A TRAGIC heroine killed by her own hand.

Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist and boyfriend were convicted of conspiring to use false names to obtain prescription drugs for the reality TV star.

Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-manager Howard Stern was also her best friend and lover and would never have been part of an alleged plot to furnish her with harmful drugs, a defence lawyer said today.

The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case acquitted her boyfriend-lawyer Howard Stern of two charges of obtaining drugs for her by fraud and deceit including use of false names.

Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was "obsessed" with pills and was helped in taking drugs by her lawyer-boyfriend in the weeks before her death, her bodyguard told a court.

A Los Angeles prosecutor claimed today two doctors prescribed massive amounts of drugs to Anna Nicole Smith even though they were warned she was addicted to painkillers.

Lindsay Lohan’s father has begged a judge to order her to rehab.

A US federal appeals court panel rejected a bid by the late Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyers to reconsider its ruling that gave her none of the fortune from her late billionaire husband.

Lawyers for the estate of Anna Nicole Smith are appealing a ruling that gave her none of her late billionaire husband’s fortune, it emerged today.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estate will receive none of the more than $300m she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her, a US federal appeals court said today.

A judge today ordered Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend and two doctors to stand trial on charges of illegally supplying prescription drugs to the former Playboy model.

Anna Nicole Smith was addicted to prescription drugs and her psychiatrist should have known it, an expert witness told a Los Angeles court.

Larry Birkhead, who gained fame in a custody battle over Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, testified today that he regularly saw the ex-model take prescription drugs, including methadone.

Defence lawyers in the drug case surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith have been notified that prosecutors will file an amended complaint at a discovery hearing today.

ACTOR John Travolta is among the potential witnesses at a Bahamas trial beginning today for two people accused of trying to extort $25 million (€17m) from the movie star, court officials say.

Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-turned-boyfriend and two doctors denied have conspiring to provide thousands of prescription pills to the former model before her overdose death two years ago.

Prosecutors in South Florida are taking a fresh look at evidence in the 2007 death of actress-model Anna Nicole Smith.

Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-turned-boyfriend was the principal enabler in a conspiracy with two doctors to provide the “known addict” thousands of prescription pills in the months before she died of an overdose, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said.

THE late Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend and two doctors have been charged with illegally providing the ex-Playboy model with addictive prescription drugs, two years after she died of an overdose.

Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend Howard K. Stern and two doctors were charged with giving thousands of prescription drugs to the former Playboy playmate in the years leading up to her 2007 fatal overdose.

A judge has ordered a Texas doctor and his wife not to distribute video footage of Anna Nicole Smith’s breast augmentation surgery in 1994.

US officials fear singer Beyonce Knowles' passport has been improperly accessed, making her the latest celebrity to be targeted by crooks.

Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead spent nearly US$3,000 (€1,919) at a celebrity auction scooping up lingerie once worn in a Playboy shoot by the late playmate.

The estate of the late Anna Nicole Smith has been hit with a new lawsuit by a Texas law firm over unpaid legal bills.

In the hours before his death, the 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith appeared fine to medical personnel in the Bahamas, who said tonight they saw him walking in his celebrity mother’s room, talking and sleeping in the same bed with her.

Anna Nicole Smith's former companion/lawyer Howard K Stern is so broke he owes his parents "hundreds of thousands of dollars".

The lawyer who represented Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter in the dispute over the starlet’s body is seeking nearly $200,000 (€140,600) for his work.

Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist received a rude awakening on Friday morning when her home was raided by police investigating the death of the tragic model/actress.

Raids have been carried out on the US homes and offices of the doctors who prescribed drugs to former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died of an overdose.

Police investigating the death of former Playboy star Anna Nicole Smith raided homes and offices in Los Angeles today.

Howard K. Stern is considering writing his own book about his role in Anna Nicole Smith's life and death, to right the 'wrongs' he has read about him.

Larry Birkhead is in talks to star in a reality TV show documenting his life as the father of late Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn.

Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer and companion Howard Stern has filed a £30m (€43m) libel action against author Rita Cosby and her publisher over a book that claims Stern and Smith’s ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, had a sexual encounter.

Anna Nicole Smith's jailed ex-boyfriend Mark Hatten is suing the tragic model's lawyer partner Howard K. Stern, for "civil rights violations".

Howard Stern and Larry Birkhead plan to sue the author of a new book that claims the two men shared a sexual encounter before Anna Nicole Smith’s death and worked together afterwards to manipulate the media and maximise profits.

A Los Angeles judge has extended a ban on the release of a video documenting tragic model Anna Nicole Smith undergoing cosmetic surgery.

The man who claims he owned Anna Nicole Smith's Bahamas home has withdrawn his lawsuit against the late model.

Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead has moved into the tragic actress/model's Studio City, California home with the couple's baby daughter Dannielynn.

David Hasselhoff's ex-wife has fired her attorney after losing custody of her teenage daughters last Friday.

Anna Nicole Smith's jailed half-brother has exposed a terrible family secret - his youngest sibling was once shot in the head by his mum Virgie Arthur's gun.

Photographer Larry Birkhead has blasted claims he abused late model Anna Nicole Smith.

Diaries written by the late US model and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith are full of sexual references and detail her hopes and fears, it was reported today

A judge in Florida who briefly heard arguments in cases involving Anna Nicole Smith’s death was today ordered to undergo drug testing for six months on a misdemeanour marijuana possession charge.

A Bahamian court cleared the way today for Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend to leave with their baby daughter, rejecting an appeal by the mother of the former reality TV star.