Court Strips Anna Nicole Smith of Millions - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

GermanStar · #1 12-31-2004, 12:08 AM

From the 'couldn't happen to a bigger bimbo' department...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a judgment awarding 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith $88 million from the estate of her elderly billionaire husband J. Howard Marshall.

In 2002, a federal judge ruled that the dying 90-year-old truly loved his then 26-year-old wife when he awarded her $88 million in a bitter court fight with the oil tycoon's son. The judge ruled that the son had tried to rob Smith of her rightful inheritance by mounting a campaign of deceit and dishonesty.

But on Thursday a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, reversed that decision, saying she was not mentioned in his trust and will, although she was given about $6 million in gifts in 1994.

"Although J. Howard Marshall II was married to Vickie Lynn Marshall, no provision for distributions of income or principal of the trust estate was made in favor of the settlor's spouse," Judge Robert Beezer wrote.

He referred to Smith's birth name Vickie Lynn.

In 2001, a U.S. district judge threw out a $475 million judgment for Smith awarded the year before.

"The route followed by the parties to this appeal on their epic journey is a tortured one indeed," Beezer wrote in summing up the complex past legal proceedings.

In an earlier trial, one lawyer accused Smith of using the lure of her breasts to coax her aging oil tycoon husband to say whatever she wanted.

The billionaire met and married Smith, a topless dancer who was to eventually host her own reality television show, at a topless club just 14 months before his death in 1995.

wbain5280 · #2 12-31-2004, 01:00 AM

So what.

GermanStar · #3 12-31-2004, 11:59 AM

I found the story heart-warming, myself.....

#4 12-31-2004, 12:45 PM

I wonder how much of that $88 million she's already spent. She's not doing these goofy tv jobs and product sponsorships for nothing, you know -- she probably needed the additional income.

MTI · #5 12-31-2004, 12:51 PM

**sigh** there goes another "G-String to riches" story . . .

elau · #6 12-31-2004, 01:13 PM

Yeah, I am sure she will find another rich old geezer soon. Nothing else she still has that puppy dog lawyer to fall back on.

engatwork · #7 12-31-2004, 01:16 PM

I'll bet she is pissed.

Botnst · #8 12-31-2004, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

**sigh** there goes another "G-String to riches" story . . .

Coffee spewing on screen!

KirkVining · #9 12-31-2004, 01:46 PM

Anna is a monument to the quality of strippers we produce here in Houston. Take from that what you wish.

TN-W124 Diesel · #10 12-31-2004, 01:54 PM

She can sell herself like before..some old Bast*** will give her some money..

azimuth · #11 01-01-2005, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by TN-W124 Diesel

She can sell herself like before..some old Bast*** will give her some money..

i don't know what the fuss is all about, isn't she used to being stripped?

as far as going back to it, isn't REAL fat now?

#12 01-01-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by azimuth

i don't know what the fuss is all about, isn't she used to being stripped?

as far as going back to it, isn't REAL fat now?

She lost a fair amount of weight, but I'm pretty sure she's either always on something drugwise, or otherwise has suffered some sort of brain damage.

Seriously, though, she and the geezer had a mutually beneficial and voluntary arrangement. I suspect that their relationship differed only in degree from many other, more conventional marriages. Crass, certainly, but can you say she did anything wrong, assuming of course the old man still had use of his full mental facilities at the time they married?

Plantman · #13 01-01-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KirkVining

Anna is a monument to the quality of strippers we produce here in Houston. Take from that what you wish.

Must be a nice sideline to your cpu business.....producing strippers.

azimuth · #14 01-01-2005, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by webwench

....... assuming of course the old man still had use of his full mental facilities at the time they married?

true that, although, he did marry a stripper. aside from the occasional anecdotal case, i can't see that move as a relationship stabilizer.

i still want to know if you're a gun-o-phile Web......do tell.

GermanStar · #15 01-01-2005, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by webwench

Seriously, though, she and the geezer had a mutually beneficial and voluntary arrangement. I suspect that their relationship differed only in degree from many other, more conventional marriages. Crass, certainly, but can you say she did anything wrong, assuming of course the old man still had use of his full mental facilities at the time they married?

I wouldn't call her a criminal -- just a sleazeball, unless of course, you don't believe that his money played a part in her motivation...