anna_nicole_smith_ruling/ |url-status=live }}
In June 2011, in the case of Stern v. Marshall, the Supreme Court issued a ruling against Smith's estate, stating that the California bankruptcy court decision that gave her estate $475 million was made without subject-matter jurisdiction. The court agreed with the ruling of the Ninth Circuit that a bankruptcy court could not make a decision on an issue outside bankruptcy law.{{cite news |title=Supreme Court Rules Against Anna Nicole Smith's Estate |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/23/137366848/supreme-court-rules-against-anna-nicole-smiths-estate |first=MARK |last=MEMMOTT |work=NPR |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225065034/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/23/137366848/supreme-court-rules-against-anna-nicole-smiths-estate |url-status=live }} In August 2014, David O. Carter, a federal U.S. District Court judge in Orange County, California, rejected efforts to obtain about $44 million from the J. Howard Marshall estate.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Anna-Nicole-Smith-Estate-Howard-K-Stern-J-Howard-Marshall-271940261.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Estate Loses Bid for Millions |agency=Associated Press |work=NBC |date=August 20, 2014 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224232712/https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Anna-Nicole-Smith-Estate-Howard-K-Stern-J-Howard-Marshall-271940261.html |url-status=live }}
=Birth of daughter=
A psychiatrist said she met with Smith in April 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles while she was pregnant with her daughter, and that she believed that Smith had borderline personality disorder, and was addicted to prescription medications.{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Psychiatrist Testifies About Her Drug Use |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/08/13/anna-nicole-smiths-psychiatrist-testifies-about-her-drug-use/ |access-date=October 16, 2020 |date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528095230/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/08/13/anna-nicole-smiths-psychiatrist-testifies-about-her-drug-use/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Victoria |title=Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard tells of her drug, alcohol abuse in her last days |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html |access-date=October 16, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042359/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html |url-status=live }}
{{main|Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case}}
On June 1, 2006, Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip on her official website.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug |title=Anna Nicole Smith is pregnant |publisher=Youtube |date=June 1, 2006 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029201515/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug |url-status=live }} She gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, on September 7, 2006, in New Providence, The Bahamas.{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ |title=Birth Certificate for Anna Nicole's Baby |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081548/https://www.tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |website=TMZ.com |date=October 16, 2006}} In an interview on CNN's Larry King Live after the death of Smith's son, attorney Howard K. Stern said that he and Smith had been in a relationship for "a very long time" and said he was the father.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html |title=Attorney: I'm Anna Nicole's baby's father |work=CNN |date=September 27, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210045645/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}} Entertainment photographer Larry Birkhead claimed that he was the baby's father and filed a lawsuit to establish paternity.{{Cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,217358,00.html |title=Ex-Boyfriend Challenges Paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter |agency=Associated Press |date=October 3, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |work=Fox News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313051005/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C217358%2C00.html |archive-date=March 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}} The Bahamian birth certificate recorded the father as Stern.{{Cite news |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27268991.shtml |title=Anna Nicole Smith Names Howard K Stern as Dad on Birth Certificate |website=NationalLedger.com |date=October 11, 2006 |last=Atkins |first=Jill |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054743/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=5&num=8991 |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead}}
A judge in the United States ordered that DNA paternity tests be performed to determine Dannielynn's biological father. Following Smith's death, Birkhead's attorney asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from Smith's body.{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html |title=Baby with mother of a court battle |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 10, 2007 |first=Mark |last=Coultan |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211174952/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=live}} The request was denied by a judge who ordered that her body be preserved until February 20.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17063518 |title=Judge refuses to order DNA test on Smith |website=NBCNews.com |agency=Associated Press |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108160316/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17063518/ns/today-entertainment/t/judge-refuses-order-dna-test-smith |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}
