Two men claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby come face to face today in a Florida courtroom as the battle over the former centerfold's body continues.Broward County Court Judge Larry Seidlin will determine whether the body should be released to Smith's companion, lawyer Howard K. Stern, or her estranged mother, Virgie Arthur.
Photographer Larry Birkhead - who, along with Stern and at least two other men, claims to have fathered Smith's daughter - plans to attend a custody hearing in Los Angeles via conference call so that he can appear in person in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom.
"Larry is \[there\] to express what he believes are Anna Nicole's last wishes," a source close to Birkhead said, without elaborating.
Stern wants to bury the former reality TV star in the Bahamas next to her son. Arthur wants her daughter laid to rest near the family home in Texas.
The judge is also expected to decide whether Stern will remain executor of Smith's will. Smith, 39, left everything to a trust controlled by Stern for her son, Daniel Smith.
But Daniel, 20, died of an apparent accidental drug overdose on Sept. 10, just three days after his mother gave birth to daughter Dannielynn. in the Bahamas.
Stern and Birkhead, who have had a prickly relationship, have not seen each other since Smith died Feb. 8 of still-unknown causes.
Fox TV last night aired a creepy home video - shot by a laughing Stern - of an incoherent Smith, her face painted garishly like a clown.
"Is this a mushroom trip?" Stern asks three times, mocking the zonked-out Smith, who was eight months pregnant when the video was taken.
"This footage is worth money," Stern remarks. at another point.
Source: nydailynews.com
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