Drug overdose killed Anna Nicole Smith's son
A year and a half after the fact, a jury in the Bahamas has ruled Monday that Daniel Smith, the 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith, died from an accidental drug overdose, the AP reports.
The seven-member jury recommended no criminal charges against anyone for anything after saying the cause was "nondependent use of drugs," meaning he wasn't addicted and didn't know the drugs in his body would kill him. He died on Sept. 10, 2006, after coming to the Bahamas to meet his new baby sister, who was subsequently named Dannielynn Hope after him. Poor mama died early in 2007 from the very same thing.
But that doesn't mean Anna's mom Virgie Arthur isn't going to still try and cash in. She still thinks (like most of us) that her daughter's boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, was somehow responsible.
"We don't think it makes any sense," Arthur's attorney Neil McCabe said. "The boy was not a drug user, the judge said so. Why would he all of a sudden take a massive dose of methadone?"
Maybe he realized what a mess his family was and needed relief. What, too soon?
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Why in the world would Larry Birkhead keep the name "STERN" in Dannilynn's name? Maybe there always was some kind of conspiracy......
Posted by: Concerned | June 28, 2008 at 09:50 AM
The fact that no comments on any of this and other Anna stories is because nobody gives a fresh pile of dog squeeze. I do fell sorry for the baby because she will be broke and poor caused by the money trolls.
Posted by: Willy | May 24, 2008 at 10:02 AM