On February 9, 2007, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, stated that he had had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her daughter.{{Cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213054347/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |title=Gabor Husband may be Smith's baby's dad |date=February 9, 2007 |website=Yahoo News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 14, 2007}} Smith's former bodyguard and chef, Alexander Denk, also claimed that he had an affair with Smith and that he, too, was potentially the father.{{Cite news |url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/alex_denk.php |title=Could Anna Nicole's Bodyguard Be Dannielynn's Father? |date=February 12, 2007 |website=extratv.warnerbros.com |publisher=Warner Bros. |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=May 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519054308/http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/alex_denk.php |url-status=dead}}
After Smith's death, the TMZ website reported that she had been given a prescription for methadone under a false name while she was in her eighth month of pregnancy.{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/14/the-doctor-who-scored-methadone-for-anna-nicole/ |title=The Doctor Who Scored Methadone for Anna Nicole |date=February 14, 2007 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=February 14, 2006 |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216025806/http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/14/the-doctor-who-scored-methadone-for-anna-nicole/ |url-status=live }} The Medical Board of California launched a review into the matter. The prescribing doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, said the treatment he had administered was "sound and appropriate".{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-17-me-doctor17-story.html |title=Smith's doctor defends treatment |last=Proctor |first=Charles |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 2007 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715023043/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/17/local/me-doctor17 |url-status=live }}
In April 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled that DNA tests had established Birkhead as the biological father.{{cite news |last=Turnquest |first=Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |title=Birkhead is father of Anna Nicole's baby |work=Reuters |date=April 10, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110024526/http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |url-status=dead}} Birkhead subsequently applied for an amended birth certificate listing him as Dannielynn's father, paving the way for him to obtain a passport for the baby to leave with him for the United States. Stern did not contest the DNA results or the ruling,{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html |title=After DNA test, Birkhead ruled Smith's baby's dad |date=April 10, 2007 |work=CNN |access-date=April 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410222759/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}} and Birkhead returned to the United States with the baby.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/ |title=The Baby Has Landed |date=May 1, 2007 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719043752/https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/ |url-status=live }} Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, appealed the ruling, but her appeal was denied and she was ordered to pay costs.{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |title=Court Disses Virgie; Larry and Baby to Leave Bahamas |date=April 27, 2007 |website=E! Online |last=Errico |first=Marcus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302021317/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |archive-date=March 2, 2008}}
=Death of son=
On September 10, 2006, Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Wayne Smith died in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his half sister Dannielynn, who was born three days earlier on September 7. An autopsy found that Daniel had died from a combination of drugs, including methadone and antidepressants. A Bahamian jury determined that he had died from an accidental drug overdose and recommended no criminal charges.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-anna-nicoles-son-death-an-accident/ |title=Jury: Anna Nicole's Son Death An Accident |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122080038/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-anna-nicoles-son-death-an-accident/ |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |website=CBS.com |agency=Associated Press |date=March 31, 2008}}{{Cite news |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/14782573/ns/today-entertainment/t/anna-nicole-smiths-adult-son-dies-bahamas |title=Anna Nicole Smith's adult son dies in Bahamas |website=today.com |agency=Associated Press |location=Nassau, Bahamas |date=September 12, 2006 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108060412/http://www.today.com/id/14782573/ns/today-entertainment/t/anna-nicole-smiths-adult-son-dies-bahamas |archive-date=November 8, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/id/15036342 |title=Officials: Anna Nicole probe not closed |website=today.com |agency=Associated Press |location=San Juan, Puerto Rico |date=September 29, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806224836/http://www.today.com/id/15036342 |url-status=dead }}
