Despite the fact that Sherlock Holmes wasn’t working on Anna Nicole Smith’s case, it looks like some of the mystery behind her death are finally starting to come into the light.  Howard K. Stern, Smith’s attorney and lover alongside two doctors have been charged with prescribing Smith drugs since 2004.

[Howard K. Stern] was arrested and booked by police in Whittier, Calif., with bail set for $20,000, police records show.

Also charged with felonies were two doctors, Sandeep Kapoor, 40, and Khristine Eroshevich, 61, who allegedly prescribed medication unlawfully to Smith, according to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office. 

The conspiracy counts allege the three defendants conspired to provide controlled substances to Smith from between June 2004 and January 2007. They also were charged with “prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict,” among other charges.

The legend of Smith lives on.  While the circumstances surrounding her death may be slowly coming to a close, I’m sure that legal issue surrounding her second marriage to that old rich man will never die.

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The rape of the classic British opera continues.  We have Jerry Springer the musical, the possibility of an opera based off the Michael Jackson “Thriller” music video, and now…Anna Nicole Smith.

Britain’s august Royal Opera said Thursday it is planning a show based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith , the model and stripper who married an octogenarian oil tycoon, starred in her own TV show and died of a drug overdose in 2007.

The company says the show will have music by respected British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. The libretto is by Richard Thomas, co-creator of “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” an earlier merger of highbrow and lowbrow culture. It is due to run in the Royal Opera’s 2011 season.

The company’s director of opera, Elaine Padmore, told The Guardian newspaper the show “is not going to be tawdry; it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad.”

“It is not just a documentary about her, but a parable about celebrity and what it does to people,” she said.

I think it’s safe to say that we already know what fame does to people.  If all they really wanted was to convey the message about corrupting power, they could have used a lesser extreme.  Nope, you know they want something amazing and explosive.  They also want that money. 

…Well I approve.

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After the DNA results revealed Larry Birkhead as the true father of Dannielynn Hope, he still wasn’t able to take his own daughter back to the United States until the pending custody battle would be resolved. However, Howard K. Stern, being the good sport that he is, was attempting to contact Larry last night so that he could be reuinted with his child, semen. Unfortunately, Howard was completely unsucessful until he decided to use TMZ to contact Larry.

A member of Howard’s camp approached TMZ and asked if they would be able to contact Larry Birkhead. They did and shortly after, Larry arrived at Howard K. Stern’s for an emotional reunion with his fully developed sperm.

Larry Birkhead is the father of Dannielynn Hope. Although this doesn’t come as a complete surprise, I am sure Larry is extremely satisfied that the DNA results are 99.9999% sure that he is the father.

However, Virgie Arthur, Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, plans to fight Larry for custody of Dannielynn. According to TMZ, Virgie’s lawyer allegedly suggested, that Virgie desires dual guardianship over Dannielynn.

You see, to feed a woman of her stature and size, I would imagine it takes a lot of cheeseburgers. With a lottery ticket like Dannielynn, the cost of cheeseburgers becomes obsolete.  Patrolling the Pennysaver for single and wealthy men is no longer needed when you have a rich little  7 month year old child…