Well, it’s been awhile and I’m behind. I hope no one cares if I get myself caught up out loud here.

When I left, I believe it was toward the end of May. In Virgie Arthur vs Howard K. Stern et al, in Houston Texas 280th District Court, one of the defendants Lyndal Harrington ending up being sent to jail for not complying with the courts order to turn over her computer. Harrington claimed that her home was burglarized and her computer was stolen. The policeman who took the report testified he believed the robbery was staged. Presiding Honorable Judge Tony Lindsay apparently did not believe Ms. Harrington’s story either and ordered Harrington to jail for contempt.

Judge Lindsay released Harrington after spending four days incarcerated and in a subsequent hearing, Harrington agreed to give access to her email accounts to the appointed Special Master Forensic Expert Craig Ball. He would then make a privilege log for Harrington to examine before anything is submitted, as I understand things.  I also believe that Harrington is still expected to produce her computer and case followers wonder why Harrington did not make the effort before to produce her email accounts.

In California, Los Angeles Superior court, case #BC397417, there is Howard K. Stern vs Mark Speer and Jackie Hatten. Although I have not seen the paperwork, it appears that Stern has dropped his case against Speer who was providing body guard services for Larry Birkhead. I remember being shocked when Stern filed this suit as sources said Mr. Speer was to give a deposition in Stern’s defamation case against Rita Cosby and her publisher possibly the next day.  Two words would cover my personal opinion on this. Witness intimidation?  It appears the part of the case against former friend of Anna Nicole Smith, Jackie Hatten is still active.

In another interrelated California case, Howard K. Stern’s sister Bonnie Stern filed bankruptcy just prior to the deadline in which she was supposed to turn her computer over to the Special Master in the late Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Mrs. Virgie Arthur’s defamation, libel and conspiracy to defame case. The defendants in that case are Howard K. Stern, journalist Art Harris, TMZ and its managing editor Harvey Levin,  Larry Birkhead, Sterns sister Bonnie and two bloggers Lyndal Harrington, Teresa Stephens and a blog owner Nelda Turner of rosepeaks.com.

The bankruptcy stayed the case until Neil McCabe, attorney for Mrs. Arthur got the stay lifted so the case could at least proceed against the other defendants. Ms. Stern’s bankruptcy was finally discharged and the case continued against her with the main issue being Ms. Stern’s refusal to turn over her computer and electronic media to the Special Master. Later on, when Ms. Harrington was sent to jail, somehow Ms. Stern got the notion that there was an arrest warrant out for her so she made arrangements to ship her computers to Mr. Ball. She like others was told not to tamper with her computer but she did not comply.  Forensic Expert Mr. Ball to whom she finally sent her computers to because she thought she was going to be arrested examined her media and using very strong language said that deliberate deleting of material had taken place. Judge Lindsay agreed and granted Mr. McCabe’s request for a default judgment against Bonnie Stern as to liability which will be decided after the trial which is scheduled for the summer of 2010.

While Mr. McCabe was in California taking care of business concerning Bonnie Stern’s bankruptcy, he was in the neighborhood to see Howard K. Stern, Dr’s Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich’s arraignment on felony drug charges in connection with the death of Anna Nicole Smith.

It was also reported that Mr. McCabe and Don Clark were in the neighborhood to hear oral arguments for summary judgment for Cosby in Howard K. Stern vs Rita Cosby and Hatchette Books in New York. Only one rag mag covered the hearing and it was the New York Post. If you will remember their scurrilous article, “Now That’s Not Nice Granny”, they took a quote from Lin Wood who is the attorney for Howard K. Stern in the Cosby case. Apparently the writer took something out of context that Judge Chin, who was presiding on this case said, with Stern’s attorney Wood embellishing upon it.  The line from The Post said, “One point that I find troubling is that Anna Nicole Smith would entertain herself by watching this videotape, said Chin.”

A more accurate depiction I am told, would be Judge Denny Chin was confounded as to why a woman would want to repeatedly watch two people she supposedly had been intimate with “getting it on”.

As people who follow these inter-related Anna Nicole Smith cases know, there has been some pretty creative lawyering on both sides of the fence. One of them was when Attorney Lin Wood for Howard K. Stern was filing a sworn statement he elicited from Nelda Turner a defendant in the Texas State case with almost all the courts where Stern had cases. Well oops, apparently Wood did not keep up with the facts in what is called the “blogger case” because he ended up withdrawing what he filed.

