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[SIZE=+2]DNA test: Larry Birkhead is Dannielynn's father
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]03:07 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Associated Press [/SIZE] NASSAU, Bahamas — Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead said Tuesday that DNA tests have proven he is the father of her infant daughter.
Smith's former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, and her lawyer-turned-partner, Howard K. Stern, attended a closed session Tuesday in the custody fight over the girl, Dannielynn, who could inherit a fortune in the wake of her mother's February death.
As Birkhead entered the pale pink colonial courthouse in downtown Nassau, he gestured to his large entourage of family members: “I've got a large group of people here and I'm hoping to leave with one more.”
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Anna Nicole Smith
<!-- Image ends here --> A DNA specialist who analyzed a sample taken from the child on March 21 was also expected to attend the meeting, said James Neavitt, an attorney for Stern.
Stern will relinquish custody of the girl to him and the two men would “cooperate in transitioning the child,” Neavitt told The Associated Press.
“I think they have some understanding about how they're going to deal with it,” Neavitt said by phone from his office in Los Angeles.
It was the chloral hydrate, combined with her other medications, that killed Smithr, officials said Monday.
"We found nothing to indicate any foul play," said Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger, who announced the autopsy result with Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper. No illegal drugs were found, either, and Chief Tiger said the case is closed.
Shortly before her death Feb. 8, Ms. Smith, 39, had a high fever, apparently as a result of an infection caused by an injection.
Dr. Perper said there was no evidence she had committed suicide.
<!-- Refer begins here --> Also Online Video: Overdose, not foul play, killed Smith
Documents released March 26:
• Autopsy report (.pdf)
• ER report (.pdf)
• Hard Rock scene report (.pdf)
• Medical Examiner's press release (.pdf)
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<!-- Refer ends here --> The hearing is closed to the media and public.
Birkhead, a Los Angeles photographer, also claims to be the father and began seeking custody before the reality TV star collapsed and died in a Florida hotel on Feb. 8.
Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, is also seeking custody of the baby, who was born in the Bahamas in September.
Other lawyers involved have declined to comment, citing Bahamian legal rules that prohibit attorneys from discussing the closed proceedings.
The baby, whose full name is Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, could inherit millions from the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II. The former model had been fighting the Texas oil tycoon's family over his estimated $500 million fortune since his death in 1995.
[SIZE=+2]DNA test: Larry Birkhead is Dannielynn's father
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]03:07 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Associated Press [/SIZE] NASSAU, Bahamas — Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead said Tuesday that DNA tests have proven he is the father of her infant daughter.
Smith's former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, and her lawyer-turned-partner, Howard K. Stern, attended a closed session Tuesday in the custody fight over the girl, Dannielynn, who could inherit a fortune in the wake of her mother's February death.
As Birkhead entered the pale pink colonial courthouse in downtown Nassau, he gestured to his large entourage of family members: “I've got a large group of people here and I'm hoping to leave with one more.”
<!-- Image starts here -->
Anna Nicole Smith
<!-- Image ends here --> A DNA specialist who analyzed a sample taken from the child on March 21 was also expected to attend the meeting, said James Neavitt, an attorney for Stern.
Stern will relinquish custody of the girl to him and the two men would “cooperate in transitioning the child,” Neavitt told The Associated Press.
“I think they have some understanding about how they're going to deal with it,” Neavitt said by phone from his office in Los Angeles.
It was the chloral hydrate, combined with her other medications, that killed Smithr, officials said Monday.
"We found nothing to indicate any foul play," said Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger, who announced the autopsy result with Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper. No illegal drugs were found, either, and Chief Tiger said the case is closed.
Shortly before her death Feb. 8, Ms. Smith, 39, had a high fever, apparently as a result of an infection caused by an injection.
Dr. Perper said there was no evidence she had committed suicide.
<!-- Refer begins here --> Also Online Video: Overdose, not foul play, killed Smith
Documents released March 26:
• Autopsy report (.pdf)
• ER report (.pdf)
• Hard Rock scene report (.pdf)
• Medical Examiner's press release (.pdf)
Anna Nicole lived in the spotlight, and there she perished
Anna Nicole Smith collapses, dies
Slideshow: Images from her life and career
Video:
• Anna Nicole Smith autopsy inconclusive; sheriff says no illegal drugs found in her room.
• Police discuss details of Smith's death
• Reaction from Mexia, Texas
Guest Book: Share your memories and see what others had to say
<!-- Refer ends here --> The hearing is closed to the media and public.
Birkhead, a Los Angeles photographer, also claims to be the father and began seeking custody before the reality TV star collapsed and died in a Florida hotel on Feb. 8.
Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, is also seeking custody of the baby, who was born in the Bahamas in September.
Other lawyers involved have declined to comment, citing Bahamian legal rules that prohibit attorneys from discussing the closed proceedings.
The baby, whose full name is Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, could inherit millions from the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II. The former model had been fighting the Texas oil tycoon's family over his estimated $500 million fortune since his death in 1995.
