Anna Nicole Smith's mother has accused her partner Howard K. Stern of selling the TV rights to Anna Nicole's funeral.
Virgie Arthur accused Stern in court of trying to profit from her daughter's death, and said he only wants the right to bury the former Playboy Playmate so that he can make money from her. "I have not profited from the death of Daniel and Anna Nicole," said Arthur, "but he (Stern) has. I heard that 'Entertainment Tonight' is buying her funeral for a million bucks. He's the one who is getting the money - I'M not. That's why he wants her body."
Arthur and Stern are fighting over who gets to bury Anna Nicole, whose body is embalmed in cold storage. Her mother wants to bring her daughter home to Texas, while her partner at the time of her death, who is also fighting for paternity of Anna Nicole's baby daughter Dannielynn, says Anna Nicole wanted to be buried alongside her dead son Daniel in the Bahamas. Arthur responded to this by demanding that Daniel's body be exhumed and returned to the US. |