Anna Nicole Smith's Former Lawyer, Doctors Plead Not Guilty To Drug Charges

Access Hollywood - May 13, 2009 9:49 AM PDT
Story photo: Anna Nicole Smith's Former Lawyer, Doctors Plead Not Guilty To Drug ChargesHoward K. Stern arrives in court to face charges on Wednesday, May 13, 2009<br />Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Howard Stern, Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor each entered a not guilty plea in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

The trio is facing charges of conspiring to provide prescription drugs to late model Anna Nicole Smith, who died of an accidental overdose in February 2007 at the age of 39.

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Stern, her lawyer-turned-boyfriend, joined Drs. Eroshevich and Kapoor in court on Wednesday. The three arrived within minutes of each other.

All three agreed to turn in handwriting examplars to the law enforcement investigators. The judge also filed a protective order on 1400 pages of discovery. June 8 has been set as the next court date.

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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a statement in March, "These individuals repeatedly and excessively furnished thousands of prescription pills to Anna Nicole Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose. This case is not a minor league case. Thousands of pills were put into the body of Anna Nicole Smith. The maximum sentence is several years, one count could be as high as three years, and there are 11 counts."

However, Dr. Eroshevich said in a previous statement to Access that the star's treatment had been, "certainly not criminal."

"Anna was the center of a cruel tabloid feeding frenzy. In the face of this, Dr. Eroshevich did her best to help the patient while protecting what little privacy Anna had left," she said at the time. "Any actions were done with the patient's well-being in mind and were certainly not criminal."

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Both doctors face charges of obtaining a prescription for opiates by fraud, deceit or misrepresentation and prescribing opiates by giving a false name or address.

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  • Heidi
    I'm sure that vile Howard didn't think she would anything would come of his giving her drugs that doctors prescribed, he probably thought she would just stay out of it enough to do his bidding, but he and the doctors that helped him eventually ended up killing her, and leaving her poor baby without a mother, and for that they deserve the full punishment!
    report abuseposted June 25, 2009 11:53 AM PDT
  • Heidi
    I'm sure Howard didn't think she would anything would come of his giving her drugs that doctors prescribed. He probably thought she would just stay out of it enough to do his bidding, but he and the doctors that helped him eventually ended up killing her, and leaving her poor baby without a mother, and for that they deserve the full punishment!
    report abuseposted June 25, 2009 11:40 AM PDT
  • Albert
    Howard is a 100 per cent user who capitalized and milk his realationship with Nocole's weaknesses to enrich himself at her expense. His claim to to be the father of her child was so repugnant and was just a example of how far he would go. He reeeked with slime to the point it just dripped off him.
    report abuseposted June 24, 2009 10:16 PM PDT
  • Linda B
    Wow, she was a @#$$#@$% and when you live that way, changes are you are going to die that way too. Shame she was a beauty but a real dumbass who probably was in some way responsible for her son's death too.
    report abuseposted May 13, 2009 10:28 AM PDT
  • awchew
    I hope Howard goes to jail, he's a scumbag.
    report abuseposted May 13, 2009 10:17 AM PDT

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