Remember Debra Opri? You know, the high profile Los Angeles attorney who worked for six months to get baby daddy Larry Birkhead’s house in order so he could present that aw shucks country boy image to the public as they fought Howard K. Stern for custody of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby Dannielynn?
He got the baby, but after all the work Opri did, Birkhead refused to pay her fee. Opri sued him and sought to compel arbitration of the fee dispute. Larry Birkhead said they did not have a valid agreement to arbitrate. The court denied arbitration and on appeal, the California Second Appellate District Court agreed.
Now the issue will go to trail. Is Ms. Opri upset? Nope!
In a telephone interview today Ms. Opri said that the passage of time waiting for the decision to go to trial has been well spent. She said, America no longer sees the fair haired country boy they once did.
Ms. Opri intends upon going to the finish line against Birkhead and there will be no settlement and “all dirty laundry will be aired”. She said she has happily been preparing for trial for two years, expects a positive outcome and that Birkhead will realize that he should have simply just paid his bill.
Debra Opri wishes Anna Nicole were alive today. She thinks if she was that Anna would have cleaned up her act and cleaned house of all those who were around her.
Ms. Opri is not letting any grass grow under her feet either. She is representing Liza Marquez in a suit against former boyfriend and father of her two children, “CSI Miami” star David Caruso.
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Remember?
How the heck could one forget her?
I still wonder how much of all this is contrived, but nonetheless…
3 words in 1
This is one case I want to go all the way to the checkered flag. Man, I’ll just bet she’s got some dirt on Larry! Go Debra! Take that dirty bird to the cleaners….
Oh yeah, and QV, you’re the greatest!!! :-o
“Perfect, they are all perfect”
How do you wish everyone blessings for Passover when you’re not exactly Jewish?
Man, Larry sure has been given some poor advice from his Lawyer.
He should have just negiotated the fee with Opri and been done with it, instead of trying to pull a HKS saying she did it for “free.”
Even the new ruling indicates LB acknowledges that he had a “Fee” agreement with Opri. So WTH is he going to argue about not paying her bill ???
Not only that the Attorney/Client privilage will be “waived” as Opri has a Constitutional Right to defend herself in a Court of Law.
Wwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I know Cassie. She said the dirty laundry will now be aired. This promises to be very interesting!
Carole, Im~blushing~ Lol!!
Let’s remember that although ‘her’ mother was not…
Danielynn is yet a delicate flower.
So, lovely and innocent and just, plain sweet.
And all us adults seem so ready to exploit all that.
HKS is starting to remind me of Humpty Dumpty.
But, then again since I’m pretty sure he’s got everything to do with ‘All This,’ and PARMAMOUNT, TOO…
MAKES ME HAPPY TO THINK AND REMEMBER THE DRAMA UNFOLDING….
As he wore that pink ribbon and so did this well-known attorney…
Yet he scowled at her, and who the heck can blame him?
Rita is the real outcast…just kinda nudging her way in sideways…
But, why not let her in?
She’s got a real nice low voice, and some pretty dyed roots…
And gosh darn it, she’s darn ambitious.
Bet, if they got to know her she’s down right as nice as Virgie and her clan.
And ain’t nothin’ wrong with family…
’cause family knows you best.
Yeah right!
Mostly ‘family’ just
over who owns ‘rights.’
And it’s a darn shame but it’s the truth.
I am looking forward to this trial. Opri worked a miracle in making Brickhead seem like a normal human being and she deserves to be paid.
And Brickhead, shame on you if you put that little girl in a reality show.
Recusal hearing set and appointment of judge to hear the motion.
http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Recusal_Hearing_Notice.pdf
That’s about as poorly written as can be.
Yet, the good of reads upright like a tree, I’m sure.
Never mind.
Who Care?
“What does that mean?
“I don’t care.”
By gosh, I think Daniel did care…and now he’s a living angel.
‘Cause for all those that have passed or the memories that make the rest of us a little stronger in the knowledge.”
I can wish…and swish…and it’s not so much about hope…it’s about everyone.
QV Says:
April 9th, 2009 at 6:45 PM
I know Cassie. She said the dirty laundry will now be aired. This promises to be very interesting!
Carole, Im~blushing~ Lol!!
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You talk about dirty laundry and I bet it will shock the hag site. Shame on Larry for not paying his bills. Maybe he should stop parting with Barf.
This should prove to be very, very interesting. I can’t wait. If Larry had a brain he’d be paying that woman off and trying to keep her happy enough to keep her mouth shut.
Wow, you learn something every day. I always thought David Caruso was gay.
QV! Perez is carrying your story and it looks by the ping backs above a lot of other sites are carrying it too. Congratulations QV!
http://perezhilton.com/2009-04-10-larry-birkhead-is-crewed
You should present this as “your” article QV. The “exclusive” was given to Radar and you have basically taken their whole article and presented it as yours. Not cool.
BTW
How can you suddenly forget that BIRKHEAD wanted a TRIAL and OPRI wanted ARBITRATION.
Your article is nothing but spin and is TOTALLY wrong in that nature.
That should read
“you shouldn’t present this article”
my bad
Actually, I interviewed Debra Opri on the phone before Radar did. Then Perez picked up my article. I have always been about giving credit where credit is due and would not state the above if it was not true. Next time please ask me before accusing. TIA.
BTW to you too. Ms. Opri said the time waiting for this decision has been “well spent”. Translation for you…
Passage of time yields more goodies.
Baby pimp.
Dirty laundry.
How was she on the phone? Was she a quick as she was in the court room and press conferences?
By quick I mean Stern (no pun intended).
Good for you.
She was different than her television persona in a more laid back kind of way. Nice lady
Talk about connect the dots. Can’t you hear them clicking? Let’s see, you had an “exclusive” interview with McCabe about the arraignment and someone arranged for you, an unknown blog, to have a phone interview with Opri. Hmmmm, click click click.
Please show me where I used the word “exclusive”.
You should change your moniker to Clueless.
By all means keep clicking and while your at it, MYOFB.
Please take note. I don’t pay money to own a website for people to come on it and attack me with rude, delusional, baseless non factual accusations that have no merit other than to attack.
Any more comments of that manner will be removed. If you continue, Ill take further action. Do NOT think that I won’t. AOL doesn’t hide you as well as you think it does.
Main Entry: 2exclusive
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
: something exclusive: as a: a news story at first released to or reported by only one source b: an exclusive right (as to sell a particular product in a certain area)
Main Entry: 1ex·clu·sive
Pronunciation: \iks-?klü-siv, -ziv\
Function: adjective
Date: 1515
1 a: excluding or having power to exclude b: limiting or limited to possession, control, or use by a single individual or group
2 a: excluding others from participation b: snobbishly aloof
Nope you didnt say exclusive. You did say she also spoke with radaronline and that Perez picked up on the story. So yea someone is clueless.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/04/breaking-news-david-caruso-fights-back-court
David caruso
You said, “I don’t pay money for a website…”
What happened to WalMart, and 1-800-PetMeds?
Oh, nevermind!!!
Debra you worked very hard on this case and what Larry is trying to do is not right. Like always you will win. love you much