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Virgie Arthur, the mother of former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith, has filed a libel lawsuit against a Houston TV station, CBS Studios Inc. and the late model's former companion, Howard K. Stern. The suit alleges that Stern arranged for Smith to appear in an Entertainment Tonight interview where the model stated that Arthur was complicit in Smith's childhood physical and sexual abuse. The lawsuit says the program aired on KPRC Channel 2 in Houston on Feb. 14, a week after Smith died at the age of 39. CBS Studios produces the program, which is broadcast locally on KPRC, an...

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Karl Rove fathered Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. In an unforgettable night fueled by alcohol, lust, a lion tamer outfit, a failed attempt to freebase "Sweettarts", an Al Franken blow-up doll and some crimes against nature with a very confused puffer fish, Karl fathered her child. I think we should all be ashamed of Mr. Rove (how much is she worth again?). Now, admittedly, there is no crime in having sex with Anna Nicole Smith. If that were illegal most of the Western Hemisphere’s male population would be perp walked into a future of Federal incarceration that includes forced labor, strained...

Mitch Ceasar, don't quit your day job. In a March 1 appearance on NBC 6's morning show, South Florida Today, the chairman of the Broward County Democratic Party admitted to having aspirations toward a career in comedy. Jealous that the star of Judge Larry Seidlin is rising faster than his own, and maybe hoping that some Hollywood producers were still watching, Ceasar broke into a lounge act commentary on the Anna Nicole Smith case. "What you really have is a white trash soap opera, but frankly that's being incredibly unfair to white trash," Ceasar quipped. Rough start. Take another shot,...

LOS ANGELES -- Prince Frederic von Anhalt has sued Fox and Bill O'Reilly after the talk-show host called him a fraud for claiming he could be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby ... "Look, this guy's a fraud," O'Reilly said, according to a transcript of the show posted on the network's Web site. "We know he's a fraud. But let's _ what I want to talk about is _ he's done. His credibility is _ is finished." Since the show aired, von Anhalt said people give him dirty looks when he goes to the grocery store. "They say, 'Look,...

Joining us now is Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County medical examiner. Doctor, good evening to you. Thank you for being with us tonight. DR. JOSHUA PERPER, BROWARD COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER: You're welcome. MACCALLUM: Was your report ready to go? Were you ready to release the results? PERPER: Yes, I was. And the reason why I decided not to do so is because I was informed that there was some additional evidence, which I want to review before I have my final report. And that's the reason why my press conference is going to be delayed by a week or two.

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Catching up on Pop Culture this week, we have some Charlotte Church gossip, a Man of the Year for Steve Colbert, the scoop on Michael Jackson's conversion to Islam. Also, Katie Couric's ratings continue to plunge. Finally, some scoop on the Anna Nicole funeral and a story of a rather virile guinea pig that will give you envy and make you smile.

- 'I hope they don't do a DNA test,' he says OJ Simpson has allegedly claimed he could be the father of the late Anna Nicole Smith's baby, Dannielynn. The pair starred together in Naked Gun 331/3: The Final Insult in 1994 and OJ allegedly told documentary maker Norm Pardo - who filmed 70 hours of footage with him from 2000 to 2005 - that he was "throwing his hat into the ring" regarding the paternity battle. Pardo told the New York Post: "He said he knew Anna Nicole pretty well, and he said he had slow-moving sperm, and he...

If I hung around all the Beavises in close proximity to Britney Spears and those Anna Nicole was unfortunate enough to schlep with and Hollywood was my reality, I, too, would: 1. shave my head,2. be wasted during awards shows, 3. stay completely blitzed out of my brain on dope, 4. tattoo every square inch of my noggin, 5. pierce, not just my ears, but the front part of my brain, 6. pummel parked cars with umbrellas.

John Travolta believes Anna Nicole Smith could have escaped her untimely death with the help of Scientology. The Pulp Fiction star, who acted with Smith in 2005 movie Be Cool, insists Narconon, a controversial drug and detox treatment inspired by the writings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, would have helped her cope with her problems. He says, "It's so sad. We could have helped her with Narconon but didn't get a chance to. I wish we had." Although Smith's toxicology report is yet to be released, methadone and other prescription drugs were found in the Florida hotel room where...

Couple of intriguing updates in this week's True Crime post. First we must comment on that Anna Nicole Judge. What an insult to the judiciary this man is. Also, the ACLU former President arrested in horrific child porn sting. Yes, the ACLU! Now we know why they defend child predators. Finally, the Pizza man bomb. A solution to the crime.

