An ET producer spoke to a devastatedHoward K. Stern right after he posted bond last night. Stern turned himself in after being charged with six felony counts for allegedly conspiring to provide Anna Nicole Smith with massive amounts of prescription drugs. Our producer said Stern certainly plans to fight the charges.

Howard’s father, Leon Stern tells ET the charges against his son are, “not true.”

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich was also charged and sources tell ET she will surrender on Monday, March 16, 2009. ET sat down with Dr. Eroshevich back in March 2007 as she reacted to the speculation surrounding her medical treatment of Anna Nicole. On how many medications she was prescribing to Anna at the time of her death, Eroshevich said, “By then she was on maybe 4 or 5 medications. Some of them were routine and some were as needed. We were talking about even cutting back.”

When asked if she was afraid to have her medical license revoked, Eroshevich told ET, “Not really. I would hope that who I am and what I do represents the quality of service I provide. The same thing I’m saying now I would say to the medical board. I feel like I did the right thing. I feel confident.” (more…)

Howard K. Stern, the lawyer and confidante to the late Anna Nicole Smith testified on Tuesday that he was unaware that the playmate’s son, Daniel, was taking prescription medication — including Methadone.

Stern gave his testimony today as part of the ongoing inquest into Daniel’s death. The 20-year-old died on Sept.r 10, 2006, three days after his mother gave birth to her daughter and his half sister, Dannielynn Hope, in the Bahamas.

Stern said that from September 2005 until June 2006, he wasn’t around as much because he was working on Anna’s fight with Pierce Marshall (the late son of her husband, J. Howard Marshall who died in 1995).

Stern also denied bringing a duffel bag full of medication into Anna’s hospital room in the Bahamas, where Daniel died. He said that neither he nor Anna brought any medication into the hospital and that he never, under any circumstances, gave Daniel Methadone. He also said that he never saw Anna give Daniel any drugs.

When asked what his reaction was to Daniel’s toxicology report, which showed Methadone and other prescription drugs in his system, Stern said he didn’t believe it.

Stern also discussed the famous photo that he took of Anna holding her dead son in the hospital room. Howard said Anna would not believe that Daniel had died and said that she wanted to bring him home with her. Stern testified that Anna asked him to take a photo because she couldn’t accept her son’s death and needed the picture for proof.

Stern also said that after he took the photo, he never made any money off of it and would do it again.

Stern said that Anna had a prescription for Methadone, but when she discovered that she was pregnant, she reduced her dosage, and was told by doctors that if she quit cold turkey, she would lose the baby.

By the time she gave birth, Stern says, she was off Methadone entirely.

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Talk about moneygrubbing!!

A former companion of Anna Nicole Smith said Wednesday that her attorney-turned-boyfriend Howard K. Stern took several photographs of the collapsed body of her late 20-year-old son for profit.

G. Ben Thompson, a South Carolina developer, testified that Stern took about four pictures of Daniel Smith’s body after he died Sept. 10, 2006, while visiting his celebrity mother three days after she gave birth to her daughter in a Bahamian hospital.

Stern said the photographs “might be worth some money one day,” according to Thompson, who was embroiled in an ownership dispute with Stern over the Nassau mansion where he lived with Anna Nicole before her Feb. 8 death of a prescription drug overdose.

Now that’s just sick!

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So who IS Dannielynn’s father!?  What do you think?  If Larry Birkhead is NOT the father, I’m going to be shocked.  Totally shocked!!  The moment we’ve all been waiting for will be announced at 11:30 PST/2:30 EST.  SO STAY TUNED…I’LL UPDATE HERE!!

UPDATE 12:07 PST: Larry, Howard and Virgie Arthur (Anna’s mother) are all in the courtroom - where the results are being revealed.  According to TMZ, Virgie is going to ask the judge for custody of Dannielynn even if Larry is the father.

UPDATE 12:7results to be released, the judge is going to have to lift the gag order. So let’s knock on wood that we find out today!

Anna Nicole Smith Paternity Case - A Bahamian court is expected to rule today in the paternity case of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter. Under Bahamian legal rules however, the results cannot be made public by either of the parties involved in the paternity and custody battle.

They can however, be revealed. The judge in the case will have to lift the gag order in order to do so.

The people fighting over custody of the child — Larry Birkhead, Howard K. Stern and Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur — have all been ordered not to talk about the results after the ruling.

The child, Dannielynn Hope Marshall, could inherit millions from the estate of Anna Nicole Smith’s late husband, J. Howard Marshall.

Howard K. Stern will not stand in Larry Birkhead’s way if the DNA tests show Birkhead is Dannielynn’s father, this according to unimpeachable sources.