I have not been following Stern’s case against Ford Shelley and G. Ben Thompson closely but did have an opportunity to read some of the latest and will reserve my thoughts for when more information is available because it appears to me that the two men may be doing some back peddling. When only snippets are presented in the legal documents, it’s hard to see what is really going on.  I do know this though. Thompson and Shelley have apparently turned over what they had which belongs to the estate of Anna Nicole Smith. I suppose the question now will be if the estate been damaged or not. Again, case followers have seen items that are purported to have belonged to Anna Nicole Smith for sale on Ebay with the seller being out of California, not South Carolina where Shelley and Thompson reside. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.

Finally, in the Harris County “blogger case”, Arthur vs Stern et al, another defendant is trying to circumvent the system and not obey a court order and this is even after Harrington did jail time and Bonnie Stern had a default judgment declared against her in the same case.

Teresa Stephens was ordered in early May of this year to turn over her “electronic media” aka computer, any exterior drives etc…  and it still has not happened. She informed the court that she would be present at a hearing that she scheduled on July 17th along with other motions in the same case that were to be heard that day. According to published reports, Judge Lindsay was ready to issue a warrant when Stephens did not show up but Mrs. Arthur’s attorney said he was informed that Stephens had filed an appeal that may have stayed any proceedings against her so he opted to give Stephens a break to “wait and see”. However, when Mr. McCabe contacted the clerk for the appellate court, he was informed they have received no such document.

McCabe filed a motion denying statements Stephens had made to the court and requested a Capias order. An order for the arrest of Theresa Stephens has now been issued with Arthur being charged a $3000 bond for the cost of bringing Ms. Stephens from where she lives around Dallas Texas to Houston.

Also in Harris County, there was a July 31st hearing scheduled for Larry Birkhead’s Special Appearance but that will be rescheduled for a later time.

While I have been offline, I was sad to see the news about the death of Michael Jackson. I grew up with his music and along with my children thought he was an exceptional entertainer. Another troubling aspect of his death is the similarity to what happened to Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel. In fact, the last person to see Michael alive was a Houston Texas doctor and as more facts come to light, I’m hearing the term, “death by entourage” used over and over again. It has been interesting and gratifying to see the state of California and other agencies aggressively pursuing this tragic case. It will be interesting to see how this case affects the felony drug charges brought against Howard K. Stern and Dr’s Kapoor and Eroshevich.

Also notable is the fact that Mrs. Virgie Arthur was declared next of kin in the California criminal case due to Proposition 9 which is also called Marsey’s Law. I’ll save writing about that for another day.

Hearings continue in Houston in the Conspiracy to Defame case brought by Plaintiff Virgie Arthur against Defendants Howard K. Stern, Bonnie Stern, Larry Birkhead, Art Harris, Harvey Levin, TMZ, Nelda “Rose” Turner, Lyndal Harrington, and Teresa Stephens.  Attorney for the Plaintiff, Neil McCabe, and his colleagues are currently embroiled in a contentious battle to have defendants turn over their computers and electronic media for forensic analysis, a process through which data and documents, such as emails, can be retrieved and judged for their relevancy and discoverable value.

The Hearing on Thursday starts at 8:00AM and is expected to last three hours.  Defendants Bonnie Stern and Lyndal Harrington or their respective representatives are each expected to face the judge to present an argument as to the reason the defendant should not be held in contempt for not turning in hard drives to Special Master Craig Ball when the Court first issued the order.  At the conclusion of the previous hearing in Houston’s 280th District Court, McCabe handed two documents to Judge Lindsay for her signature.  These were the motions to compel Misses Stern and Harrington to appear on Thursday, May 21.

Lyndal Harrington had first claimed her PC was destroyed when Hurricane Ike flooded her residence, but later discovered it was still operational.  Shortly thereafter, she claimed her PC was stolen during a break-in.  Mr. McCabe intends to prove the falsity of Miss Harrington’s claim by presenting in court a statement authored by the responding policeman which purports that the break-in appeared to the officer as having been staged to look like a burglary.

