Debra Opri said that her goal with Larry Birkhead was to portray him as an “aw shucks nice guy”. She said that keeping him quiet proved successful and American embraced Larry.
Not so behind the scenes Opri states. Larry was not supposed to appear in Judge Seidlin’s Florida courtroom but Larry protested that he wanted to be where “all the action” was and he wanted to be a part of the big “photo op”.
After that hearing Opri states that Larry’s behavior changed drastically especially after the “secret” meeting with Howard that Ford Shelley leaked to the press.
During that meeting Larry was promised he’d get to meet “HIS DAUGHTER”. Larry arrived in the Bahamas days before Anna Nicole’s funeral with his security guard Mark Speer who overheard all conversation between Larry and Howard.
Howard presented Dannielynn to Larry and said “here is your daughter”. Speer states that Howard told Larry, “I will give you YOUR BABY, if you leave me as executor of the estate”. Howard also offered to pay Larry a fee. Larry stated “You don’t have to pay me a fee because whatever is there is MINE anyway”. Not Dannielynn’s, but Larry’s. Opri goes on to say that Birkhead started seeking Howard’s advice and was “in over his head with Stern”.
Virgie was granted a visit to see Dannielynn before the funeral as well. However when she went to touch the baby, Howard stopped her and told her that she was allowed to “see” the baby but not touch her. Howard then offered Virgie a deal as well. He said, “if you let Vickie be buried in the Bahamas, Ill let you hold her and kiss her”. Howard was referring to the last minute legal actions to stop the funeral from taking place. Virgie left without touching her granddaughter.
More chapter 12 later.
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