The former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith and two of her doctors, one of Indian origin, went on trial charged with illegally supplying prescription drugs to the controversial Playboy model and actress who died in 2007 in Florida from a drug overdose. Los Angeles county prosecutor Renee Rose claimed that the three defendants — boyfriend Howard K. Stern, her doctor Sandeep Kapoor and psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich — chose to “funnel” Smith with prescription sedatives and opiates despite knowing of her addiction.
Rose said that furnishing an addict with drugs, without proper medical purpose, under false names and in excessive quantities were criminal acts.
“We trust our doctors with the most precious thing we have, which is our health,” Rose said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “When you see all the evidence in this case, you will see that trust was violated, that responsibility, promise broken.”
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Morrison lyrics sell for $19,500
London: A scrap of paper on which singer Jim Morrison scribbled lyrics to The Doors track LA Woman has sold for $19,500. The note, which also included doodles and sketches drawn by the late singer, went under the hammer at a rock memorabilia auction in Reading, England, on Tuesday, Contactmusic reported. Other items in the sale at Cameo auction house included a painting by late guitar legend Jimi Hendrix ($12,600), a green jacket belonging to the late rocker ($4,950) and a red hairband which he once wore onstage ($1,200). —PTI