Bonnie Stern filed bankruptcy in California just prior to the deadline by which she was supposed to turn in her computer.  Because of the way the laws are written, the bankruptcy filing brought Virgie’s entire Texas State case to a halt.  In legal terms, Miss Stern’s bankruptcy filing placed a “stay” on Virgie’s case.  Because of the stay, Mr. McCabe’s legal pursuit to compel the defendants to abide by Court’s ruling with respect to producing their hard drives immediately drew to a halt.  However, McCabe went to California and filed a motion to Lift the Stay that Miss Stern caused.  His motion was heard and he won.  Stern appealed the Lifting of the Stay and the court struck her down without benefit of an argument from Mr. McCabe.

Bonnie Stern will still have to answer the Court when Judge Lindsay asks her why she shouldn’t be held in contempt for disobeying the court’s previous order demanding she turn in her PC.  McCabe may argue the surreptitious nature of the bankruptcy action by claiming it was nothing more than a delay tactic.

Most notably, Thursday’s appearance of Bonnie Stern and Lyndal Harrington appears to be the “one last chance” that Judge Lyndsay mentioned in last Friday’s hearing.  What lay ahead for Miss Stern and Miss Harrington will most assuredly depend on how convincing their arguments are to Judge Lindsay’s ears.  The hearing should be very interesting.

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Harrington_Order_to_Show_Cause_Contempt.pdf

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Bonnie_Stern_Order_to_Show_Cause_Contempt.pdf

*Update*

According tp the latest documents filed by Ms. Stern,  she will not apppear at the hearing. Also, the police officer in Lyndal Harrington’s part of the lawsuit will attend and testify at the May 21st hearing about the burglary Harrington alleges happened.

Defendant_Bonnie_Stern_Answer_to_Show_Cause.pdf

Bonnie_Stern_Declaration_with_exhibit_1.pdf

Bonnie_Stern_Declaration_Exhibit_4.pdf

Bonnie_Stern_Declaration_Exhibit_5.pdf

The decisions made today by the Honorable Judge Lindsay relate to parts 1 and 3 of Virgie Arthur’s attorney Neil McCabe’s requests for production from last fall in her defamation and conspiracy to defame lawsuit against the parties below.

Howard K. Stern and Teresa Stephens must give their computers to Forensic Examiner  Craig Ball by 10 days after today’s order is signed. The order is expected to be signed by Monday.

Art Harris must give his hard drive to  Craig Ball by May 19. There are contempt and other sanctions possible if he does not comply or if he deleted anything from his computer.

Nelda Turner is given until May 22nd to produce what she has withheld.

Lyndal Harrington and Bonnie Stern are to appear in court on May 21 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt.  They were not present at today’s hearing and neither was Teresa Stephens.

Next court date is Monday at 3:00 pm on the proposed orders.

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Harrington_Order_to_Show_Cause_Contempt.pdf

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Bonnie_Stern_Order_to_Show_Cause_Contempt.pdf

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Arthur_Response_Sterns_Motion_to_Cancel_050709.pdf

Judge Lindsay held a telephone conference today as a result of the emergency hearing filed by Howard K. Stern’s counsel Lin Wood.

Judge Lindsay will not hear the motion for sanctions. She said since it involves the recusal which was denied, the issue should be brought before Judge Underwood.

Tomorrow Judge Lindsay said she will hear the motion of Art Harris to “clarify” the order to turn over his computer. Also she will decide whether and when to hear the motions for contempt on Bonnie Stern, Art Harris, and Lyndal Harrington.

Judge Lindsay will also hear the motions to compel Howard K. Stern and Teresa Stephens and Nelda Turner to turn over their computers.

The Judge said she will not hear Teresa’s motions (injunction, whatever), because it has not been properly served to the required parties.

One more note;

Bonnie Stern’s motion for reconsideration has been DENIED by the California bankruptcy judge and this was done before McCabe could file any opposition.

And a reminder;

The motion to compel Bonnie Stern was granted in January.

After a flurry of motions, sworn statements and joinders,  Administrative Judge Olen Underwood denied Howard K. Sterns motion to recuse Judge Tony Lindsay who was presiding over the case of Virgie Arthur vs Howard K. Stern, and others.