A death certificate was issued on September 21, 2006.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-22-et-quick22.4-story.html |title=Death certificate issued for Smith |agency=Associated Press |website=L.A. Times Archives |date=September 22, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929210543/http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0921/anna_nicole_smith2_ap.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007}} Daniel was buried at Lake View Cemetery in New Providence on October 19, 2006.{{Cite news |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15334652/ns/today-entertainment/t/funeral-held-anna-nicole-smiths-son |title=Authorities issue death certificate for Anna Nicole Smith's son |website=courtTVnews |agency=Associated Press |location=Nassau, Bahamas |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604072306/http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0921/anna_nicole_smith2_ap.html |archive-date=June 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}
According to Stern, Smith was devastated by her son's death. "Anna and Daniel were inseparable. Daniel was without question the most important person in Anna's life," Stern said during his testimony at the trial regarding the right to control disposition of Smith's remains. "At Daniel's funeral, she had them open the coffin and tried to climb inside. She said that 'if Daniel has to be buried, I want to be buried with him.' She was ready to go down with him."{{cite web |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/ENTERTAIN/70220018 |title=Howard K. Stern says Anna wanted to be buried next to son |last=Sedensky |first=Matt |website=recordonline.com |agency=Associated Press |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2007 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185506/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/ENTERTAIN/70220018 |url-status=dead }} Stern said that, "Anna saw herself as both mother and father to Daniel. From the time I met her, everything was for Daniel. I would say that physically, she died last week, but in a lot of ways, emotionally she died when Daniel died."{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1536410_20012329,00.html |title=Howard K. Stern: Anna Nicole was 'My Whole World' |work=People |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2007 |archive-date=March 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301210638/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C1536410_20012329%2C00.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.artharris.com/2007/06/16/exclusive-howard-k-stern-talks-fathers-day-larry-birkhead-plans-special-day-for-dannielynn-fathers-day-surprise-flowers-on-annas-grave/ |title=Howard K. Stern talks Father's Day |work=Art Harris:The Bald Truth |access-date=June 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620203825/http://www.artharris.com/2007/06/16/exclusive-howard-k-stern-talks-fathers-day-larry-birkhead-plans-special-day-for-dannielynn-fathers-day-surprise-flowers-on-annas-grave/ |archive-date=June 20, 2007 |url-status=live |date=June 16, 2007}}
=Commitment ceremony with Stern=
On September 28, 2006, Smith and Stern exchanged vows and rings in an informal commitment ceremony in the Bahamas. Although they pledged their love and made a commitment to be there for each other before a Baptist minister, no marriage certificate was issued and the ceremony did not create a legal marriage.{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/id/15061612 |title=Anna Nicole Smith gets married, sort of |agency=Associated Press |date=September 29, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302194616/http://www.today.com/id/15061612 |url-status=dead }} Regarding the questionable timing of the ceremony, Smith's attorney in Nassau said, "They needed a little adrenaline boost because things have been so hectic and devastating in their life recently."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1542771,00.html |title=Inside Anna Nicole's Surprise Ceremony |magazine=People |date=October 5, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210091221/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1542771%2C00.html |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}} Ceremony photos were sold through Getty Images to People magazine for $1 million.{{Cite news |url=http://gawker.com/204844/people-pays-1m-for-pics-of-anna-nicoles-weddingsuffering |title='People' Pays $1M for Pics of Anna Nicole's Wedding/Suffering |author=Jessica |work=Gawker |date=October 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210063026/http://gawker.com/news/people/people-pays-1m-for-pics-of-anna-nicoles-weddingsuffering-204844.php |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=live}}
=Residency in the Bahamas=
Smith and Stern were reportedly staying in the Bahamas to avoid paternity testing of her daughter in the United States.{{Cite news |url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment/quirky/anna-nicole-smith-back-in-hospital-$456420.htm |title=Anna Nicole Smith back in hospital |work=inthenews.co.uk |date=November 1, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214001417/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment/quirky/anna-nicole-smith-back-in-hospital-%24456420.htm |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}} In late 2006, Smith was granted permanent resident status in the Bahamas by Immigration Minister Shane Gibson. A local newspaper published photographs showing Smith lying clothed in bed in an embrace with Gibson.{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/photos-show-anna-nicole-smith-in-bed-with-bahamas-immigration-minister/ |title=Photos show Anna Nicole Smith in bed with Bahamas immigration minister |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Seattle Times |date=February 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301202155/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/02/12/smith.bahamas.ap/index.html |archive-date=March 1, 2007 |url-status=live}} Gibson resigned after the wave of controversy over his relationship with Smith.[https://www.smh.com.au/world/minister-quits-over-nicole-smith-affair-20070220-gdpi7y.html "Minister Quits Over Nicole Smith Affair"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927112321/https://www.smh.com.au/world/minister-quits-over-nicole-smith-affair-20070220-gdpi7y.html |date=September 27, 2019 }}. TheSydneyMorningHerald.com, AP, February 20, 2007.{{Cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/news/CB-GEN-Bahamas-Anna-Nicole-Smith.php |title=Photos of Anna Nicole Smith in bed with Bahamas immigration minister revive scandal |agency=Associated Press |date=February 11, 2007 |access-date=February 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214071121/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/news/CB-GEN-Bahamas-Anna-Nicole-Smith.php |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}
