Howard K Stern Ordered To Stand Trial In Anna Nicole Case

Anna Nicole Smith’s longtime
companion Howard K Stern and two doctors have been ordered to stand
trial on charges of furnishing the late model with drugs.

After a three week preliminary
hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J Perry ruled there is
enough evidence to require Stern, 40, and physicians Khristine
Eroshevich, 61, and Sandeep Kapoor, 41, to stand trial.

They are
charged with conspiring to illegally provide controlled substances to
Smith. All three have pleaded not guilty.

The decision came after Judge
Perry took home a 45-minute video to watch that purportedly showed Anna
Nicole under the influence of drugs provided by her lawyer-boyfriend.

After it was announced that the
three will stand trial, Anna Nicole Smith’s mother Virgie Arthurs said
she was ‘thrilled’ with the court’s ruling.

A friend of Virgie revealed: “She is absolutely thrilled with the judge’s decision. All she has ever wanted is justice.”

Smith, 39, died from an accidental prescription drug overdose on February 8,

2007, after unsuccessful efforts to revive her in a Florida hotel room.