Mrs. Arthur filed a conspiracy and defamation case that was originally assigned to the 190th District Court in Harris County Texas. The case saw no action so it was moved to the 280th District and the Honorable Judge Tony Lindsay in September of 2008.

In December of 2008, four of the defendants lost their attorney due to various reasons. Some gave the reason of lack of funds, other reasons given were conflict of interest. Either before or shortly after, one defendant, Nelda Turner decided she wanted out of the lawsuit and contacted Mrs. Arthurs attorney Neil McCabe and began to turn over evidence.

Turner has stated on her website she turned over five to six DVD’s full of emails to McCabe concerning the bloggers, defendants and witnesses in this case and publicly wrote a statement of cooperation. Suddenly Turner came up with an attorney, reneiged on whatever agreements she had with counsel for Arthur, gave a sworn statement that was in direct opposition to emails revealed between herself and McCabe and statements she made on her website.

Howard K. Stern’s counsel Lin Wood filed a motion to recuse the judge on the case apparently based upon statements made by Turner and a rumor of ex-parte communications between McCabe, Judge Lindsay and Judge Wise who was the one who moved the case.

Sources who attended the hearing today say that when Judge Underwood asked for evidence of Judge Lindsay’s misconduct from Attorney Luke Lantta who was filling in for Lin Wood, he did not have any actual evidence other than Turners statement. Underwood ruled “motion denied”.

The case was previously stayed by defendant Bonnie Stern filing bankruptcy but McCabe for Arthur filed a motion with the bankruptcy court in California and got the stay lifted.

Now the case can continue and it promises to be quite interesting as it involves not only Mrs. Arthur, the mother of the late Anna Nicole Smith but Smith’s companion and attorney Howard K. Stern, journalist and CNN coorespondant Art Harris, TMZ and its managing editor Harvey Levin, the father of Anna Nicole’s infant daughter, Larry Birkhead, Sterns sister Bonnie and two bloggers Lyndal Harrington, Teresa Stephens and a blog owner Nelda Turner.

Yours truly is a witness in the case as well as another blogger Chrystal Baker who goes by the moniker Havana. If I am able to provide anymore details, Ill update this page.

Signed order denying recusal of Judge

**Updates**

Lack of evidence was indeed the reason for the ruling today and Judge Lindsay will be presiding again, because Judge Underwood signed the order denying recusal.

Before Mrs. Arthur can proceed against Bonnie Stern, the bankruptcy judge in California must sign the order reflecting his ruling from the bench. Ms. Stern can appeal that ruling if she so desires.

The issue of sanctions was postponed due to Stern’s attorney Lin Wood’s absence and will be addressed at a later time.

To explain the issue about Judge Wise and the transfer of the case; An affidavit was admitted into evidence from Judge Wise, saying that, after Mr. McCabe filed his motion to reconsider the transfer of the case from Judge Kerrigan (190th) to Judge Lindsay (280th) (in other words, McCabe’s motion asked Judge Wise to send the case back to Judge Kerrigan), Judge Wise asked both other judges what they thought of the motion to reconsider transfer. Judge Lindsay responded by email, and Judge Wise had already decided not to grant the motion to reconsider.  Apparently before Judge Wise could deny the motion, McCabe withdrew it. Everything was done  properly. Judge Wise was not present at the hearing.

Wood let Luke Lantta, a four-year lawyer, take the bullet for him.  Also present was Herring, managing partner of the Dallas Bryan Cave office, who let Mr. Lantta take the loss.

Howard K. Stern was not present. Lyndal Harrington was. Attorney Mike Meyer handled the hearing. McCabe was of course present and testified. Attorney John O’Quinn was present, and so was Don Clark. Mr. McCabe’s paralegal Patti Lampton was there, and Jonathan Stoger, another O’Quinn lawyer who has helped with Mrs. Arthur’s case was there too. So was WV.

Defendant Art Harris had Chip Babcock to carry and fumble the ball; also Amanda Bush, and Nancy Hamilton.

Nelda’s Turner’s lawyer was there as well. As far as what happens next, Judge Lindsay takes over so we wait and see.

And so begins the official finger pointing and blame game regarding California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s decision to pursue felony drug charges against Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich.