The basis of Smith's permanent residency status was the claim that she owned a $900,000 mansion, which she said was given to her by a former boyfriend, real estate developer Gaither Ben Thompson of South Carolina. Thompson asserted that he loaned Smith the finances to purchase the property, which she failed to repay, and that he was attempting to regain control of it.{{Cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4549911.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216004703/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4549911.html |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |title=Official responds to bedroom photos with Anna Nicole |last=Melia |first=Michael |agency=Associated Press |date=February 13, 2007 |access-date=February 13, 2007}} Thompson sued to evict Smith from the property in the Bahamas Court and received a default judgment against her.{{Cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2006/11/29/court-orders-anna-nicole-to-scram/ |title=Court Orders Anna Nicole To Scram |work=TMZ |last=Levin |first=Harvey |date=November 29, 2006 |access-date=February 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210114052/http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/29/court-orders-anna-nicole-to-scram/ |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=live}} It was claimed that methadone was found in Smith's bedroom refrigerator while the mansion was being reclaimed.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-methadone-contribute-to-annas-death/ |title=Did Methadone Contribute To Anna's Death? |work=CBS News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222084354/http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/12/people_late_great/main2466142.shtml |archive-date=February 22, 2007}} A photograph provided to TMZ of Smith's refrigerator showed a large bottle labelled methadone, vials of injectable vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), and numerous bottles of diet product SlimFast.{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2007 |title=Anna's Death Fridge – Methadone and Slim-Fast |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/11/annas-fridge-after-death-methadone-and-slim-fast/ |url-status=live |access-date= |website=TMZ |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213052622/http://www.tmz.com:80/2007/02/11/annas-fridge-after-death-methadone-and-slim-fast/ |archive-date=February 13, 2007}}
Death
On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.{{Cite web |last1=Kantor |first1=Wendy G. |last2=Breuer |first2=Howard |date=February 8, 2007 |title=Anna Nicole Smith Dead |url=https://people.com/celebrity/anna-nicole-smith-dead/ |access-date=December 12, 2020 |website=People |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125005352/https://people.com/celebrity/anna-nicole-smith-dead/ |url-status=live }} Smith's bodyguard and his wife, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Smith was taken to Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, at the age of 39.
An investigation was led by Broward County Medical Examiner and forensic pathologist Joshua Perper in conjunction with Seminole police and several independent forensic pathologists and toxicologists. Perper announced that Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the "major component".{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith |title=Smith died from accidental drug overdose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331213201/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith |archive-date=March 31, 2007}} No illegal drugs were found in her system. According to the official report her death was not due to homicide, suicide or natural causes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report14.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released |access-date=April 12, 2015 |website=The Smoking Gun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103200708/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report14.html |archive-date=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
Smith's death was ultimately ruled an accidental drug overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate that became increasingly toxic when combined with other prescription drugs in her system, specifically four benzodiazepines. Furthermore, she had taken diphenhydramine and topiramate. Despite rumors of methadone use involved in the death of Smith's son, Perper only found methadone in her bile, indicating it was probably ingested 2–3 days prior to her death, and therefore was not a contributing factor.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report12.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released – March 26, 2007 pg. 12 |work=The Smoking Gun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414002611/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report12.html |archive-date=April 14, 2009 }} The autopsy report indicates that abscesses on her buttocks, presumably from prior injections of vitamin B12 in the form of cyanocobalamin, as well as human growth hormone, and viral enteritis were contributory causes of death. Tests for influenza A and B were negative.
