Legal Battles Over the Anna Nicole Smith Book
On Wednesday, a judge ruled that a jury will be able to decide the fate of Blonde Ambition, Rita Cosby's book about Anna Nicole Smith's death.
Rita, a television news anchor and Inside Edition correspondent, published the book in 2007. Less than a month later, Anna's former lawyer Howard K. Stern, slapped her with a $60 million libel lawsuit for claims she made against him.
In the book, Rita discusses details of an alleged sexual relationship between Howard and Larry Birkhead, who was the father of Anna Nicole's daughter. She also claimed that he "pimped" Anna to as many as 50 men a year. Howard called these details "nothing short of explosive. Perhaps too explosive."
"In other words," he went on, "printing a claim that Birkhead and Stern had sex would be a way to make it to the top of the bestseller list, and a reasonable jury could find that Cosby ignored the inherently improbable nature of the statement in her zeal to write a blockbuster book."
After reviewing the case, the judge agreed that Rita's claims were unsupported by substantial evidence and that he believed she had fabricated several quotes.
"It will be up to a jury to determine whether this statement is as inherently improbable as it sounds," the judge announced.
What do you think they'll decide?
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Someones always trying to make a few million from the dead.Let these people Rest in Peace!Anna's daughter doesn't need to grow up hearing about terrible things about her mother."People"get a Life!
I liked Cosby's work.... and good for her for having the guts and gumption to write that book!
Rita Cosby is a greedy liar who wrote a book based on dirty tabloid gossip. She tried to bribe witnesses with $ 5,000 to verify her fake stories. The Judge Chin exposed Rita's wrongdoings. Rita will pay for her wrongdoings because lies can't prevail !!
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Seriously, just how many lawsuits is Howard K Stern involved with?! It seems like every time I turn around he's suing someone else.