FORGET the OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson courtroom circuses: the battle over the body of Anna Nicole Smith became the most bizarre judicial spectacle in US history this week due to the surreal ramblings of presiding Judge Larry Seidlin.It was a week-long performance from the bench that achieved the seemingly impossible: overshadowing the vaudeville world of the former Playboy model, her decomposing body and the gaggle of men claiming to be her daughter’s father. Judge Seidlin turned himself into a national celebrity and butt of late night comedians by running his courtroom as a cross between Ken Dodd and Tony...

There was an awful shooting in a Utah mall last week. Did you know the shooter was a Muslim? Didn't think so. Although it's important as to why he did it. We got it covered in this True Crime Post. Anna Nicole's case gets murkier. Her most current will RULES out her newborn from any maternal inheritance! That Phil Spector trial begins and remember that couple that kept foster kids in cages? Their trial just concluded and we may have judged them too harshly.

Minister quits in Anna Nicole row News of the pictures sparked protests in the Bahamas The immigration minister of the Bahamas has resigned over a row about his involvement with the late Playboy model and actress Anna Nicole Smith. Newspaper pictures of Shane Gibson and Anna Nicole Smith embracing each other had sparked calls for him to leave. It was claimed that Mr Gibson had fast-tracked Smith's application for residency on the island. Mr Gibson apologised for any embarrassment he may have caused the country but denied any wrong-doing. 'Sorry' "I want to apologise to all persons who may in...

Charlize Theron was yesterday tipped to play Anna Nicole Smith in the inevitable Hollywood version of the Playboy Playmate’s tumultuous life, as a legal battle raged over her body.The South African actress emerged as the favourite to be cast in the role of Smith, who died last week. Theron won an Oscar in 2004 for her portrayal of a serial killer in Monster. The race to make a film of Smith’s life began yesterday as a judge gave the go-ahead for Smith’s surgically enhanced 42-26-38 body to be embalmed for a possible open-casket funeral, after her lawyer revealed that she...

As True Crime goes, things get slow. Then, like last week, all hell breaks loose. Anna Nicole…could this fellow known as Howard K. Stern really be killing people in front of our lying eyes? How comes he's the only fellow around when people about him are dying? Consider me the Greta of the Internet I am so on this story. And how about the diaper-clad astronaut? We've got lots on that this week. Mike Devlin charges frevealed and the Duke Grand Jury speaks out. The big Networks all had Corbin stories...this would be the murdering Dentist from Georgia. We've got...

Rosie O'Donnell and her cohorts on "The View" had their first chance to address the death of Anna Nicole Smith, and while they took pity on Anna Nicole herself, they showed little mercy for Howard K. Stern or the entertainment news shows that paid her for those slurred, difficult-to-watch interviews. Rosie, for her part, inflamed some viewers by imitating Anna Nicole unfavorably on Thursday's show, which was taped just hours before Anna's death. Today, lamenting the starlet's death, Rosie compared Smith to a Macy's Thanksgiving parade balloon without anyone to hold it back. She charged that Howard K. Stern had...

Anna Nicole Smith spent her final hours in a suite in a hotel as flashy as the pinup herself, with a similar $1,600-a-night room featuring an orange corduroy couch, a mini-bar stocked with lubricant and glow-in-the-dark condoms, and a leopard-print ironing board. The voluptuous centerfold arrived at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Feb. 5. She died suddenly three days later. Smith stayed several times at the hotel, which is in an area dotted with pawn shops, car lots and apartment buildings yearning for a fresh coat of paint. A concierge said her rooms were often free. Room...

NASSAU, Bahamas -- A newspaper published two photographs on its front page Monday showing Anna Nicole Smith lying in bed fully clothed in a romantic embrace with the Bahamian immigration minister, who approved her application for permanent residency. Immigration Minister Shane Gibson has come under criticism from the political opposition for giving the former Playboy Playmate special treatment in granting Smith residency in the Bahamas last year. Smith died Thursday in Florida. The residency application was based on Smith's purported ownership of a waterfront mansion. But G. Ben Thompson, a South Carolina developer who once dated Smith, has said he...

Refrierator of a prematurely dead person: No food, some Slim Fast, a bottle of Methadone pills big enough to kill a herd of elephants, and (look carefully) a bunch of smaller vial of injectibl-only drugs. It is amazing Anna Nicole lived as long as she did.