File:Anna Nicole Smith grave.jpg, with her son Daniel and husband Marshall]]
It was reported that eight of the eleven drugs in Smith's system, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to Stern, not Smith. Additionally, two of the prescriptions were written for "Alex Katz" and one was written for Smith's friend and psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. Perper acknowledged that all of the prescriptions were written by Dr. Eroshevich.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/03/31/drugs-that-killed-anna-prescribed-to-howard-k-stern-others/ |title=Drugs That Killed Anna Prescribed to Howard K. Stern, others |work=TMZ |date=March 31, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106224048/http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/31/drugs-that-killed-anna-prescribed-to-howard-k-stern-others/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |journal=Fox News |date=March 19, 2007 |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Life of Lawyers, Drugs and Money |author=Roger Friedman |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smiths-life-of-lawyers-drugs-and-money/ |access-date=May 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318180215/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/03/19/anna-nicole-smith-life-lawyers-drugs-and-money/ |archive-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}
Smith's funeral took place on March 2, 2007, in the Bahamas.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/day-of-anna-nicoles-funeral/ |title=Day of Anna Nicole's Funeral |work=CBS News |access-date=February 13, 2014 |date=September 23, 2009 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203133/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/day-of-anna-nicoles-funeral/ |url-status=live }}
=Smith's last will and testament=
Smith's will was prepared by attorney Eric Lund in 2001, in Los Angeles, California. Smith named her son Daniel as the sole beneficiary of her estate, specifically excluded other children and named Stern executor of the estate.[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/16/smith.ruling/index.html "Smith Leaves Everything To Dead Son"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531234601/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/16/smith.ruling/index.html |date=May 31, 2022 }}. CNN.com, February 22, 2007. It indicated personal property valued at $10,000 and real estate valued at $1.8 million, with a $1.1 million mortgage, at the time of her death. A petition to probate Smith's will was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, listing Birkhead as a party with interest to the estate.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/14/anna-nicole-smiths-will-officially-filed/ |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Will Officially Filed |work=TMZ |date=May 14, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628121821/http://www.tmz.com/2007/05/14/anna-nicole-smiths-will-officially-filed/ |url-status=live }}
=Defamation lawsuit by Smith's mother=
In 2008, John O'Quinn, lawyer for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, filed the underlying proceedings against Entertainment Tonight, TMZ, CBS, journalist Art Harris, and several Texas bloggers, alleging that the defendants conspired to ruin her reputation through defamatory e-mails, blogs and website postings and harmed her efforts to seek custody and visitation of her granddaughter.[https://www.courthousenews.com/anna-nicoles-mom-loses-bid-for-reporters-emails "Anna Nicole's Mom Loses Bid for Reporter's Emails"]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604122634/https://www.courthousenews.com/anna-nicoles-mom-loses-bid-for-reporters-emails/ |date=June 4, 2023 }}. Courthouse News Service, Jeff Gorman, April 29, 2010.[http://www.casetext.com/case/in-re-harris-82 "Court Of Appeals Texas, In Re Harris"]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927080013/https://casetext.com/case/in-re-harris-82 |date=September 27, 2019 }}. Court Of Appeals Texas, First District, Houston. The court jailed one blogger because she failed to turn over her computer as evidence.{{cite web |last=Cheng |first=Jacqui |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/texas-blogger-jailed-after-failing-to-turn-pc-over-to-judge.ars |title=Texas blogger jailed after failing to turn PC over to judge |work=Ars Technica |date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607184248/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/texas-blogger-jailed-after-failing-to-turn-pc-over-to-judge.ars |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Malisow |first=Craig |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/anna_nicole_bloggers_suit.php |title=Blogging About Anna Nicole Smith? Be Prepared For Jail Time – Houston News – Hair Balls |publisher=Blogs.houstonpress.com |date=May 27, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002172706/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/anna_nicole_bloggers_suit.php |url-status=dead }} Arthur's defamation lawsuit was dismissed after TMZ, CBS, Entertainment Tonight, Harris, and others won summary judgment.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}
