As most of you know by now, Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich face a total of 23 felonies. These felonies include illegally funneling sedatives and opiates to Anna Nicole Smith, former actress, reality TV show personality and Playboy bunny.

In previous testimonies we learn that –

From Adelaide Now: ANNA Nicole Smith’s boyfriend and lawyer Howard K Stern was seen by a bodyguard injecting her with a sedative before her death, a court has heard.

Maurice Brighthaupt, aka Big Mo, said he had seen Stern inject Smith with medications four or five times in Florida and the Bahamas, and also watched the celebrity model’s psychiatrist, Dr Khristine Eroshevich, inject her once but did not specify the drug. He said he also saw Smith inject herself twice.

That would possibly be why she had the massive infection on her bottom, from all the shots as mentioned in her autopsy. The infection itself, I believe, had a large part to play in her fevers and pain. Anyone with any compassion should have noticed those marks and got her the medical help she needed. I don’t care if she went kicking and screaming!

The players in this drama will next meet with Judge Wesley for a hearing on April 23. Howard K. Stern still maintains his innocence and is looking forward to the trial so he can prove it. We will see Howard.

After that August 4, 2010 marks the beginning of a long drawn-out battle against all parties. It should get ugly, as most already have guessed.

All of the accused renewed their previous “not guilty” pleas on a total of 23 charges. The stakes are high on this case and it won’t be a quick one. This trial will drag on for a bit so that the judge can hear both sides of the story and be able to judge guilt or innocence accordingly. I wish all parties involved the best of luck, this one will probably get a little murky.

Dr. Kapoor is asking the court that his ability to practice medicine not be suspended while the outcome of this court battle is being settled. He states this action would adversely affect his current patients, some of which are dying of cancer. Kapoor’s attorneys are petitioning the court requesting that the judge throw out the Medical Board of California’s request. His lawyers argue that this “prohibition of practice” is a violation of due process provided by the U.S. Constitution.

The doctors and Howard K. Stern are set for arraignment Friday, December 11th. A judge has found probable cause for them to stand trial after a three-week preliminary hearing.

Look’s like Anna may have a special, belated, Christmas present coming. She may be able to see the masks come off these folks who dared to say they were her “family” & friends.

Big Moe, Anna’s former bodyguard, tells the court that he saw Howard K. Stern load a syringe with crushed up valium but he didn’t actually see Howard inject Anna. Howard has not been able to move on since Anna’s death and now lives with his parents. In the video below it is stated that the Hard Rock Cafe called the doctor, however, Howard canceled it because he didn’t want the publicity.

The whole premise of the accused defense is that Anna had a lot of health issues that were addressed by her doctors and everyone around her who even attempted to delve deeper into her ever increasing “drug use” was informed that all the drugs were prescription drugs, therefore, it was Okay! All of her friends, doctors, boyfriends easily gave into her request for more and more because they trusted the judgment of her doctors. Therefore, no one is guilty of anything other than trying to help her. All I can say is please don’t “help” me if I beg.

I must be weird because I grew up with the understanding that if someone busted their “chops” trying to get you to quit something that wasn’t good for you it was an act of kindness. They willingly took your “guff and abuse” because it was the right thing to do. It was their duty if they cared at all for you. It was when they gave into your every whim that showed a total lack of caring and love.

I teach my grandkids that if I take the time to punish and scold them that I am showing them “I care.” It takes a lot of energy to do this and if I didn’t care I wouldn’t bother. It is much easier to just ignore it and hope that it goes away. Maybe I have it wrong and Howard has it right. Who am I to say?

Prosecutors said Anna was prescribed huge amounts of pills, from even when she was pregnant. They equated that to giving a loaded gun to someone that is suicidal and saying “Be careful, don’t pull the trigger!”

Larry Birkhead speaks about his life with Anna prior to their separation and tells us how Dannileynn is doing. They show some really good current photos of the little darling. She is looking more and more like Anna as she gets older.

I will keep you posted on the outcome of the whole mess, or should I say tragedy!

Howard K. Stern and two doctors Khristine Eroshevich (a personal friend of Anna’s) and Sandeep Kapoor, plead “not guilty” on May 13th to a slew of charges (11 to be exact) in the Anna Nicole Smith drug case. The case where Howard K. Stern is accused of conspiring with two above mentioned doctors to give “known addict” Anna Nicole Smith hundreds of prescription drugs in the months before her fatal 2007 overdose.

“These individuals repeatedly and excessively furnished thousands of prescription pills to Anna Nicole Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose,” California Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a statement earlier this month. “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.”

The three were charged last month, following a raid on Dr. Kapoor’s Studio City, CA, office. Of note is the fact that this was not the only raid done.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office confirmed that authorities raided six locations previously, including the offices and residences of two of Smith’s former doctors, psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and physician Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. All 11 prescriptions found in Anna’s Florida hotel room after her accidental overdose were written by Dr. Eroshevich, 8 of which were in Howard K. Stern’s name.

Howard K. Stern, Dr. Kapoor and Dr. Eroshevich face a potential of 33 years behind bars, according to Brown.

So try to pretend you are surprised and didn’t see that plea coming.

Apparently Howard and one of his attorneys, Steven Sadow, feel that the charges don’t really apply to him because he is not a health care provider. Stern’s attorney previously said he will “ultimately be exonerated.”

“He’s not a doctor,” Sadow said. “He’s not signing prescriptions. That’s the nature of the charge, and we’re debating it.” “We have nothing to hide,” Sadow said. “We have no problem whatsoever giving them all the handwriting they want.”

So the prescriptions themselves will be analyzed for all parties to determine who wrote what, when and to whom. This will aid the judge in determining whether to proceed or not. It will also aid in determining if all three accused are equally responsible or if they will have different sentences.

Howard will return to court on June 8 to challenge the charges filed against him. If the case moves forward, the judge will set a date for a preliminary hearing, which attorneys expect to last more than two weeks.

We will have to wait this one out for now. If it does go to court it should prove to be a very interesting and informative case.