Sep 27, 2021 · Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 39 on February 8, 2007 — 19 days before her planned wedding with her personal lawyer, Howard K. Stern, 52. They had a non-binding commitment ceremony on September 28, 2006 — three weeks after the birth of Smith's daughter Dannielynn , 15, and the death of her 20-year-old son Daniel.
Nov 12, 2020 · 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...
May 21, 2020 · 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 relationship. In 2006, they even exchanged vows in a “non-binding commitment ceremony.” Unfortunately, Smith died the very next year, in February 2007.
According to the latest court ruling, Dannielynn Birkhead will NOT receive any of the $450 million inheritance from J. Howard Marshall's estate. Anna Nicole Smith claimed that the inheritance was promised to her by the late billionaire with a verbal agreement.
In the story that won't stop getting weirder, Anna Nicole Smith married her lawyer/sidekick Howard K. Stern on Thursday in the Bahamas, where she recently became a legal resident. The ceremony took place on a yacht off the coast of Nassau, and Anna is rumored to have worn a pink bikini for the affair.Sep 28, 2006
Stern Is Now a Public Defender. Sources tell THR that Howard K. Stern, the lawyer turned quasi-husband of reality TV star and 'Playboy' Pinup Anna Nicole Smith, reported for work at the L.A. County Public Defenders Office.Jun 20, 2019
As of 2022, Howard Stern's net worth is estimated to be $650 million. He is an actor, producer, and television personality from Queens, New York. Stern gained his recognition when he accepted a marketing role at Benton & Bowles....Net Worth:$650 MillionSource of Wealth:EntrepreneurLast Updated:20213 more rows•Apr 9, 2022
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."
By the time The Anna Nicole Show premiered in 2002, the law firm Stern co-founded had been dissolved, and he had moved on to a new venture — a talent agency he founded called Hot Smoochie Lips, Inc. Smith was his only client. According to The Guardian, this was "an effort to represent every aspect of [Smith's] life himself.".
News, which he said was not related to "the appropriateness of the medication.". Stern claimed that he arranged for the prescriptions to be in his name "to protect Anna Nicole's privacy and it was nothing more than that.".
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.".
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.
Uncle Howard? Nearly ten years after Anna Nicole Smith's death, Access Hollywood Live reported that Howard K. Stern had made sure to stay in Dannielynn's life. Even though he is no longer playing the father role, Stern is known to Dannielynn as a good friend of her mother's.
Though Howard K. Stern was listed as the father on Dannielynn's birth certificate, that never stopped Larry Birkhead from firmly believing he was the girl's father. According to CNN, Birkhead and Stern "began battling in Bahamian courts" over the matter shortly after Stern fought another ugly legal showdown over where Anna Nicole Smith's body was to be laid at rest. A court-ordered DNA test later proved that Birkhead is Dannielynn's biological father. Regardless of what Smith's intentions were when he chose to tell the world he was the father, this was likely another devastating blow for him after losing his longtime friend and lover.
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.
In his ruling, Perry exclaimed, "this case reeks of unfairness", adding he believed the prosecutors "seemed to have unfairly targeted Stern because he was a public figure" and noting that the trial had already cost the taxpayers in an excess of $500,000. "Howard Stern simply has been through enough ...
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.
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 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.