Acting credits
=Filmography=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Video compilation |
| 1994
| Za-Za | Theatrical film debut |
| 1994
| Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | Tanya Peters |
| 1995
| Edenquest: Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Pay-per-view film |
| 1995
| Colette Dubois | First starring role |
| 1995
| Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Playboy Playmate profile |
| 1996
| Carrie Wink | Second leading role |
| 1998
| Anna Nicole Smith: Exposed | Herself |
| 2000
| The Complete Anna Nicole Smith | Herself |
| 2003
| Herself |
| 2005
| Be Cool | Herself | Final feature film |
| 2005
| Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson | Herself |
| 2007
| Lucy | Final film role, released posthumously |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Herself | Episode: "Wilde Again" |
| 1998
| Herself | Episode: "1.13 |
| 1999
| Donna | Episode: "Veronica's Wedding Bell Blues" |
| 1999
| Myra Jacobs | Episode: "Pyramids on the Nile" |
| 2000
| N.Y.U.K. | Dr. Anita Hugg |
| 2005
| Herself | Episode: "Kiss, Kiss, Pass" |
| 2002–2004
| Herself |
=Music videos=
Legacy
Anna Nicole, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage about Smith, premiered on February 17, 2011, at the Royal Opera House, to mixed reviews.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12505526 |title=Anna Nicole Smith opera opens in London |work=BBC News |date=February 18, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320082910/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12505526 |archive-date=March 20, 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/18/anna-nicole-review |title=Anna Nicole – review |work=The Guardian |author=Andrew Clements |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214049/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/18/anna-nicole-review |url-status=live }} Smith was the subject of the 2023 Netflix documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/movies/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-review.html | title='Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me' Review: Mistreated | work=The New York Times | date=May 16, 2023 | last=Marsh | first=Calum | access-date=June 2, 2023 | archive-date=June 2, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602035731/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/movies/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-review.html | url-status=live }} Smith was also the subject of the biographical films The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007){{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/16/smith.movie/index.html |title=Anna Nicole Movie in the Works |work=CNN |date=March 16, 2007 }} and The Anna Nicole Story (2013).{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/11/first-look-agnes-bruckner-as-anna-nicole-smith/ |title=First Look: Agnes Bruckner as Anna Nicole Smith - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=November 15, 2012 |access-date=August 10, 2017}} In December 2023, it was announced that Sylvia Hoeks would portray Smith in the upcoming film Hurricana.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/anna-nicole-smith-movie-first-look-sylvia-hoeks-holly-hunter-mark-duplass-nicholas-hamilton-cast-1235656292/|title='Hurricana': First Look At Anna Nicole Smith Biopic Starring Sylvia Hoeks & Holly Hunter; Mark Duplass & Nicholas Hamilton Join Cast|date=December 7, 2023|publisher=Deadline|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180808/https://deadline.com/2023/12/anna-nicole-smith-movie-first-look-sylvia-hoeks-holly-hunter-mark-duplass-nicholas-hamilton-cast-1235656292/|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Smith's primary care physician Sandeep Kapoor published a memoir titled Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: My Life Before, During and After Anna Nicole Smith. In February 2024, it was reported that Kal Penn would star as Kapoor in an upcoming film based on the book, titled Trust Me, I'm a Doctor.{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=February 23, 2024 |title=Anna Nicole Smith Movie in the Works Starring Kal Penn as Doctor Tied to Her Death (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/anna-nicole-smith-movie-kal-penn-doctor-1235920350/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225155116/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/anna-nicole-smith-movie-kal-penn-doctor-1235920350/ |url-status=live }}
References
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- [http://vault.fbi.gov/Anna%20Nicole%20Smith Anna Nicole Smith] at the FBI Vault
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