These sources have issued the following statement to TMZ:

“If Larry Birkhead is confirmed to be Dannielynn’s biological father, Howard will not challenge custody. His love for her will not change, irrespective of the results. Howard will act in Dannielynn’s best interest, because he loves her and would want a smooth transition to protect her, as she is deeply bonded to those who have been with her since birth.

While Howard continues to believe and hope that he is Dannielynn’s biological father, he wants to be involved in her life, regardless of paternity. He wants to share the memories of her mother as the person who knew Anna best and all she wanted for Dannielynn.

Howard will do whatever is necessary to assist Larry Birkhead to defeat any effort by Virgie Arthur to obtain custody of Dannielynn.

Howard was not part of the paternity lawsuit filed while Anna Nicole was alive. The first person to challenge Howard on custody was Virgie Arthur — not Larry Birkhead. Howard is dedicated to Virgie Arthur not having custody of Dannielynn. He is well aware of how Anna Nicole felt about ‘Mommy Dearest’ and Anna’s feelings were clear regarding Virgie Arthur being anywhere near Dannielynn.

Speculation that this is somehow about money for Howard is misguided and wrong. Howard has never made a TV or book deal even though he is the one who knew Anna Nicole best.

Howard wants Anna Nicole to be remembered as an icon like Marilyn Monroe, and he knows a lot of damage has been done to her image in the past two months. This restoration of Anna’s image is important for Dannielynn and the views she will have of her mother as she grows up. He also wants to make sure that only Dannielynn profits from Anna Nicole’s name, likeness and estate. As TMZ reported earlier, the money from Anna Nicole’s funeral went to a trust set up for Dannielynn. Howard set up the trust but he does not, and will not, receive any money from it and is not the trustee.”

TMZ has confirmed that DNA results will be revealed in court on Tuesday in the Bahamas. Stern and Birkhead will both be present. Arthur is also expected to be there.

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Anna Nicole Smith’s will has been revealed, and it leaves everything to her deceased son Daniel, CNN reports.

Smith’s companion, Howard K. Stern, is named as the executor of the estate. The will was written in 2001 and was not updated after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn Hope.

The document says that Smith’s estate should be held in trust for Daniel, who died last September. It’s not clear how the document will affect the ongoing custody and paternity battle over Smith’s baby girl.

A clause in the document, which states, “I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse, including any future spouses or children,” seems to exclude Dannielynn.

Analyzing the will, Lisa Bloom of Court TV, said on CNN that the dispersal of Smith’s assets will be the key issue, “because no one ever imagined that Daniel would pre-decease her.”

The document was signed by Vickie Lynn Marshall (Smith’s real name) and gives Stern full authority to take care of assets and property.

The will was released Friday after Florida Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin directed attorneys to file a copy of it.

It does not say where Smith wished to be buried. There has been a bitter conflict between Stern and Smith’s estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, over where Smith’s remains should be buried. Stern maintains that Smith bought a plot in the Bahamas next to her son, Daniel. Arthur, on the other hand, wants Smith buried in a plot in the family’s home state of Texas.

The issue of where to bury Smith will be revisited on Tuesday when Stern has been ordered by Judge Seidlin to appear in person in a Florida courtroom to offer testimony in the case.

So far, Stern has not made an appearance in the Fort Lauderdale court where the fight for Smith’s body has been waged. His attorney, Krista Barth, had tried to have Stern testify from the Bahamas by phone, claiming he could not leave Danielynn.

However, in the ruling on Stern’s court appearance, Judge Seidlin was swayed by Arthur’s attorney, who pointed out that Stern and Smith had previously left the infant with a babysitter when they traveled to Florida to attend a boxing match and to buy a boat. It was during the latter trip, in fact, that on Feb. 8 Smith collapsed and died at a Seminole, Fla. hotel.

Seidlin also signed an order to have Smith’s refrigerated remains embalmed. That procedure should take place Friday – most likely under heavy security at the Broward County Medical Examiner’s office in nearby Dania Beach.

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Three days before she died, Anna Nicole Smith was planning a long stay in Dubai.

More precisely: Her attorney, lover and perhaps father of her baby, Howard K. Stern, was making plans to bring her to Dubai, a seaside city in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a hot spot for the rich and famous.

An insider who was in on the negotiations tells me: “Howard knew she was around drugs all the time and wanted to bring her to a place where there aren’t any. He really wanted to bring her here.”

The source says that Stern was concerned for Smith’s health and safety and reached out to the sultan of Brunei for help in getting her to Dubai.

When Smith’s death was announced, the people on the other end were in shock.

“We couldn’t believe it. We thought they were coming here. It’s very sad.”

For what it’s worth, the Brunei insiders — having had e-mail correspondence with Stern in the days leading up to Smith’s death — say the attorney is getting a raw deal in the press. “He’s a good man,” the source said. “He was trying to take care of her.”

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