Celebrity Justice
Anna's Body to Be Held for DNA Testing

A Florida judge has ordered that Anna Nicole Smith's body not be released until a DNA test can be performed, as requested by Anna's potential baby daddy, Larry Birkhead.

This decision echoed a a previous ruling by a Los Angeles judge last week, ordering Florida authorities to keep Smith's body for 10 days. Both Howard K. Stern and Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued the decision, claiming that if the body is not embalmed soon, it will not be suitable for viewing or funeral purposes. Birkhead's camp argued that accurate DNA testing would not be possible if the body were released and moved out of state.

Meanwhile, Anna's mother is pulling out all the legal stops to ensure that Stern does not get custody of 5-month-old Dannielynn. This morning, Arthur petitioned a Bahamian court to name her the legal guardian of her granddaughter, and asked the judge for an order that forbids the baby to leave the country.

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31. # 8. You are absolutley right. Great Post.

Posted at 12:08PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Jessie

32. You have to stop and ask yourself...what if this was one of YOUR children? What would you do? Virgie as far as we know has not made any money off this, only wants her granddaughter to be safe and has said she does not want to raise the child , she only wants the baby to be with her father. Then there is Howard K stern....he is already a suspect in the inquest of Daniels death, only hours after Annas death he was paid big money to let the cameras follow him to the bahamas, no one knows where howard stern was in the hours following annas death...he could have went to the bahamas and staged that breakin and then flew back. He refuses to take a dna test because he knows he IS NOT THE FATHER. That baby is his gravy train and as long as he has her then he gets money and all the publicity he wants. He only said he was the father after the fact, he never claimed he was the father until Larry Birkhead told Anna he would sue her for custody. Larry Birkhead is the only person who truly cares for this baby and he is doing everything in his power to make sure he is proved the father and legally gets his daughter. I am so happy the judge ordered that Dannielynn not be taken from the islands. Stern will do everything he can do to keep up the charade so he can keep raking the money in.

Posted at 4:27PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Marie

33. HOLY CRAP!!!!!! Turn your damn CAPS off!!! Where do you screamers come from - the local loony farm??

c a l m d o w n

Posted at 12:03PM on Feb 14th 2007 by rags2riches2dust

34. I've been wondering about Kimmie too. I've searched all over the Internet and can't find anything about her. I did find her myspace account, but it's set to private. I'm really surprised she hasn't surfaced!!

Posted at 12:03PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Lcr

35. Here's a question: why must ANS's body be preserved for a DNA test? What purpose would a sample of her DNA serve? It's the baby's DNA that everyone is interested in. As I see it, ANS's DNA is only relevant if the maternity of the child is in dispute. Unless it's a simple matter of confirming the child's genetic pedigree, this seems rather suspicious.

Posted at 12:13PM on Feb 14th 2007 by David

36. From CNN Breaking News - - "A judge has ruled Anna Nicole Smith’s body must stay at the medical
examiner’s office until a dispute over her daughter’s paternity is
resolved, but Smith’s body can be embalmed."

Posted at 12:06PM on Feb 14th 2007 by JM

37. I think ANS's mother is as bad if not worse than HKS ! The fat slob Virgie is getting paid for interviews too ( blood money ) . I am disappointed that Larry is taking along the leeches ( ANS's family ) . I could respect him more if he acted like a man and kept it between HKS and himself .

ANS's family was part of ANS's problems in life . Her aunt raised her not her fat slob mom ! and her mom allowed ANS to be molested by a step father ! so don't put the fat , trailer trash c**t on a pedestal !!!!

Posted at 12:39PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Stop talentless hacks !

38. Where in the world is Kim Walther? Looks like she may be knitting up a storm in North Carolina

http://knitting.meetup.com/cities/us/nc/raleigh/3165721/?ic=sn42

Posted at 12:07PM on Feb 14th 2007 by CA Girl

39. Yes, good question about Kimmie's whereabouts. When was she LAST SEEN and BY WHOM?? I hope for her sake that she is o.k. She was probably another person Howard wanted to get rid of.

Posted at 12:56PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Walter Barbera

40. I have serious doubts about that "nurse" that was with her. I saw her and her husband interviewed on Fox last night. That woman was not an RN. She knew nothing about nursing and was clealy not in any position to recognize dangerous symptoms, nor to give appropriate aid. Anyone who did not summon a doctor for a patient with a 105 degree fever is totally incompetent, regardless of the patient's wishes. She talked about massaging her feet. WTF? Anyone with a temperature that high is at very high risk of a seizure or death. It is clearly outside the standards of nursing care for an RN to ignore those findings. She must have at least been in contact with HKS- and you know good his medical expertise is. Both of them are at least culpable of neglect in dealing with the acute medical issues leading up to her death. That woman just gave me the creeps. Someone needs to investigate her background, and her "future finances".

Posted at 12:35PM on Feb 14th 2007 by ellen

41. Howee seem very sleezy

Posted at 12:10PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Bunnie Rabbit

42. There is no way that ANS would want to be buried in Texas and for her mother to bury her there is unconscienable. Bury the poor woman with her son for god's sake. What in hell is wrong with her mother?! She continues to torment ANS in death just as she did in life.

I for one am not buying the whole "concerned grandma" act that Virgie is putting on. If she was so concerned where was she when ANS lost her son? Where was she when ANS was obviously distraught and completely overwhelmed with grief after losing her son? Why wasn't she interested in meeting her granddaughter until now? Most people would be beside themselves with grief after losing both their grandchild and their own child in the space of five months. I've seen absolutely no evidence of grief or one single tear on that mother's face.

As for ANS's sister, what a money-grubbing bitch. What is the purpose of writing a book trashing your sister? That's an awful thing to do even if she hadn't just died.

People have speculated for years as to why ANS didn't want anything to do with her family. Well, I think we're all beginning to see what those reasons were. I would have run away from them too. None of them deserves to be in Dannielyn's life. Get on with the DNA tests to establish paternity and then let that baby get on with her life away from her mother's white trash family. What a disgusting group of people.

Posted at 12:10PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Alexis

43. DOTTIE THIS IS NO JOKING MATTER HERE. BRAD AND ANGELINA HAVE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. THEY PLAN ON HAVING MORE. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE BABY, ANS TOOK DRUGS THE WHOLE 9 MONTHS SHE WAS PREGNANT. I HOPE THE BABY WILL BE OKAY.
LARRY NEEDS TO GET HIS BABY AWAY FROM HOWARD THE KILLER.

Posted at 12:56PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Amanda

44. This situation is very sad... I really feel bad for that poor little baby. I hope the whole situation gets resolved soon for her sake.. #2, Brangelina doesn't adopt any kid that isnt form a third world country. It isn't saintly enough for them...

Posted at 12:13PM on Feb 14th 2007 by the wife

45. How sad; even in death, Anna Nichole is the victim of so much controversity and accusations. God bless her soul, and speed her to Heaven. As for Howard Stern...i hope he gets nothing! I believe he controled A.N. with methadone...zombied her out so he could make her agree to what he wanted. I also believe he encouraged Daniel to take that overdose of meth. Most likely Stern is psychotic, and believes himself to be toatlly innocent of any wrongdoings....DannieLynn is the real victim here.....lets all pray her guardian angels are super dooper ones!!...she'll need them

Posted at 8:16PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Patty

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