Anna Nicole's boyfriend guilty of conspiracy Posted: 29 October 2010 0834 hrs
LOS ANGELES: The boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, was found guilty on Thursday of two conspiracy counts relating to using a false name to secure prescription drugs for the late Playboy model. Stern, who was Smith's lawyer and boyfriend, was acquitted on seven counts of obtaining and providing drugs to an addict but convicted of two conspiracy counts of aiding and abetting. Forty-two-year-old physician Sandeep Kapoor was cleared of all charges, while 62-year-old psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich was convicted of four counts of fraudulently obtaining medication when prescribing drugs to the starlet under false names. None was charged with causing the 39-year-old's death from an accidental overdose at a Florida hotel room in February 2007. The verdict came after a weeks-long trial and 13 days of deliberations. Sentencing is scheduled for January 6, with Stern and Eroshevich facing up to three years in prison, according to prosecutors. During the trial, prosecutors said the trio gave the immensely famous Smith the powerful opiates and sedatives she craved despite the lack of a legitimate medical need. The larger-than-life platinum blonde was once regarded as one of the world's most desirable women during the 1990s when she replaced supermodel Claudia Schiffer as Guess Jeans model. However Smith -- who married aging oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall, a man 63 years her senior, in 1994 -- fell out of the spotlight over the next decade, often appearing to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol in public. -AFP/wk | ||||||||||||||
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Friday, October 29, 2010
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