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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DNA analysis has proved that Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of her baby daughter, an expert in genetic evidence said last night.

The identity of the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter could be revealed in Nassau, Bahamas, today in the latest round in the custody dispute pitting the former Playboy Playmate’s ex-boyfriend against her lawyer-turned-partner.

Anna Nicole Smith's diaries are set to go under the hammer again - just weeks after a German businessman paid $500,000 (€374,000) at auction for the journals.

Diaries written by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s reveal her love for her husband, octogenarian oil tycoon Howard Marshall.

One doctor authorised all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, most of them in the name of the starlet's companion, according to documents released by the US medical examiner's office in Florida.

The Bahamas Supreme Court was expected to hold a hearing today in the paternity case of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter.

A BAHAMIAN court yesterday refused to prevent the release of DNA results that could reveal the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter.

The lawyer-turned-partner of Anna Nicole Smith has dropped his bid to halt the use of DNA to prove the paternity of the former Playboy playmate's infant daughter.

A judge in the Bahamas said he is close to resolving a legal issue that delayed an inquest into what caused the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son.

An inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son Daniel is not expected to get under way properly until tomorrow, officials have said.

PLAYBOY Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks, authorities said yesterday.

Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith died from an accidental drug overdose, authorities in the US announced today.

The murky circumstances surrounding Anna Nicole Smith’s death could become clearer today, when authorities are expected to release the results of the former pin-up’s post-mortem examination.

The murky investigation into model-actress Anna Nicole Smith’s death was expected to get some clarity tomorrow when authorities finally plan to release the results of her post mortem.

Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter is to have a DNA test to find out who her father is, according to a lawyer for the tragic former Playboy model.

A judge who played a role in the recent Anna Nicole Smith proceedings was cited for smoking marijuana in a city park, police said today.

An ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith returned to a Bahamas court today to press ahead with his claim for paternity of her baby daughter.

With feuding guests, booing spectators and a coffin draped in a pink cover studded with rhinestones spelling out her name, Anna Nicole’s Smith’s funeral was part soap opera, part circus.

Tragic Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest today alongside her son Daniel, but reportedly only after a failed last-ditch attempt by her estranged mother to halt her burial in the Bahamas.

A US Supreme Court justice today denied a motion by Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, to halt the burial of the former Playboy Playmate and take her body to Texas, according to reports tonight.

A white hearse carrying Anna Nicole Smith’s body drove toward a Bahamas church today where the former Playboy Playmate and reality TV star was to be laid to rest in a beaded gown and tiara after a tightly guarded memorial service.

The coffin holding Anna Nicole Smith’s body was today loaded onto a private flight to the Bahamas for her funeral, after weeks of legal wrangling over where the pin-up should be buried.

Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her 20-year-old son tomorrow in a custom-made gown after an extravagant private and "very pink" ceremony bringing together three factions battling for custody of her infant daughter.

Anna Nicole Smith’s body will leave for the Bahamas by private plane tomorrow morning, and the starlet will be buried hours later, said the attorney given control of her remains after weeks of legal fighting.

Anna Nicole Smith’s friends and family awaited the release of her body today, as they planned for starlet’s funeral in the Bahamas after weeks of legal wrangling over her remains.