Who is father of Anna Nicole Smith daughter? · 2007-02-11 12:15
After former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith died on Thursday, people are asking what will happen to her baby daughter Dannielynn.
Smith’s mother flew to the Bahamas on Saturday to check on the child, but the big question – the identity of the baby’s father – will be decided in a courtroom.
Is the father Howard K. Stern, Smith’s lawyer who she claimed to have married in recent months? Is it Larry Birkhead, Smith’s former boyfriend? Or is it somebody else – maybe Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband, who claims he had an affair with Smith, or even J. Howard Marshall, the multi-millionaire Smith married years ago and who died at age 90?
In editions, the New York Daily News reports on a manuscript in which Smith’s half-sister, Donna Hogan, reportedly alleges Smith froze Marshall’s sperm and may have used it to get pregnant.
The question of who fathered Smith’s child could have multi-million dollar implications.
Birkhead claims he’s the baby’s father. His attorney, Debra Opri, asked a Los Angeles judge to immediately order a DNA sample from Smith’s body.
But Smith’s long-time partner, Stern, is named as the father on the birth certificate.
Uncertain who has jurisdiction over the case, the judge refused to expedite the test.
For months, Birkhead has pressed for a paternity test. He said Smith spoke of marriage and starting a family.
“She talked about it,” Birkhead said. “She constantly would bring out these ovulation kits and say, ‘Tonight’s the night. Today’s the day.’ You know.”
The case is sounding even more bizarre. Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband, Prince Frederic Von Anhalt, claims he had an affair with Smith. “Sometimes I am a bad boy, yeah,” the prince said.
Meanwhile, Dannielyn is reportedly in the Bahamas, where she was born, ABC News reports.
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