Brown made the announcement on October 13th, 2007 that he would be investigating prescribing practices associated with the death of Anna Nicole Smith when he raided the doctors offices and then again raided Dr. Kapoors office in search of a Howard K. Stern connection on February 5th, 2009. Warrants for the arrest of Stern, Kapoor and Eroshevich were issued March 13th, 2009.  

Now that charges have been brought, attorneys for Stern are citing political aspirations. Brown said the accusations are “silly” and “completely out of line.”

“The fact is that the Bureau of Narcotics, the DEA, the state Board of Medical Examiners and the Los Angeles district attorney have all validated this prosecution,” Brown said in a telephone interview. “These are serious violations of the law, this is an extensive professional investigation.”

I suspect and hope this investigation will also eventually include the death of Anna Nicole’s son Daniel Smith who died in the Bahamas mere hours after he arrived there to meet his new baby sister.

Cause of death has been stated in the press as an accidental overdose of a mixture of drugs.  But according to witnesses at the coroners inquest there was compelling testimony and evidence that Daniel died from a massive methadone overdose.

Dr. W. Lee Hearn, Miami Florida Toxicology expert who examined Daniels remains said  that Daniel was not a drug user and the overdose was not an accident but intentional. However Daniel certainly did not commit suicide.

Dr Hearn said, “if not for the methadone, Daniel Smith would not have died.” The Magistrate told the jury to come back with a verdict of suicide or non-dependent drug use. Suicide was ruled out.

The death of Daniel Wayne Smith deserves a second look.

Howard K. Stern and Khristine Eroshevich appeared in a Los Angeles criminal court on Tuesday April 7th, to request their arraignment to be re-scheduled for May 13th the original date so as to have time to conduct discovery.

Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur’s attorney Neil McCabe was scheduled to appear down the street at 10:30am to argue why Bonnie Stern’s bankruptcy stay should be lifted. A maneuver that McCabe has said in court documents was orchestrated so Ms. Stern did not have to turn over her computer in Arthur’s defamation and conspiracy suit against her and other individuals including her brother Howard.

Representing his client, McCabe was able to attend what was scheduled to be the arraignment of Stern and Eroshevich. I asked Mr. McCabe what he thought about the short hearing. He said it was uneventful and pretty much what the public saw on television. He said Howard K. Sterns attorney Krista Barth and also his former PI John Nazarian were cordial and greeted him. However, McCabe took a seat behind Stern and his attorney’s before the hearing started and Stern’s criminal attorney asked McCabe to move so he would not overhear anything.

After the arraignment hearing was over, McCabe headed down the street and argued that the stay imposed on his client Virgie Arthur’s lawsuit by Bonnie Stern’s bankruptcy be lifted. The judge told Mr. McCabe that it was a close call, but ordered from the bench to lift the stay.

When asked about the possibility of an appeal McCabe said, “When we submit an order to lift the stay, Ms. Stern has 7 days to object to the form. When it is signed, she has 10 days to file a notice of appeal.”

Now that the stay has been lifted, a hearing on Howard K. Sterns motion to recuse the judge in Arthur’s defamation case can go forward.
Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Recusal_Hearing_Notice.pdf

Defendant Art Harris has joined with Howard K. Stern to recuse the judge in Arthur vs Stern et al.

Latest documents filed in the 280th Harris County District Court of Houston Texas, defamation complaint of  Virgie Arthur vs Howard K. Stern and  Journalist Art Harris, Bonnie Stern,  TMZ.com, Harvey Levin, Larry Birkhead and bloggers Lyndal Harrington, Teresa Stephens and Nelda Rose Turner.

Also Neil McCabe, Arthur’s attorney filed a response with the Florida court in Howard K. Stern vs John O’Quinn stating they are not opposed to releasing the full confidential depositon of Don Clark to the California Department of Justice who arrested  Howard K. Stern on felony drug charges.

1) Plaintiffs motion to cancel deposition of Neil McCabe

040109_Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Motion_cancel_McCabe_depo.pdf

2) Plaintiffs motion to cancel deposition of Nelda Turner

040109_Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Motion_cancel_Turner_depo.pdf

3) Plaintiff’s supplemental statement opposing defendant Howard K. Stern’s verified motion to recuse the Honorable Tony Lindsay

040109_Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Plaintiffs_supplement_opposition_to_recusal.pdf

4) Plaintiff’s response to defendant Nelda Turner’s motion to quash deposition notice and motion for protective order.

