Anna Nicole Smith Trial August 6th Bits And Pieces – Maurice Brighthaupt On The Stand

Bodyguard “Big Mo”, Maurice Brighthaupt is on the stand today. He said that Anna Nicole has always been a pill popper but after the 2006 mysterious death of her son, she took “20″ pills at a time and spent most of her time sleeping. Moe has testified to seeing Stern feed drugs to Anna Nicole. He also said he saw Eroshevich administer chloral hydrate to the late model. Chloral Hydrate is a rarely used sedative that was supplied to Smith by Eroshevich in liquid form. It has been identified as the main drug that caused Anna Nicole’s death in Feburary of 2007. (Source AP)

A bit about Chloral Hydrate:

Starting as early as the 19th century, chloral hydrate has often been misused and abused. The drug was often used by alcoholics in the 19th century whose sleep had become disrupted by their drinking. There are documented cases of abuse and addiction to chloral hydrate among the members of the artistic and literary population of Victorian England. Mixed in a solution of alcohol, chloral hydrate has been referred to as “knockout drops” or a “Mickey Finn.” The combination of any sedative/hypnotic medication with alcohol or another type of sedative is extremely dangerous and potentially fatal, and these drugs are packaged with warnings about the serious dangers of mixing these drugs.

More testimony from Big Moe today:

• Maurice Brighthaupt saw Howard K. Stern hold Anna Nicole’s head and give her pills when she was too weak to take them herself. Stern also injected her with a substance believed to be Valium from a burnt spoon.

• Ersoshevich shipped pills from the US to the Bahamas but was trying to hide them from Anna Nicole.

• Stern brought liquor into the house. Eroshevich cried and threatened to leave if Smith mixed drugs with alcohol. Stern said it was ok and Anna Nicole could handle it. She drank it anyway.
  

• He (Moe) and Eroshevich tried to convince Anna Nicole to go to rehab.

• Stern’s reaction to that was Anna Nicole had been in rehab before, it almost killed her and she vowed never to go again.

• Eroshevich and Moe suggested Smith’s meds be substituted for placebo and Stern agreed but it never happened.

• Moe: “She was out of control with this,” he said. “She was obsessed.” “She would demand it like an addict”.
  

• In a drugged haze, Anna Nicole fell off a raft and sank to the bottom of her swimming pool before Moe rescued her.

• There were a couple of occasions when the combination of prescription drugs and alcohol would be a bit too much, with Smith slurring her speech, having trouble walking and, in one instance, being carried back to her tour bus.

• He said he and Stern tried to stop her from drinking and embarrassing herself because “we wanted her to be in the right state of mind before she goes out in the public eye.” (That’s hard to believe. Stern and Birkhead both have been part of letting her humiliate herself in public…QV)
  

• Smith kept a dish of pills beside her bed. Took 20 at a time. Carried bags of meds with her. Slept a lot. Moe tried to encourage her not to take them.
  

• In spite of drug use, she remained intelligent and at times she was cheerful.
  

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