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Howard K. Stern looks at photos on the
back of a digital camera with Anna Nicole Smith during a boxing match at
the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida in this Jan.
6, 2007 file photo. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Howard K. Stern, Anna
Nicole Smith's former lawyer and longtime companion, has filed papers in a Los
Angeles court, seeking 6 percent of whatever the model's estate might recover
from her late husband's fortune, media reported Tuesday.
Smith died of drug overdose in February Florida. Her
assets were estimated at 710,000 U.S. dollars in May. As the widow of late Texas
oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, she had been fighting Marshall's family for
years over his estimated 500 million dollars fortune.
Stern, also executor of Smith's will, filed his
creditor's claim Oct. 18 in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing a contingent fee
agreement on file in bankruptcy court.
In the court filing, Stern specifies that his 6
percent payment "is conditioned upon recovery in the Marshall litigation."
Last week, Stern filed papers seeking to establish
the former playboy model's 13-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, as the sole heir
of her estate though the child is not included in the will.
(Agencies)
Smith's companion wants her baby by
Birkhead to be sole heir
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Anna Nicole Smith is shown with her attorney Howard K. Stern and Smith's newborn daughter Dannielynn Hope at home in the Bahamas in this publicity photo released to Reuters by "Entertainment Tonight" television program Nov. 2, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BEIJING, Oct. 19
(Xinhuanet) -- Anna Nicole Smith's former lawyer and companion filed court
papers in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to establish her 13-month-old
daughter as the sole heir of the late model's estate, media reported Friday.
Smith's will was drafted long before the birth of her
daughter, Dannielynn, in September 2006. The former playboy model died of drug
overdose on Feb. 8 before updating the will to include her daughter. Full
story
Lawyer sues Anna Nicole's baby for
almost $200,000
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The lawyer who served as
court-appointed guardian ad litem for Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead is suing
Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter for almost 200,000 U.S. dollars.
Richard Milstein has filed paperwork in state court in
Broward County, Florida, seeking 198,493.98 dollars from a trust set up in
Dannielynn’s name. Full story
Officials raid Anna Nicole Smith's
doctors
BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- California state
authorities investigating the overdose death of Anna Nicole Smith raided six
locations Friday, including the offices and residences of two doctors.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown said he launched
the investigation on March 30 after he learned the drugs involved in Smith's
Feb. 8 death were prescribed by California physicians and came from California
pharmacies. He refused to specify what charges could be filed, saying the
investigation involved the "prescribing and dispensing practices of several
California licensed doctors and pharmacies." Full story
