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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91. #21 - The same thing crossed my mind. If there was a true break in, would he be touching everything? Wouldn't he want to preserve the integrity of the crime scene so that it could be fingerprinted? I think that he had someone clear out the place, legal docs and all. Also, if there was a break in, then it would question the authenticity of the "death fridge". Also, he kept of referring to the perps as "they". Who are "they"? Were the doors left wide open for looters?

ET did say that they didn't pay him for the interview, that they never pay for interviews. The sister said that HKS was never paid by ANS, that he would be paid once Marshalls estate was settled, and that his parents were supporting him. For 12 years? Get real. Nice spin. The whole thing is creepy, yet freakishly compelling.

Posted at 3:32PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Donna

92. I'm not joking. Brangelina would be great parents to this kid. They don't need the 400 million and they would have the childs best interest at heart. They fly all over the globe to keep adopting, so what's one more? The grandmother and all the potential "baby daddy's" don't give a sh*t about this kid so why should they get her? Their interest is purely financial. So, I'll say it again.....GIVE THE BABY TO BRANGELINA!!!!

Posted at 1:51PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Dottie

93. There is no need to disparage ANS' mom because she is heavy. Many loving grannies are a little plump. We love them that way.

Remember, it was ANS who was acting aberrantly, taking all that TrimSpa crap, Slim Fast, and reportedly undergoing a gastric banding procedure to avoid gaining weight. Anyone who saw her in the TrimSpa pictures had to wonder what in the hell had caused her to lose so much weight. She wasn't exactly the kind of girl to deny herself. I think there is more about gastric surgery to come. I also thing the TrimSpa owners looks as creepy asHKS in all this.

Posted at 2:06PM on Feb 14th 2007 by ellen

94. Kim #45. If you watched the Judy Judy interview on Larry King then you will know that she said that Virgie has just as much right to that child as an aunt, good friend, etc. if a father is not found. A grandparent does not automatically get a child they have never seen.

Who knows who the father of that kid is. Anna couldn't keep her legs or drooling lips closed.

Posted at 3:44PM on Feb 14th 2007 by What up?

95. I'm not joking. Brangelina would be great for this kid. They don't need the 400 million and they would have the child's best interest in mind. They fly all over the damn globe to keep adopting so what's one more? The grandmother and all of these potential "baby daddy's" could care less about this kid. Their interest is purely financial. So I'll say it again......GIVE THE BABY TO BRANGELINA!!!!!

Posted at 1:12PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Dottie

96. I AGREE WITH #45.... I ALSO AGREE THAT ANNA'S MOTHER WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF DANIEL FOR THE FIRST PART OF HIS LIFE...I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST 7 OR 8 YEARS...I DON'T BELIEVE HER MOTHER WAS THAT BAD....IT SEEMS TO ME SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER DAUGHTERS DRUG USE (WHICH I THINK HK$ ENCOURAGED)...SO OF COURSE A DRUG ADDICT WOULD BE ANGRY AT ANY ONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE AWAY THEIR DRUGS

Posted at 4:19PM on Feb 14th 2007 by MT

97. To # 45 quote "As Judge Judy said on Larry King Live Feb 13/07" who in their. right mind want to believe anything this Coutrroom Clown has to say. She is no better than ANS. Judge Judy is paid to """ACT""" as in Actress or Actor as a Comic Judge. If you want to see real court action watch CourtTV.

Posted at 2:39PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Debra

98. I love how people jump all over ANS's mother based on ANS's words. The woman showed herself to be a compulsive liar. Hi what are we up to now, 5 potential fathers? And the first person she tried to con as the baby's daddy had a vasectomy. Her credibility was nil to begin with.

So to jump to the assumption that just because Anna said her mom was abusive and horrible, it must be Truth -- it's naive and ridiculous. People tell tales like this all the time but it doesn't make it true. If her mother was so abusive, why would she have allowed her to raise Daniel for so long? ANS may have hated her mother, but people who don't like to hear the truth about themselves are generally like that.

People also assume that because grandma may not have been involved that those circumstances were her choosing. How many parents and grandparents are wrongfully estranged from children every day? Geesh, people. Start using your brains and stop taking the word of the media and a doped up, out-of-control, dead whore and her enabler for gospel.

Posted at 3:32PM on Feb 14th 2007 by JL

99. #50 Darlene - Respect this womans decision as to who she wants to parent this child?

Who gives a shit who she WANTED to parent this child? The person who should PARENT her is her FATHER!! That's who ANS decided to concieve the child with. It's not ANS decision. She should have kept her legs shut.

Posted at 3:45PM on Feb 14th 2007 by BJ

100. I'm not joking. Brangelina would do a wonderful job with this kid and give her a loving home. They don't need the 400 million and they would have this child's best interest in mind. They fly all over the damn globe to adopt, so what's one more? The grandmother and all of these potential "baby daddy's" don't give a sh*t about this kid. Their interest in purely financial. So I'll say it again.....GIVE THE BABY TO BRANGELINA!!!!!

Posted at 1:22PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Dottie

101. Darlene if whe wanted a certain person to parent her child she should have been monogamous.

Posted at 1:24PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Der

102. I tend to wonder why Howard Stern - if he loved Anna Nicole so much - was out shopping for a yacht when she was in the hotel room with 105 degrees of fever and being iced down in an attempt to bring the fever down.
I also understand that he was called before they called 911. Wouldn't a nurse have the right to go ahead and make the call?
I think photos of the baby show a resemblance to L. Burkhead. She is a very beautiful baby.

Posted at 7:26AM on Feb 15th 2007 by Sherry McAdoo

103. James Browns body toook longer to bury than Anna's. The body will NOT decompose, that is Howard K Sterns way of yet gaining more attention to his " poor pitiful me case".

Dont people understand they cant bury her body yet? Investigations are not completed. Dont you care about that poor child and the legacy her mother would have wanted her to have?

Anna Nicole Smith was a drug addict...nonetheless she was sweet and endearing. She needed help, badly, but what did she get? She got a freakoid Howard K Stern who kept her segragated and isolated from anyone who could help her or her baby.

I wish Access Hollywood and the likes of would stop the bs for a minute and interview some solid people in this situation. They protect that Stern freak, making him to look like the loving, adoring, caring father. He is dialbolical!

He is a Svengali, who has no interest in anything except money. Anna Nicole was easy to control, he kept her so drugged out of her tree, all she had to do was accept what he was giving her. I truly believe he killed Daniel, he did not seem to mind leaving the baby behind to take Anna shopping for a yacht! What did she need a yacht for? For their upcoming wedding? When are people going to see a double homicide has been committed.

Give the child back to her grandmother....the same woman who looked after Daniel for years while Anna was off doing her thing...let the woman have the child UNTIL it is proven Larry Birkhead is the daddy.

Look at Dannilynn...she is the image of Larry Birkhead, but some freak has her. This world is sick!

Posted at 1:27PM on Feb 14th 2007 by kim

104. 17. #6 Your so right!!!! Brangelina, seriously they would probably do a decent job.

Posted at 12:23PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Sue

Geez, I think I just threw up a little.

Posted at 1:31PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Darlene

105. JUDGE NOT AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 12:21PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Debra

Amen..

Posted at 1:38PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Darlene

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