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By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

While FOX News is promoting Howard K. Stern’s live Tuesday night interview with Greta Van Susteren as “shocking” before the first word has been uttered, perhaps the biggest shock of all is that Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer and longtime companion accepted an invite to go on a talk show he’s declined until now.

Many of his critics have grown uncharacteristically silent, or at least subdued, since the Bahamas inquest jury into the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son, Daniel, last week ruled the 20 year old with a history of depression and drug issues, died of an accidental drug overdose that Stern, nor anyone else, had anything to do with. Read the rest of this entry »

Howard K. Stern Outside Court Monday After Verdict

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved—-Updated 11:30 p.m. est.

A coroner’s jury in the Bahamas looking into the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son, Daniel, declared Monday the 20 year old died of “non-dependent drug use,” in other words, an accidental overdose, ruling no further criminal investigation necessary.

The verdict certainly exonerates Anna Nicole’s long time companion Howard K. Stern of any wrong-doing. “There was never any evidence to suggest Howard did anything wrong,” said popular Bahamas talk show host Lincoln Bain in an exclusive telephone interview after sitting in on court Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

After months of wrangling, The Bald Truth has learned the court-appointed legal guardian who charged the estate of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter almost $200,000 to look after Dannileynn’s best interests has agreed to accept a drastic reduction of his bill.

“There’s going to be a significant cut in fees, as there should be,” a source inside the negotiations with Miami lawyer Richard Milstein told me in an exclusive interview. “I’d rather not say how much since we hope it will be finalized in court this week.”

Milstein and lawyers for Larry Birkhead, Dannielynn’s father, and estate executor Howard K. Stern, are scheduled for a “case managment” hearing before Broward County Circuit Judge Mark A. Speiser on Tuesday, April 1, according to documents dannielynn-milstein-casemanagmnt-401-08-c.pdf obtained exclusively by The Bald Truth. Read the rest of this entry »

Friends Say After Daniel Died, His Mother Died of a “Broken Heart.”

By Bald Truth Staff, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

In a legal victory for Anna Nicole Smith’s beleagured lawyer and longtime companion, Howard K. Stern, the Bahamian magistrate says he will instruct inquest jurors that homicide has been ruled out as an option as a cause of death in Daniel Smith.

We’re told Magistrate William Campbell today hashed out four possible options jurors can choose from in determining cause of death in the 20 year old son of the late Playboy model and reality TV star, who died of a drug overdose in September, 2006:

–accident, “misadventure non-dependent drug use and an “open verdict,” which means they cannot agree how he died.

Jurors will return March 31, courtroom sources tell The Bald Truth, to hear the judge’s instructions, then take two hours to return their verdict, or “finding,” as it’s called. Read the rest of this entry »