He was the domestic partner, attorney and agent of the late model Anna Nicole Smith. He became known as a co-star on Smith's 2002–2004 reality television series The Anna Nicole Show. He currently works with the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office.
Dannielynn Birkhead is the daughter of the late American Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith and freelance celebrity photographer Larry Birkhead. Dannielynn has a net worth of $3 million.
As if one annoying Howard Stern wasn't bad enough, now there's two. Even the Sterns can't stand it. Howard Stern (the radio one) wants to change his name to "The Howard" so he's not confused with Howard K. Stern (the Anna Nicole one).
Raised primarily by her mother, Smith dropped out of high school in order to start earning an income for herself and to take care of her young son, who was born in 1986. Beginning in the early '90s, Smith started earning some slight acclaim as a model, appearing in ad campaigns for brands like Guess.
After years of court battles over J. Howard's inheritance (he estimated to be wroth $500 million to $1 billion), a judge has ruled that Dannielynn is entitled to as much as $49 million from J. Howard's estate. Marshalls' late son, E.
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Often he reminisced about his military service in Vietnam, where, he bragged, he once “took out a whole village” and specialized in killing children because he “wasn't as tough as the other guys.” As his fans knew, Stern had never been in the armed forces—it was all fantasy, a private joke between him and them.
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5 months oldHow the late Anna Nicole Smith is living on through her teenage daughter. Dannielynn Birkhead was 5 months old when her mother died on Feb. 8, 2007. Larry Birkhead is paying tribute to his former partner Anna Nicole Smith, who died 15 years ago today at age 39.
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Stern was also part of the continued legal battle for the money allegedly promised to Anna Nicole Smith when her ex-husband, J. Howard Marshall II , died. Throughout this 20-year legal battle, Smith was continually denied the money that she felt was rightfully hers, but Stern was still fighting on her behalf in 2015, according to Forbes .
According to Today, the former model died of an "accidental overdose" of at least nine prescription drugs. She'd been extremely ill, suffering from a stomach flu, and had been mixing medications for that as well as meds for "anxiety, depression and insomnia." Her refusal to go to the hospital is what ultimately lead to her demise, but according to a statement by Stern's lawyers, Smith stayed put, because "she did not want the media frenzy that follows her."
While this might surprise many people who followed the paternity suit, which seemed to portray a rivalry between the two, Birkhead claims that couldn't be further from the truth. He said, "I think people think that because of all the craziness that went down ... that he and I are arch-rivals ... I was just looking out for my daughter, so to have any grudges beyond that would mean there were some other intention on my behalf.
After Anna Nicole Smith's death, Howard K. Stern became the executor of her estate, which included her California home worth nearly $2 million. Though he told Fox News in 2011, that Larry Birkhead would "probably become [the estate's] sole administrator," as of 2013, Stern was still seemingly very much in charge.
Stern actually appeared on the reality show, and fans quickly noticed that he and Smith had a connection that ran much deeper than friendship. They eventually exchanged vows in a "non-binding commitment ...
But not everyone saw Stern as Smith's trustworthy companion. Bobby Trendy , who appeared on The Anna Nicole Show as Smith's interior decorator, was clear about his feelings toward Stern, and later went on to call the lawyer "a coattail-riding ambulance chaser" in an interview with The Village Voice. Yikes.
According to People, Stern's law firm "handled Smith's modeling and show business contracts in the mid-1990s.". In 1995, Stern's representation of Smith's affairs extended to the aforementioned fight for a piece of her late husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall II's estate, during which Stern "presented Anna's direct examination in ...
May 21, 2020. 0. We all remember Anna Nicole Smith and her successful modeling career for brands like Guess. If you remember her from the 90s, you might even recall her Playboy days. Howard K. Stern was her lawyer, and the two were often seen together, but it soon became obvious that there was more than just business and friendship in their ...
Nonetheless, that wasn’t the end to Stern’s spotlight, as he even managed to win custody over her infant child. But, let’s look a bit deeper into what happened to Stern and what role he had in Smith’s life.
Getty Anna Nicole Smith (L) departs with her attorney, Howard Stern (R), at the U.S. Supreme Court on February 28, 2006 in Washington, DC.
Stern was initially thought to be the father of Anna Nicole’s daughter, Dannielynn Hope, until a paternity test proved that the baby girl was actually fathered by the model’s former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead.
The two first met when the former Guess model sued the estate of her late husband, oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, for millions in the late 1990s, per ABC News. Stern and Anna Nicole became so close that he was a regular on her E! reality show, The Anna Nicole Show.
The controversial attorney was reported to have started in a training program for public defenders in downtown Los Angeles where he was described as “well-liked” and “motivated” by his colleagues, per The Blast.
Birkhead now raises Dannielynn as a single father , but whatever happened to Howard K. Stern?
