Father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter says prosecutor chastised his testimony

Birkhead: Prosecutors chastised testimony

LOS ANGELES — The father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter says he was criticized by a prosecutor for his testimony about the role Smith’s former boyfriend had in her medication.

Larry Birkhead was questioned about the incident by a defense lawyer before his testimony resumed Monday in a preliminary hearing that will decide if Smith’s former boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, and two doctors will face trial. They are accused of illegally giving the former Playboy model controlled substances.

Birkhead says Deputy District Attorney Sarah Slice called after he testified Friday and suggested he was taking Stern’s side. He says she also suggested there was something wrong with his daughter because of Smith’s drug use before she died in 2007.

Birkhead has testified that Smith took more drugs than anyone he had seen.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter is set to finish his testimony about the late model and reality star’s involvement with prescription drugs and the role of two doctors and her former boyfriend in her medication.

Larry Birkhead was under cross-examination by the lawyer for Smith’s psychiatrist when a preliminary hearing recessed for the weekend. He is scheduled to conclude his testimony Monday as prosecutors prepare to present medical evidence.

Birkhead has said that Smith took more drugs than he had ever seen anyone take. But he also said she suffered from a wide array of ailments. The hearing is to determine whether two doctors and Smith’s former boyfriend will stand trial on charges of conspiring to illegally give her controlled substances.