040109_Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Plantiffs_response_Turners_quash_motion.pdf

5) Defendant Teresa Stephens letter in support of recusal of Judge Lindsay

040109_Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Stephens_letter_recusal.pdf

6) O’Quinns response to Howard K. Stern’s motion for the California Department of Justice to be designated as a qualified recipient of the confidential portions of the deposition of Don Clark. O’Quinn says he has no problem with Stern’s request.

Stern_vs_OQuinn_040209_267.pdf

Exhibits For Plaintiff’s Supplemental Statement Opposing Defendant Howard K. Stern’s Verified Motion to Recuse the Honorable Tony Lindsay

Exhibit A

Exhibit B 156 pages of emails

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

Exhibit E

Exhibit F

Exhibit G

Exhibit H

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And to put the documents in perspective, here are the original filings to which the above Harris County documents are in answer to.

A) Howard K. Stern’s motion to recuse Judge Lindsay

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Houston_Motion_to_recuse.pdf

B) Virgie Arthur’s statement opposing Stern’s motion to recuse and attachments.

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Plantiff_Statement_Opposing_Recuse_Motion.pdf

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Exhibits_G-N_Opposition_to_Recusal.pdf

C) Defendant Nelda Turner’s motion to quash deposition notice and motion for protective order can be found here labeled as “Nelda’s Motion to Quash Subpoena”

UPDATE 04/04/09

Virgie Arthur’s response to defendant Nelda Turner’s motion to quash deposition notice and motion for protective order.

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Arthur_Sup_Response_Turner_Motion_to_Quash.pdf

Lin Wood resquests emails between Judge Lindsay and Judge Wise and Judge Lindsay and any court employee concerning Arthur vs Stern et al.    http://www.hcdistrictclerk.com/eDoc

There was an early morning hearing today in what is called “the blogger case” in this continuing story of all things Anna Nicole Smith.

The case is the complaint filed in the 280th Harris County District Court in Houston Texas, by Virgie Arthur, mother of Anna Nicole Smith against defendants, Howard K. Stern, Journalist Art Harris, Bonnie Stern,  TMZ.com, Harvey Levin, Larry Birkhead and bloggers Lyndal Harrington, Teresa Stephens and Nelda Rose Turner.

In a nutshell, the attorney for Howard K. Stern, Lin Wood was present and immediately filed a motion to recuse the judge on the case, Judge Tony Lindsay. Judge Lindsay read the motion and announced that she will deny it.

An administrative judge will now be required to hear Wood’s motion.

The administrative judge who may hear the case or appoint another judge to hear this motion is  The Honorable Judge Olen Underwood.

There is now a stay on the whole case until the motion is heard.

Motion: Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Houston_Motion_to_recuse.pdf

**UPDATE**  **UPDATE**  **UPDATE**

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Plantiff_Statement_Opposing_Recuse_Motion.pdf

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Exhibits_G-N_Opposition_to_Recusal.pdf

In Los Angeles, Howard K. Stern vs Mark Speer, the judge heard the arguments for and against dismissal of the defamation case and said to expect a ruling by next Wednesday.

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I am told  that in Houston Texas today, Judge Tony Lindsay of the 280th Harris County District Court rescheduled special appearances previously scheduled as requested by attorneys for Virgie Arthur and Art Harris.

Howard K. Stern attorney Lin Wood urged her to hear them, but the judge decided to reschedule and to include Larry Birkhead’s special appearance on the same date.  She decided that she would allow Birkhead to be added as a defendant, subject to his special appearance.

Defendant Lyndal Harrington appeared in the audience at the hearing after it was well underway and was pointed out and  introduced to the judge by Arthur’s attorney Neil McCabe. Judge Lindsay said, “Oh you’re Lyndal”, and read McCabe’s motion for contempt against Harrington while Lyndal sat there. The Judge then ordered Harrington to show up on Thursday for a decision about whether she will be put in jail for not turning over her computer to the special master.

Here is the hearing schedule set today in that court.

3/24/09
8:00 a.m
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Howard K. Stern.
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Teresa Stephens.
Defendant Harris’ Motion for Clarification
Court’s Consideration of Setting Show Cause Hearing
on Motion for Contempt against Harris.