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DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- More tests will be necessary to determine the cause of Anna Nicole Smith's death, but no illegal drugs were found in her hotel room, officials said Friday. It's possible Smith's died of natural causes, because of some medication or from a combination of reasons, said Dr. Joshua Perper, the chief medical examiner for Broward County, who performed the autopsy. The autopsy was able to exclude any types of physical injury such as gunshot wound, asphyxiation or blunt trauma on the body of the 39- year-old former Playboy playmate and reality TV star, Perper said. It...

Friday Morning Autopsy Expected To Shed More Light (CBS) LOS ANGELES -- CBS 2 has learned that while searching Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room late Thursday afternoon investigators found two key pieces of evidence -- illegal narcotics and prescription medications. Now, a toxicology report will determine whether one of these drugs or a combination of both substances contributed to her death. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Smith, 39, collapsed and was unresponsive while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, said the attorney, Ron Rale. She was rushed to Memorial Regional...

From this morning’s episode of The View: “If I have to see Anna Nicole Smith one more time on television…” Sorry Rosie. It’s going to be a long week. Great impression of Anna Nicole slurring, though! (click above link to see video)

Anna Nicole Smith collapsed in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., and was rushed to a hospital on Thursday. A Hollywood, Fla., fire department spokesman told MSNBC TV that the actress was unresponsive when the rescue unit arrived on the scene. Sources confirmed to Access Hollywood that Smith was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. EST on Thursday. Access Hollywood also is reporting that Smith was intubated at the scene. Officials told the Miami Herald, "it does not look good."

Time for a True Crime update and we've some news on old crimes and some heinous new ones. First, that Colorado shooter who killed himself but not before leaving behind as his earthly legacy some creepy behavior, one dead innocent girl, and a bunch of school kids marked for life. So who is the father of Anna Nicole's baby? Cause I've seen two guys who claim to be and now I'm confused. We've got updates on the Horowitz murder-the Goth teen criminal gets life. More on Melinda Duckett who killed herself but left no indication of where your son's body...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of a drug that treats heroin addiction -- methadone -- and two antidepressants: Zoloft and Lexapro. That's what the pathologist Smith hired is saying. Cyril Wecht says the level of the drugs taken "point to this being a tragic, accidental, drug-related death." Daniel Smith died in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas on Sept. 10. He was visiting a few days after she gave birth to his half-sister.

Pathologist Says Meds Killed Smith's Son LOS ANGELES (Sept. 27) - Actress and model Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel Smith, died of a lethal combination of drugs that caused an irregular heart beat, People Magazine reported on its Web site on Wednesday. The report quoted pathologist Cyril Wecht, who was hired by Smith to look into her son's September 10 death, as saying Daniel Smith died from a combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro that led to cardiac dysrhythmia. People Magazine said Wecht got the results of toxicology tests from National Medical Services in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Daniel Smith, 20,...

It's a True Crime post and there's a plethora of True Crimes in process and we have updates and backgrounds. Another baby stolen from its mother's womb and we've got details on this and that former crime of this same heinous caliber. Also, you'll never believe what these future grandparents tried to do to their unborn progeny. Lots on Melinda Duckett, who killed herself even while her toddler is still missing. And baby Abby is returned to her mother, whose throat was slashed and baby stolen by a deranged woman. What's this about a fake penis and a drug test?...

Some serious updates on old crimes. The Dentist from Dacula pled guilty of killing two of the women in his life then made them look like a suicide, and this is a surprise. The Idaho Groene murderer trial begins and the defense protests Shashta Groene testimony. More on Edington, who stabbed the man to death who he thought molested his two-year-old. And the sexy teacher Deb LeFeve is still nuts. We've got info on the Anna Nicole Smith's son death and the woman whose son is missing but she killed herself rather than help with the search. Finally, a Gnome...

Autopsy Shows Smith's Son on Medication By MICHAEL MELIA, AP NASSAU, Bahamas (Sept. 18) - Anna Nicole Smith's son was on prescription anti-depression medication when he died at the hospital bedside of the former reality TV star, a pathologist who did a second autopsy on the 20-year-old said Monday. Daniel Smith, who died three days after his mother gave birth to a daughter, began taking a "quite low" dosage of prescription antidepressants four to six weeks ago, said forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht. Wecht, speaking by phone from Miami a day after conducting the autopsy in the Bahamas, said he did...

Anna Nicole 'memory loss' over son's sudden death... Anna Nicole Smith frantically tried to revive her stricken son and had to be sedated after he died, her attorney said Wednesday. Authorities termed the death "suspicious" and said criminal charges could be filed. Daniel Smith died Sunday while visiting his mother, a reality TV star and former Playboy playmate, in her hospital room three days after she gave birth to a baby girl. "The devastation and grief over Daniel's sudden death coupled with the sedation has been so extreme that Anna Nicole experienced memory loss of the event," attorney Michael Scott...

