I knew it was Birkhead.
Larry Birkhead, the former boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith who had been insisting he was the father of her child, emerged from a courtroom in the Bahamas today with his hands held high over his head and declared: I told you so.
Dr. Michael Baird, who analyzed the results of a March 21 DNA test, said a Baharmian judge had accepted his conclusions about who was the father of Dannielynn, the child Ms. Smith gave birth to in September.
Essentially, hes the biological father," Dr. Baird said about Mr. Birkhead.
Ms. Smith, a former stripper, Playboy Playmate of the Year and spokeswoman for a diet food company, died Feb. 8, apparently from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
Ms. Smiths companion and her former lawyer, Howard K. Stern, had been listed as the father of the baby on the birth certificate and had been fighting for custody of the child, who was born in the Bahamas. Following the judges decision, he dropped the custody fight.
A third man had also been claiming to be the childs father: Frederic van Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Mr. Birkhead, a freelance photographer from California, was clearly elated about the ruling.
"My babys going to be coming home pretty soon, he said before television cameras outside the courtroom. He was asked what Ms. Smith would have thought of todays ruling.
I think she would have been proud that I fought, he said.
The baby has been in the custody of Mr. Stern, living in the house in the Bahamas he shared with Ms. Smith. Mr. Stern, who was also at the hearing, emerged from the courthouse and said he would not fight the decision declaring Mr. Birkhead the father.
My feelings for Dannielynn have not changed, Mr. Stern said. I am not going to fight Larry Birkhead for custody. Im going to do whatever I can do to make sure he gets sole custody.
The infant daughter stands to inherit millions of dollars from the estate of Ms. Smith, who was involved in litigation over whether she would share in the inheritance of her former husband, J. Howard Marshall II, a Texas oil billionaire who died in 1995.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/us/10cnd-anna.html?hp
Larry Birkhead, the former boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith who had been insisting he was the father of her child, emerged from a courtroom in the Bahamas today with his hands held high over his head and declared: I told you so.
Dr. Michael Baird, who analyzed the results of a March 21 DNA test, said a Baharmian judge had accepted his conclusions about who was the father of Dannielynn, the child Ms. Smith gave birth to in September.
Essentially, hes the biological father," Dr. Baird said about Mr. Birkhead.
Ms. Smith, a former stripper, Playboy Playmate of the Year and spokeswoman for a diet food company, died Feb. 8, apparently from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
Ms. Smiths companion and her former lawyer, Howard K. Stern, had been listed as the father of the baby on the birth certificate and had been fighting for custody of the child, who was born in the Bahamas. Following the judges decision, he dropped the custody fight.
A third man had also been claiming to be the childs father: Frederic van Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Mr. Birkhead, a freelance photographer from California, was clearly elated about the ruling.
"My babys going to be coming home pretty soon, he said before television cameras outside the courtroom. He was asked what Ms. Smith would have thought of todays ruling.
I think she would have been proud that I fought, he said.
The baby has been in the custody of Mr. Stern, living in the house in the Bahamas he shared with Ms. Smith. Mr. Stern, who was also at the hearing, emerged from the courthouse and said he would not fight the decision declaring Mr. Birkhead the father.
My feelings for Dannielynn have not changed, Mr. Stern said. I am not going to fight Larry Birkhead for custody. Im going to do whatever I can do to make sure he gets sole custody.
The infant daughter stands to inherit millions of dollars from the estate of Ms. Smith, who was involved in litigation over whether she would share in the inheritance of her former husband, J. Howard Marshall II, a Texas oil billionaire who died in 1995.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/us/10cnd-anna.html?hp
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