3/26/09
8:00 a.m.
Show Cause Hearing on Motion for Contempt against Harrington.

5/22/09
1:00 p.m
Special Appearances of Howard K. Stern, Art Harris, and
Larry Birkhead and, possibly, Bonnie Stern.

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And finally, Virgie Arthur’s attorney Neil McCabe was granted
Pro Hac Vice to appear in Bonnie Stern’s bankruptcy litigation.

Bonnie_Stern_bankruptcy_McCabe_special_appearance_granted.pdf

Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Houston_Court_Schedule.pdf

Tomorrow, March 20th 2009, there are a few things happening in the ongoing lawsuits that Howard K. Stern is involved in.

In Los Angeles, where I can not get documents from by the way, there is a hearing in Howard K. Stern vs Mark Speer. Speer was a body guard who helped  Larry Birkhead, father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn, with security. Stern is accusing Speer of libeling him by statements that appeared in Rita Cosby’s book Blond Ambition. Stern is suing Cosby for the book as well.

Attorneys for Stern filed the lawsuit against Speer and Jackie Hatten who was a friend of Anna Nicole Smith’s, the night before Speer was to give a deposition in  Stern vs Rita Cosby.

I believe the hearing tomorrow concerns Speer asking for the case to be dismissed under Anti-Slapp laws.

Speer is employed by a private military and protective security company Jax Desmond Worldwide. They released a statement after Howard K. Stern was arrested for felony drug charges related to the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Jax Desmond is offering physical protection at “cost” to anyone associated to cases involving Stern. Services will be decided on a case by case basis.

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Also tomorrow, in Houston Texas, the State lawsuit of Arthur vs Stern et al has a hearing scheduled. Although Neil McCabe, attorney for Virgie Arthur filed a motion to cancel the hearing due to a bankruptcy filing by one of the defendants and attorneys for another defendant, Art Harris filed a motion for continuance, neither motion was addressed by the court. According to a clerk in the 280th district court in Harris County, the hearing will go forward.

Another defendant, Bonnie Stern the one who filed bankruptcy is not required to appear because of that filing but attorneys for Howard K. Stern and Harris are expected to be present.

McCabe says the issue tomorrow will be “personal jurisdiction in Texas over non-resident defendants who have filed special appearances to contest jurisdiction”. He said that even though Stern lost a jurisdictional battle in a now dismissed related Texas Federal case, that ruling will not control in the present case, which involve different allegations.

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If anyone missed the interview on Scared Monkeys Radio last night about the arrests of Howard K. Stern and Doctors Kapoor and Eroshevich, the website, scaredmonkeys.com archives their shows and you can listen to it by clicking on “play now” on this link.

The thing that struck me about that interview which featured Pathologist Dr Cyril Wecht, Author Dawna Kaufman and Former FBI Special Agent Don Clark, was Dr. Wecht’s demeanor which was  remarkably similarity to Dr Perpers on last Saturdays Geraldo show.

Both men are coroners/pathologists. Both men are accused in the court of public opinion of botching autopsy’s. Perper on Anna Nicole Smith because he relied on someone for important information who had a personal interest in the finding of “accidental death”. That person, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich has now been indicted for felony drug charges related to Anna Nicole’s death.

Wecht who did Daniel Smith’s autopsy and charged over $40,000 for it repeatedly gushes in the press that Daniel (a non abuser) died from a lethal “cocktail” of drugs. In fact, Daniel died from a suspicious massive overdose of methadone which was not prescribed to him. To date, no one has been able to adequately explain how or where Daniel could have came upon this drug.

Both Wecht and Perper have reputations at stake here (ah hem..where have we heard that before). Wecht who had been previously indicted on almost 100 felony counts of public corruption charges, later reduced to 14 emitted an eerie high pitched screaming sound just like Perper did on Geraldo as he defended his autopsy findings, defended Stern and also bashed and trashed Anna Nicoles mother Virgie Arthur. Amazing, since Wecht as a so called professional,  has no personal knowledge of Mrs. Arthur and admitting his information came from “what he has read”. With all the trouble he is in, that is one person who has a lot of nerve mouthing off…