Anna Nicole Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967 in Houston, Texas. She was the only daughter of Donald Hogan (1947–2009) and Virgie (b. Tabers) Arthur (1951–2018). She had five half-siblings on her father's side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her aunt. Smith attended Durkee Elementary School and Aldine High School in Houston. When she was in the ninth grade, she was sent to live with her maternal aunt in Mexia, Texas. At Mexia High School, Smith failed her freshman year and dropped out of school during her sophomore year.
Anna Nicole Smith. Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007) was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith first gained popularity in Playboy magazine when she won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She modeled for fashion companies, including Guess, H&M, Heatherette and Lane Bryant .
The court jailed Harrington because she failed to turn over her computer as evidence. Harrington claimed that she couldn't voluntarily comply with the court's order because her computer was stolen—there is a question as to whether this robbery was staged.
The basis of Smith's permanent residency status was the claim that she owned a $900,000 mansion, which she said was given to her by a former boyfriend, real estate developer Gaither Ben Thompson of South Carolina. Thompson asserted that he loaned Smith the finances to purchase the property, which she failed to repay, and that he was attempting to regain control of the property. Thompson sued to evict Smith from the property in the Bahamas Court and received a default judgment against her when she failed to respond to the eviction or appear in court on November 28, 2006. Ford Shelley, Thompson's son-in-law, claimed that methadone was found in Smith's bedroom refrigerator while the mansion was being reclaimed. A photograph provided to TMZ showed a large bottle of methadone along with vials of injectable vitamin B12 ( cyanocobalamin) in the refrigerator and diet product Slimfast.
In the photo, she appears squatting in a short skirt with cowboy boots as she eats chips. In October 1994, Smith initiated a $5 million lawsuit against the magazine, claiming that she did not authorize the use of her photo, and that the article damaged her reputation. The lawsuit was reported to be settled.
In September 2000, a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge awarded Smith $449,754,134.00, the amount that the value of Marshall's interest in Koch Industries rose in value during their marriage. However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury's findings in the probate case by ruling that Smith was entitled to nothing. The judge ordered Smith to pay over $1 million to cover the legal costs and expenses of E. Pierce Marshall. The conflict between the Texas probate court and California bankruptcy court judgments forced the matter into federal court.
Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority.
On February 9, 2007, following Anna Nicole Smith's death, it was revealed that Stern had custody of Smith's child, Dannielynn. Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, the husband of the actress Zsa Zsa Gabor alleged he could be the father of Smith's daughter and threatened to file a lawsuit for custody.
Stern's law firm first handled Anna Nicole Smith 's modeling contracts in the mid 1990s. Stern met Anna Nicole Smith in 1998, after the death of her husband J. Howard Marshall. When she fought for the Marshall's fortune, Stern presented her direct examination at the trial. Stern's law firm was dissolved around the time he became a co-star on The Anna Nicole Show (2002 - 2004). Stern maintained an apartment in Santa Monica, California, from which he operated a business called Hot Smoochie Lips, Inc., a talent agency that had Anna Nicole Smith as a client.
Powell Goldstein LLP was the law firm for Stern in the libel lawsuits against Rita Cosby; lawyer John O'Quinn who represented Smith's mother Virgie Arthur and a defamation lawsuit filed by Virgie Arthur whose suit was dismissed before the trial in 2010 after TMZ Productions, CBS, Stern and other defendants won summary judgments. Lin Wood represented Stern as executor of Smith's Estate in federal action against developer G. Ben Thompson of South Carolina, his son-in-law Ford Shelley Jr., Susan M. Brown, Esq. for misappropriation and theft of estate property.
On September 28, 2006, Stern and Smith exchanged wedding vows in a legally nonbinding ceremony in Nassau, Bahamas. The ceremony was officiated by a Baptist minister. Smith died on February 8, 2007, less than five months after Daniel.
Stern was born to a Jewish family and raised in Los Angeles. He graduated with a B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1990 and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of California , Los Angeles. He was admitted to the State Bar of California on February 25, 1994.
In August 2009, federal judge Denny Chin ruled that "Cosby's actions are extremely troubling, and suggest that she was attempting to obstruct justice by tampering with witnesses" and allowed most of Stern's US$ 60-million lawsuit against Cosby and her publisher, Hachette, to proceed.
Anna Nicole Smith charged that Pierce Marshall, her husband's son, had fraudulently taken steps to prevent her from inheriting any of her husband's money. Upon her husband's death she filed a petition for bankruptcy in California.
Anna Nicole Smith, a former Playboy Playmate, married J. Howard Smith (who was 60 years her senior) in 1994, about a year before his death. Although he gave her money and gifts during their marriage she was not included in his will.
In a highly technical ruling a 5-4 majority of the court found that a bankruptcy court had exceeded its authority in originally awarding Smith over $400 million in damages.
The drama of the legal saga was not lost on the Chief Justice.