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Sleeze Larry Birkhead and Debra Opri The father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter was sued by his former attorney, who claims Larry Birkhead attempted to damage her reputation by making defamatory remarks. Debra Opri's lawsuit, filed Monday, accuses Birkhead of falsely claiming in a CNN interview that she was a source for "Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death." The book, by journalist Rita Cosby, claims Birkhead worked with Howard K. Stern, Smith's lawyer and sometime boyfriend, to manipulate the media and maximize profits after Smith died.Opri denies providing information to Cosby. She contends his defamatory remarks were "planned and malicious."An after-hours call to Birkhead's attorney, Michael Trope, was not immediately returned.The lawsuit claims defamation, fraud and other allegations, and seeks damages, including about $200,000 Opri says she spent to hire a crisis management firm to "salvage" ...

The father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter is being taken to court again. This time it's in Los Angeles by his former attorney. Debra Opri (OH'-pree) says Larry Birkhead didn't pay his legal bills while she represented him in the paternity dispute over the child, Dannielynn Hope. Opri says the work she did for Birkhead was "extensive, entailed hundreds of hours of work" and required her to travel to multiple states and outside the country. The suit doesn't specify a dollar amount.Opri wants to force binding arbitration under the terms of the contract she signed with Birkhead last September. Smith died in February of an accidental prescription drug overdose. Last month, DNA test results showed that Birkhead is Dannielynn's father. NOTE: You have turned into a sleazebag Larry Birkhead. Debra Opri did all the work for you and you would not even have gotten this far if Debra didn't work the law and more important the media to make you shine. You turne...

Debra Opri With Former Client Larry Birkhead Photographer Larry Birkhead and his attorney have parted company as the latest battle in the snapper's paternity battle over Anna Nicole Smith's child gets underway in the Bahamas. Lawyer Debra Opri has issued a statement this morning, confirming the split, saying, "Larry Birkhead and I have terminated our attorney-client relationship effective immediately." Opri has since spoken to news show "Extra" as part of an interview that aired the other day. She reveals she felt she had to part company with her former client because she didn't agree with Birkhead's apparent friendship with his paternity battle rival Howard K. Stern. Opri tells the TV show, "I just had enough. I can't represent a client who has a middle man by the name of Howard K. Stern. I feel very comfortable in my decision, and I wish Larry the best. But I am worried about him... I couldn't continue with the way things were going....

REST IN PEACE ANNA NICOLE SMITH Daniel Smith And Mother Anna Nicole Smith Shock In The Courtroom The judge (left) presiding over the Anna Nicole Smith burial hearing ruled Thursday that Smith's remains should be given to the guardian ad litem representing her infant daughter, Dannielynn. But the judge said he wants Smith buried with her late son Daniel in the Bahamas. "I have suffered for this, I have struggled with this, I have shed tears for your little girl," Broward County Circuit Court Judge (The Nut) Larry Seidlin said to Smith's mother about 15 minutes before he ruled. He said Smith wanted to be buried next to her son Daniel, and that the flame of her beauty was quickly going out. He also urged all the possible fathers of Smith's newborn daughter to get a paternity test. A series of final witnesses were called on Thursday, including the former Playboy Playmate's first husband Billy Smith, the father of Smith's son Daniel, who testified by telephon...

Anna Nicole Smith's Mother Virgie Arthur Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother and her ex-boyfriend both testified that the starlet said she wanted to be buried in California, not the plots in the Bahamas or Texas that have been the focus of the fierce week long legal debate. Virgie Arthur, 55, said her last conversation with her daughter about her burial came more than 10 years ago, when Smith said she wanted to be interred near her idol Marilyn Monroe. Larry Birkhead (Right) testified he had a similar conversation with his ex-girlfriend in recent years, and longtime Smith companion Howard K. Stern has acknowledged the Playboy model had hoped to be buried near Monroe before settling on a Bahamian site. "Wherever the stars are buried," an emotional Arthur said, "that's where she wanted to be buried." Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin indicated earlier Wednesday that he wanted to broker a compromise between Arthur and Stern. "When you walked into the cour...

Daniel Smith-Anna Nicole Smith-Murder Suspect Howard K. Stern Anna Nicole Smith was murdered by her lover Howard K. Stern, lawyers claimed. The accusation was made during a Florida court hearing to determine where the former Playboy Playmate will be buried. Stern, Anna Nicole's former lover Larry Birkhead and the late model's mother, Virgie Arthur, attended the hearing which descended into chaos when Stern's lawyer Krista Barth accused Birkhead's attorney Debra Opri (left) of claiming her client had killed Anna Nicole. Barth fumed: "Miss Opri just made a statement to my client that he actually killed Miss Smith. I have to protect him."Judge Larry Seidlin cut dead the accusation, saying the matter of her burial needed to be resolved as Anna Nicole's remains were decomposing faster than expected. After taking a phone call from Joshua Perper, the county's chief medical examiner, Seidlin said: "Time is of the essence. I'm running out of clock...

An attorney for the former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith has filed a second lawsuit against the reality TV star, this time alleging fraud and conspiracy, his lawyer said Thursday. The lawsuit was filed in the Bahamas on behalf of photographer Larry Birkhead, who claims he is the father of Smith's 6-week-old daughter, said Birkhead's attorney, Debra Opri. Meanwhile, authorities are investigating whether Smith legally obtained permanent residency in the Bahamas, where she has been living since the birth of her daughter, the country's immigration director said Thursday. Birkhead has been seeking a paternity test, claiming he is the father of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. He filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles seeking a court order to demand Smith bring the baby to California for a test. In the new lawsuit, Birkhead alleges Smith provided fraudulent information when applying for her daughter's birth certificate in the Bahamas. Smith identified her lawyer, Howard K. Stern, as ...

Anna Nicole Smith did not appear Monday for a meeting requested by the attorney for an ex-boyfriend who claims to be the father of the reality TV star's 6-week-old daughter. The lawyer for photographer Larry Birkhead traveled from Los Angeles to take a deposition from Smith in the Bahamas, where the former Playboy playmate moved while she was pregnant and declared her current companion Howard K. Stern as the child's father. Birkhead filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles seeking a court order to demand Smith bring the baby to California for a paternity test. Her attorneys have argued the court does not have appropriate jurisdiction, but Birkhead lawyer Debra Opri (above left) said she would use Smith's nonappearance Monday to argue for dismissal of that challenge. "We're letting her know if she wants to make it this way, we're not going to make it easy for her," Opri said in a phone interview from Nassau. "This is a tragedy of a natural father, Larry Birkhead...