JESSICA ROBERTSON NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Authorities believe they know what killed the 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith but are awaiting a toxicology report to confirm their findings and are holding open the possibility criminal charges, the Bahamas coroner said Wednesday. Coroner Linda Virgill told The Associated Press that once her office receives the toxicology report on Daniel Smith it may launch a formal inquiry and that there is a possibility criminal charges may be filed in Sunday's death. "We do know the cause of death," Virgill said. "But we need to confirm it with a toxicology report." ......

NASSAU, Bahamas — Medical personnel applied CPR and other lifesaving measures on Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel for 22 minutes before he was pronounced dead, the head of the hospital said Tuesday. But there was no official word on what caused the death. Police say the reality TV star and former Playboy playmate found Daniel Smith, 20, unresponsive Sunday morning in a chair in her hospital room, where she was recuperating from giving birth to a baby girl three days earlier, and called for help. Police said they had no evidence that Daniel Smith had suffered a heart attack or...

The "how and why" surrounding 20-year-old Daniel Hogan's mysterious death is being kept under wraps in an autopsy report that should have been completed last night. The only son of American celebrity Anna Nicole Smith died on the maternity ward at Doctors Hospital while visiting his mother and newborn baby sister on Sunday. According to sources close to the case, preliminary investigations revealed that various medications along with drugs were found in his system. "All we know right now is that he was on anti-depressants," the source said. "Some things indicate that he probably overdosed on those drugs." While local...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith died suddenly in the Bahamas on Sunday, three days after the former Playboy Playmate gave birth to a girl, Smith's attorney said. A statement from Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's attorney, did not provide any details of Daniel Smith's death. Daniel Smith was in the Caribbean nation where his mother, 38, gave birth to a healthy girl on Thursday, Stern said. He appeared in "The Anna Nicole Show," a reality TV series that aired on the E! cable channel.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith got her U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday, when her lawyer argued she should collect millions of dollars she claims her late Texas oil tycoon husband had promised her. At one point during the hour-long arguments, the 38-year old blond widow, dressed in black and sitting in the spectator section, became emotional and started crying, a witness and her lawyer said. Smith, who formerly also has hosted her own reality television show, did not talk to the crush of reporters, photographers and camera crews when she entered and left...

WASHINGTON - Former stripper turned weight-loss promoter Anna Nicole Smith faced the scales of justice on Tuesday, a Supreme Court showdown with millions of dollars on the line. The legal issue, stemming from a nasty family feud over the fortune of Smith’s late husband, J. Howard Marshall II, turns on whether state or federal courts have jurisdiction in the matter. Smith, the buxom spokeswoman for a diet product company, was awarded $474 million by a federal bankruptcy judge. That was later reduced by a federal district judge and then thrown out altogether by a federal appeals court on jurisdictional grounds.

Anna Nicole Smith was wearing a pink Cinderella grown and getting hot around the collar. "The judges were so paid off," a fuming Smith told me New Year's Eve, a day after a federal appeals court reversed a judgment awarding her $88.5 million from the estate of her elderly billionaire husband, J. Howard Marshall. "Don't print that! You can't print that!" scolded her attorney Howard K. Stern, as Smith posed and danced with high rollers during a New Year's Eve countdown appearance at the Aladdin. Stern said he's confident the reversal on a legal technicality by the 9th U.S. Circuit...

The latest advantage of having cable TV: Anna Nicole’s foreign policy discourse in which she worried that Palestinians who blow themselves up in terrorist attacks are doing something “painful” to themselves. The new E! cable channel reality show about Anna Nicole, the former Playboy centerfold who married billionaire Howard Marshall shortly before he died, has received quite a bit of publicity for its insipidness. FNC’s Fox Newswatch over the weekend even did a segment on its ratings success. Each episode, which follows her in her very strange daily routine, debuts on Sunday nights, but is repeated many times during the...

The latest advantage of having cable TV: Anna Nicole's foreign policy discourse in which she worried that Palestinians who blow themselves up in terrorist attacks are doing something "painful" to themselves. The new E! cable channel reality show about Anna Nicole, the former Playboy centerfold who married billionaire Howard Marshall shortly before he died, has received quite a bit of publicity for its insipidness. FNC's Fox Newswatch over the weekend even did a segment on its ratings success. Each episode, which follows her in her very strange daily routine, debuts on Sunday nights, but is repeated many times during the...