It has been observed that in the past few weeks, a gorgeous blonde celebrity has been making a few cameo appearances in a downtown courtroom.

There’s a huge video screen on which her image appears, right above the heads of three of her pals whose futures are all now at stake, due to her.

Washington, November 23 : Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-turned-lover Howard K. Stern has reached a settlement over a tell-all book about the late star.

Stern was seeking 60 million dollars in damages against the Hachette Book Group and TV reporter-turned-writer Rita Cosby.

He accused them both of libel over a series of claims made about his sexuality in ‘Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith''s Death’, reports Contactmusic.

Washington, November 2 : Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's alleged drug habit led her to believe her pregnancy was a case of bad wind, it has emerged.

Smith was found unconscious in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood, Florida, in February 2007.

A post-mortem report said she died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs including anti-depressants.

London, Nov 1-: Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was fed tablets by her boyfriend during final days of her life, reveals a friend.

Gina Shelley told investigators that she saw Anna’s boyfriend Howard Stern “pouring them in her mouth like you would a bird”.

Stern and two doctors were ordered to face prosecution on charges of supplying the 39-year-old with drugs.

After a three-week preliminary hearing, a judge in Los Angeles ruled there was enough evidence to require Stern, 40, Khristine Eroshevich, 61, and Sandeep Kapoor, 41, to stand trial accused of channelling drugs to an addict, reports the Daily Express.

London, October 31 : Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith''s ex-boyfriend and two doctors are set to go on a trial amid accusations that they illegally supplied her with prescription drugs.

Smith was found unconscious in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood, Florida, in February 2007.

A post-mortem report said the American model died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs including anti-depressants, reports Sky News.

London, October 15 : Investigators have revealed eye-popping details of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith''s final days.

Smith was found unconscious in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood, Florida, in February 2007. A post-mortem found she died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs including anti-depressants.

London, October 8 : Anna Nicole Smith faced interrogation over an alleged plot to murder her stepson.

The late Playboy Playmate tied the knot with late multi-millionaire oil tycoon Howard Marshall II in 1994 at the age of 26.

The model alleged she had been given a verbal promise from her husband that she would be entitled to half of his estimated 366-pound million fortune, reports the Daily Express.

Washington, Sep 23 : A pharmacist has said that he feared for Anna Nicole Smith’s life because the drugs prescribed to her before her death amounted to "pharmaceutical suicide", according to leaked documents.

The unidentified pharmacist has reportedly told officials probing the former model''s 2007 death that he was so concerned at the amount of medications the star was taking that he eventually refused to fill her prescriptions.

He even began fearing for Smith''s life, saying: "They are going to kill her with this,” reports Contactmusic.

The pharmacist''s comments are contained in unsealed documents leaked to the Los Angeles Times.

London, Aug 19 : The executors of Anna Nicole Smith''s estate are planning to take legal action after it emerged that an escort service in Las Vegas has been distributing flyers branded with the late star''s nude image.

The legal team in charge of Smith''s affairs got angry after they came to know that a Nevada-based company has been allegedly using a topless picture of the late star to advertise their services.

New York, Jul 8 : Veteran TV news anchor Rita Cosby's book on Anna Nicole Smith has been blasted by a federal judge, who said that her claims of the late model watching a video of her boyfriend having sex with lawyer Howard K. Stern were `preposterous'.

Judge Denny Chin had made the comment as lawyers for Cosby urged him to toss out a libel suit Stern filed after the publication of her book, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death.

Washington, April 8 : An attorney representing Anna Nicole Smith''s boyfriend Howard K. Stern has said that the allegation that he was the late Playboy bunny's "principal enabler" in acquiring the toxic prescription drugs that claimed her life two years ago are politically motivated.

Attorney Steve Sadow told reporters that State Attorney General Jerry Brown''s allegations were a "blatant attempt to advance his own political career."

London, Mar 26 : Prosecutors in Florida are taking a new look at the 2007 death of Anna Nicole Smith.

It has emerged that Broward County prosecutors recently met with authorities in Los Angeles and the California Department of Justice.

The move follows the indictment March 13 in California of Smith''s former boyfriend Howard K. Stern and two doctors in connection with her death, reports Sky News.

Smith was found unconscious in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood, Florida, in February 2007.

New York, Mar 17 : Ex-Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist, who is charged with conspiracy for allegedly funneling drugs to the actress, has turned herself in at the Los Angeles Police Department''s Van Nuys station.

Khristine Eroshevich surrendered to police for excessively prescribing drugs to Smith, which led to her 2007 fatal overdose death, according to media reports.

Eroshevich, who was Smith''s next-door neighbor, faces six felony counts. Bail was set at 20,000 dollars, reports The New York Daily News.

Washington, Mar 13: Anna Nicole Smith''s boyfriend, attorney and two doctors were charged Thursday with conspiring to give her prescription drugs before she died in 2007, the Los Angeles District Attorney''s office said in a press release.

Howard K. Stern, the boyfriend, and doctors Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich were charged with conspiracy for giving controlled substances to Smith from June 5, 2004 to Jan. 26, 2006, reports Fox News.

Also, Stern was once involved in a custody battle over Smith''s daughter, Dannielynn.

Washington, February 14: Britain''s Royal Opera bosses are planning a musical based on the life of late actress/model Anna Nicole Smith.

The former Playboy bunny, who died from a drug overdose in 2007, had a colourful life before her tragic demise.

According to Contactmusic, celebrated composer Mark-Anthony Turnage has been given the task to adapt her life into an opera.

The company's director of opera, Elaine Padmore, insists that the show will be "witty, clever, thoughtful and sad."

London, Feb 13 : Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007, will have an opera based on her life.

Britain''s Royal Opera has confirmed plans for a lavish show based on the American who married an elderly oil billionaire.

Mark-Anthony Turnage is writing the story, to be staged in London's Covent Garden in 2011, while Richard Thomas will provide the libretto.

Royal Opera House spokeswoman said that the work was in its early stages.