Howard K. Stern Arrested; Investigation Into Anna Nicole Smith’s Death Continues
Breaking news out of California…former lawyer/boyfriend/leech of Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, has been arrested and charged in conjunction with an ongoing investigation into the shady causes of Anna Nicole’s death:
Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich are being charged with a total of eight felonies.
According to the L.A. County D.A., the conspiracy counts allege the three defendants conspired to furnish controlled substances to Smith between July, 2004 and January 2007.
Stern and Kapoor were charged with one count of unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance. Eroshevich and Stern were charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance between June 2004 and January 2007.
Kapoor and Eroshevich were each charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by “fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.” They were both also charged with one count of obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address.
Kapoor and Stern were also charged with one count of “prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict.” Eroshevich was charged with the same crime for separate prescriptions.
Bail is recommended at $20,000 for each defendant. We know both Stern and Kapoor bailed out Thursday night.
As we first reported, California drug officials recently raided the Los Angeles office of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, looking for evidence against Stern.
Stern has denied doing anything illegal in connection with drugs and Anna Nicole.
Back in February, police raided the office of Dr. Sandeep looking for evidence and anything that would link the good doctor to Howard:
The California Medical Board got a warrant to search Dr. Sandeep Kapoor’s Studio City office this morning. Informed law enforcement sources tell us they are looking for prescriptions Kapoor may have written for Howard K. Stern. We’re told Medical Board officials want to know if Stern may have used Kapoor to score drugs for Anna — something Stern has vehemently denied.
The California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, has been conducting an investigation into Kapoor since 2007. He has also been under investigation by the Medical Board for his prescription practices. Thirteen days before Smith gave birth to Dannielynn he wrote a methadone prescription for her under an alias, Michelle Chase. Under California law, it’s illegal to prescribe a controlled substance under a false name.
Howard, for his part, continued to protest his innocence:
Howard K. Stern just released this statement to TMZ: “Dr. Kapoor never prescribed Anna Nicole medication in my name — and that is what the Medical Board will find out.”
Here’s my question…I wonder if this will somehow tie into the death of Anna Nicole’s son Daniel. If you remember, a Bahamian jury decided that Daniel died of an accidental overdose…but one of the drugs found in his system was methadone, and Anna Nicole had caught him stealing it from her. If it is found that she had methadone illegally, provided by this doctor and Howard, then would that somehow figure into Daniel’s death as well?
When Anna Nicole died, there were 11 prescriptions found in Anna Nicole’s room, and all were authorized by Eroshevich, who had also traveled to Florida with Anna Nicole. Also, more than 600 pills, including more than 450 muscle relaxants, were missing from bottles of medication that were at the most five weeks old.
I’ve always wanted to believe Howard was telling the truth; but I guess that, as most things in Hollyweird turn out to be, it was just wishful thinking. More on this story as it develops, and you can find GlossLip’s archive of Anna Nicole stories here.
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This was a long time coming and a major DUH! Great job k!
Comment by D — March 13, 2009 @ 10:22 am
Wowsers… Awesome work K…
This is one of the stories(?) that I knew would take time to sort out, but if investigated properly by the police would eventually bear fruit.
The paper trail involved with prescription drug abuse is far too difficult to cover up… especially if most of the pills are coming from the same doctor.
Stern has always looked SO desperate in every photo/video clip I have ever seen of him.
I’ve always thought desperate people with something to lose/hide would be the most dangerous people to know.
Unfortunately for Anna & Daniel, this is looking to be true…
I wonder if Stern was stupid enough to ever think he was in the clear… or if he has been waiting all these years for the shoe to drop.
Comment by froose — March 13, 2009 @ 11:40 am
I knew he was guilty from the get go. I was just saying the other day how quiet it was about this case. And WAM, there yah go.
I was in the Bahamas last month and a local there said they sweep everyhting under the rug like the Jett Travolta case and he also mentioned the Anna Nicole case too.
Karma Howard.,…. Karma
Comment by I knew it! — March 13, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
I don’t know why this angle wasn’t pursued IMMEDIATELY after Anna’s death. Doesn’t a woman in her 30s abusing a litany of prescriptions and hundreds of pills a cause for suspicion of foul play? Who could possibly need so many drugs that they’d have to be issued under aliases and the names of others. I am glad that law enforcement is finally acting on this damning evidence and stand to hold Howard and other accountable for their reprehensible acts. Even more satisfying is that this will no doubt frustrate Howard’s attempts to steal a piece of the Marshall estate through Anna’s old and frivolous challenge to J.Howard Marshall’s will.
Comment by belicoso — March 13, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
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Anna was an adult woman not a young teenager.
She chose drugs and refused a rehab.We all have responsibility for our choices.Perhaps that’s what people forget PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Anna USED AND ABUSED people to get RX. drugs.
She was not a victim!
Comment by Ally — April 5, 2009 @ 8:03 am