Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer and companion, reportedly turned himself in to authorities last night. Along with two other doctors, he'll be arrested and charged with allegedly conspiring to furnish drugs to Smith prior to her death in 2007. The complaint alleges that Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, 40, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, 61, and Stern, 40, provided drugs to Smith between June 5, 2004, and January 26, 2007. According to the complaint, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, 40, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, 61, and Stern, 40, provided drugs to Smith between June 5, 2004, and January 26, 2007.
Smith died on Feb. 8, 2007 after she was found unresponsive in her hotel room at the Hard Rock casino in Hollywood, Florida. The coroner's office ruled that Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the "major component," although no illegal drugs were found in her system. Smith's death came less than five months after the death of her son Daniel, who died while visiting his mother in the hospital after the birth of his half-sister Dannielynn.
According to US magazine, the charges are as follows:
Kapoor and Stern were charged with one count of unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance between June 9, 2004, and Sept. 22, 2006. Eroshevich and Stern were charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance between June 5, 2004, and Jan. 26, 2007.
Kapoor and Eroshevich each was charged with one count of obtaining a prescription for opiates by "fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." Each also was charged with one count of obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address.
Kapoor and Stern were charged with one count of "prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict." Eroshevich was charged with the same crime in a separate count. Bail was recommended at $20,000 for each.
Stern and Smith exchanged wedding vows in a commitment ceremony on Sept. 28, 2006 on a catamaran off the coast of the Bahamas. They reportedly chose to live there to avoid a paternity test of Smith's daughter, Dannielynn. Smith's former lover Larry Birkhead was later proven to be Dannielynn's father and was awarded custody.
I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but thank goodness little Dannielynn lives with Birkhead - who knew he'd be the better father in this whole twisted scenario? I always thought Stern was somehow responsible for Anna Nicole's death, and have a feeling he had something to do with the death of Smith's son, Daniel, whose death was attributed to an overdose of methadone and escitalopram. It was never determined how he came into possession of the drugs.
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