Sadow – Spin Out Of Control – In State Of California vs Howard K Stern

Atlanta Georgia Attorney Steven Sadow representing Howard K. Stern in Los Angeles this morning spoke at a press conference after the hearing where prosecutors levied five additional felony charges against Stern in the drug overdose death of Anna Nicole Smith. Stern now faces a total of eleven felony drug charges. Two of Anna Nicole Smith’s doctors, Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich each still face six charges.

The additional charges – which had already been filed against Smith’s psychiatrist, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, and her internist, Dr.Sandeep Kapoor – are four counts of obtaining fraudulent prescriptions and one count of prescribing, administering or dispensing controlled substances to an addict.

Sadow made a couple of statements that are just not true according to public records and court documents and even a video where Anna Nicole tells about her ordeal in her own words.

Sadow said that Anna Nicole Smith was not a drug addict. NOT TRUE.  In this YouTube video before Smith met Stern she speaks about her addiction. Once an addict, always an addict. If an addict is not using, they are classified as being in recovery. Addiction can not be cured.  California Attorney General Jerry Brown in his initial complaint against the trio also designates Smith as a “known addict”.

The shear volume of drugs that she was prescribed and consumed and the types of drugs from benzodiazepines to opiates,  including the Chloral Hydrate which killed her are not indicative of normal usage. Read the full 111 page search warrant detailing the amount and depth of drugs prescribed to Smith.

Sadow said, “In August of 2006, they said she could not give birth if on the medications so they weaned her off of them and Dannielynn was born drug free.” That is NOT TRUE. This court filing starting on page 28, documents records obtained by Florida Coroner Dr. Joshua Perper detailing that Anna Nicole Smith had only her second pre-natal check-up on August 25th, 2006.

Smith admitted on the 25th to being on a dosage of 200 mg of methadone, “to rid her body of opiates”.  A Dr. Minnis in the Bahamas reduced her dosage to 50 mg but when he saw her the next visit, Smith was showing symptoms of withdrawal so Minnis increased her dosage to 100 mg.  On September 6th, Dr. Minnis detected “deceleration of the fetus” and admitted Anna Nicole to the hospital for a Cesarean Section. It was reported that Smith required a “large amount of narcotic” for pain control.

Dr. Kapoor had prescribed for Smith  from April 2004 through September 2006, while pregnant, Ambien, Clonazepam, Diazepam, Alprazolam, Lorazepam, Methadone, Klonopin, Valium, Xanax and Ativan. For patients in opiate treatment programs, benzodiazepine use represents both a barrier to recovery and a potentially life threatening situation. The combination of benzodiazepines and methadone can lead to fatal overdose.

A preliminary hearing to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed to trial is set for Oct. 5, but prosecutors plan to ask for an eight-day delay to evaluate handwriting samples taken today from Stern and Kapoor.

*A big thank you to the ladies who helped to gather the documents and factual information for this article.

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