Anna Nicole Smith’s son, Daniel, died of a massive methadone overdose, and it was intentional, a court heard.

An expert said in the inquest to his death that he had ingested so much of the painkiller, that it could not have been through “recreational use”. The court was also told that it wasn’t necessarily suicide.

He was found to have taken as many as eight tablets that could have been dissolved in a liquid that could’ve camouflaged their taste.

The inquest was also told Howard K Stern appeared to have flushed away two white tablets that fell out of Daniel’s clothing after the death.