Posted on 03/20/2010 3:52:40 AM PDT by sodpoodle
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a Houston jury that said J. Howard Marshall was mentally fit and under no undue pressure when he wrote a will leaving nearly all of his $1.6 billion estate to his son E. Pierce Marshall and nothing to Smith.
The decision — if it holds up — is bad news for Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and their 3-year-old daughter Dannielynn. The child was named Smith's heir in 2008 after she died of a drug overdose at 39 at a Florida hotel.
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Birkhead and attorney Howard K. Stern were placed in charge of Smith's estate. Neither returned calls seeking comment.
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Can’t wait for the trial.Didn’t hear about the defamation suit.
fatima - please ping the group.
I made another boo-boo I really have to check more than a few sites for updates.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b155017_howard_k_stern_settles_gay-sex.html
With a criminal trial looming on the question of whether he conspired to drug Anna Nicole Smith, the lawyer has settled a $60 million defamation suit he filed against former MSNBC anchor Rita Cosby over a tawdry tome she wrote.
A petition for dismissal was filed on Friday, Stern attorney Steve Sadow confirms to E! News, but he would not comment further “pursuant to the terms of the settlement.”
Ping
:)I think the only thing he has left is Vergie-Anna’s Mom.He pulled out of everything else.
I’m soldiering on.
Getting out of bed was a little rough this morning, but I shall press on and attempt to find some meaning in my life after this catastrophe.
I bet he did not get a penny from Rita Cosby.
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