Vem daterade Anna Nicole Smith?

Anna Nicole Smith, ursprungligen Vickie Lynn Hogan, född 28 november 1967 i Houston i Texas, död 8 februari 2007 i Hollywood i Florida, var en amerikansk fotomodell, skådespelare och sångerska. Hon använde namnet Vickie Smith i början av sin karriär, bland annat som playmate. Under sitt korta giftermål med J. Howard Marshall tog hon namnet Vickie Lynn Marshall, vilket hon behöll efter hans död.

Smith slog igenom som modell under tidigt 1990-tal och blev därefter känd genom sitt korta äktenskap med en 89-årig oljemiljardär samt efterföljande arvstvist. Senare hade hon en egen dokusåpa. Hennes liv och karriär skildras i operan Anna Nicole komponerad av Mark-Anthony Turnage 2011.

The Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead paternity case, a.k.a. Birkhead v. Marshall, was a high-profile legal battle that revolved around the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn. Larry Birkhead, Smith's former love interest, filed a lawsuit against Howard K. Stern, Smith's live-in partner who was listed as the father on the birth certificate, seeking to establish his paternity rights. Dannielynn stood to inherit a substantial fortune if Smith's estate succeeded in its ongoing legal battle to claim inheritance from her late husband, an affluent oil tycoon. Given its significant implications and media coverage, the case involved various legal proceedings and garnered substantial public attention. G. Ben Thompson, a former boyfriend of Smith's who worked as a real-estate developer in South Carolina, claimed that pregnant Smith approached him to inform him that he was the father of her unborn child, but he balked telling Smith that was impossible because he had a vasectomy.

The case unfolded in multiple jurisdictions, primarily in the United States and the Bahamas. Smith and Stern were reportedly staying in the Bahamas to avoid paternity testing of her daughter in the U.S. The court hearings included DNA testing, testimonies from various individuals claiming to be the father, and arguments over custody and inheritance rights. The case was ultimately resolved when a DNA test confirmed Birkhead as the biological father of the child.

In addition to Birkhead and Stern, several individuals including bodyguard/actor Alexander Denk, Mark Hatten, and Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, among others, claimed to be the father of Smith's daughter.