At the request of Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, a Bahamian judge issued a temporary injunction preventing Stern from taking Smith's daughter out of the Bahamas. Sometimes I’m amazed by the way she handles things.”. On September 26, 2006, Stern claimed in an interview from the Bahamas with Larry King on CNN that he was the father of Smith's newborn daughter. Denk is also friends with Stern. “I’m going on amusement park roller coasters doing 200-foot drops holding on to her and she says, ‘I told you the last time, do not hold on to me!’ Sometimes you just have to say, ‘I gotta let you go and become your own person.’ You can only do so much. [20] However, the publisher of Hogan's book, Train Wreck, described the newspaper's claims as a hoax. Birkhead was a freelance celebrity photographer in Los Angeles, California. The tests included questions about whether he had an affair with Smith and whether he could possibly be the child's father. Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead, named Hannah Rose Marshall Stern at birth, was born to Anna Nicole Smith on September 7, 2006 in Nassau, Bahamas.Almost immediately, questions over her paternity arose, quickly followed by the death of her half-brother, Daniel Smith, three days after her birth.Smith's death and Dannielynn's custody preceded the paternity claims made by attorney Howard … Judge Seidlin awarded custody of Smith's body to lawyer, the guardian ad litem for Dannielynn. In the interview with Julie Banderas, Denk said he and Smith were in a relationship and that he knew her for five and a half years. Birkhead v.Marshall, centered on a child born September 7, 2006 to Vickie Lynn Marshall (better known as Anna Nicole Smith).The child was named Dannielynn, and was registered on her birth certificate as the daughter of Vickie Lynn Marshall (Smith) and her live-in partner Howard K. Stern. However, Larry revealed that the absence of a mother-figure is starting to take its toll as she gets older. Following the death of the baby's half-brother Daniel Wayne Smith, Smith put his name on the disputed second birth certificate issued for the baby then known as Hannah Rose. “She is clinging to the female teachers,” he told the outlet. He did not have a sample of the baby's DNA to analyze against, nor did he have a court order to submit to testing, but had stated that he wanted to be prepared if his paternity case had continued. [18], He reportedly told the entertainment news show Extra that he had an affair with his former employer and that it was possible he could be the baby's father. Birkhead v. Marshall, centered on a child born September 7, 2006 to Vickie Lynn Marshall (better known as Anna Nicole Smith). The judge had put off the paternity question until after the issue of the location of Anna’s burial was decided. : Bahamian Lawyer Says Wrong Signature Could Force DNA Test Request, "Anna Nicole buried next to 20-year-old son in Bahamas", Former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith tells of miscarriage and drug abuse, Howard K. Stern: Anna Nicole Smith Paid My Rent, More On The Battle Over Anna Nicole Smith's Body; The Bodyguard Speaks Out, Howard Stern's sister: Smith unsure of paternity, Frederic von Anhalt Santa Monica courthouse photo, Frederic von Anhalt lie detector test photo, Prince to Birkhead: Good Luck With the Baby, "Could Anna Nicole's Bodyguard Be Dannielynn's Father? We wish Larry luck in raising Dannielynn and we wish him the best."[17]. [16] On April 10, 2007 after the paternity test results were made public, representatives of Prinz von Anhalt released this statement wishing Birkhead well with raising the baby: "We never intended to take Dannielynn from anyone, we were just here in case Prinz von Anhalt was the father. [13] On February 15, 2007, he filed legal documents at a courthouse in Santa Monica, California seeking a DNA test to determine if he was the father of the baby. In Touch Weekly is part of the A360 Media Entertainment Group.Copyright © A360 Media LLC 2020. [15] On March 23, 2007, he submitted a DNA sample to a Los Angeles clinic even though he was not involved in the paternity suit between Stern and Birkhead. ", "Birkhead biological father of Anna Nicole's baby", "Birkhead named baby's dad; Stern won't fight for custody", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dannielynn_Birkhead_paternity_case&oldid=981126852, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2016, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 12:56. [14], On February 20, 2007, he took a lie detector test in his attorney's office in Los Angeles. Although we don’t often see much of the father-daughter duo, we can tell these two are attached at the hip! Stern was Smith's attorney who was named executor of her will which was drafted in 2001 by Eric James Lund, Esq. According to Birkhead's testimony on February 21, 2007 while on the stand, he and Smith dated on and off from August 2005 to February 2006. In Touch Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. [12] According to the Associated Press, on February 12, 2007 Prinz von Anhalt announced that he would file a paternity claim and that his marriage likely would be over if his claims of parentage prevailed. A little over a month after the birth, a copy of the baby's disputed second birth certificate dated October 11, 2006 was made public showing she was renamed and registered as Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern on October 9, 2006. She starred in the E! [4] From September 7, 2006 to October 11, 2006 the baby was in the records as Hannah Rose Marshall Stern. After the birth of her daughter, according to G. Ben Thompson, a former boyfriend of hers who is a real-estate developer in South Carolina, Smith wanted to put him down as the father on the birth certificate, but he refused. He was quoted as saying that he could potentially be the father of Smith's daughter and said he would file a lawsuit if Dannielynn was turned over to Stern or Birkhead by the courts. [6], In March 2007, Smith was buried in the Bahamas next to her late son Daniel Wayne Smith after Virgie Arthur lost an appeal against judge Seidlin's ruling. She was married to Billy Wayne Smith from 1985 to 1993. [9], He has claimed to be the biological father of baby Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. When the question came up, Birkhead denied receiving money for media interviews, though he has received royalties for archived pictures he took of Smith. Thompson also was not convinced the baby was his because he had a vasectomy. For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews – Subscribe on YouTube!