BIRKHEAD BATTLES TEARS AS HE TESTIFIES ABOUT ANNA NICOLE’S DRUG USE
ANNA NICOLE SMITH’s ex-lover LARRY BIRKHEAD fought back tears in court on Friday (20Aug10) as he testified about the late star’s drug lows.
The photographer, who is the father of Smith’s daughter Dannielynn, res umed testifying in the drug conspiracy trial of doctors Khristine Eroshev ich and Sandeep Kapoor and Smith=E2=80=99s former boyfriend and lawyer Ho ward K. Stern and told the court in Los Angeles that the actress/model of ten suffered seizures after taking drugs.
Birkhead also revealed Anna Nicole would fall asleep during meals becau se of the numerous prescription medications she was taking.
The doctors and Stern are accused of prescribing to an addict, as well as conspiring to provide excessive opiates and sedatives to Smith. All th ree have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to provide excessive drugs to t he star.
Birkhead, who once battled Stern for custody of Dannielynn and has rece ntly become the lawyer’s friend, said he saw Stern give Smith medicine wh en she didn=E2=80=99t feel well, and testified he knew the attorney was p icking up prescriptions for her.
And when he hid a powerful painkiller from his then-girlfriend, Stern c alled him and asked where it was.
But Anna Nicole always insisted she was not an addict, despite the larg e amounts of drugs she took for a number of ailments.
Birkhead revealed, "She would say, ‘I=E2=80=99m in pain. I=E2=80=99m no t a drug addict… I have a high tolerance because I=E2=80=99m in pain.’" The three-week-old trial continues.
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