Trio Used Fake Names To Keep Anna Nicole Smith Drugged, Alleges Prosecutor
Aug. 4 2010, Published 2:58 p.m. ET
The Anna Nicole Smith drug trial is off to a bombshell start, as a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements Wednesday that the reality TV star's former attorney/companion Howard K. Stern and two doctors went to great lengths to provide her with a host of prescription medications.
The case is "about three people who funneled powerful addictive medications'' to Smith, Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose told jurors in her opening statement of the trio's trial in Los Angeles Wednesday morning.
Rose said the three used multiple aliases to obtain the drugs, and even gave her drugs after she completed a detox program while pregnant.
As Breaking Celebrity News has previously reported, Stern, as well as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich are accused of conspiring to prescribe, administer and dispense controlled substances to an addict from June 2004 until Feb. 8, 2007 -- the day died from an accidental prescription drug overdose in a hotel room in Hollywood, Florida. She was 39.