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iger Woods fodder for infotainment

Welcome to the 24/7 of infotainment passed off as news Tiger Woods. Have any of you done a google search of Tiger Woods today, what about a family privacy is now up for grabs? I could not believe the main stream media covering this with questions, and then you get to infotainment and last out and out horrid jokes sites, even a new “Spirit Airs” commercial based on Woods.

In a statement released on his website in part Tiger Woods said; “Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect.”

Tiger Woods is a great athlete, and now is surrounded by “tabloid scrutiny” and sadly main stream news like MSNBC and CNN, however wait until the television 24/7 infotainment hits Mr. Wood and his family.

It appears in media when asked L. Lin Wood is giving Tiger Wood some free advice like on November 30, in Dallas News Wood said; ““It’s a vicious cycle to find yourself in,” said L. Lin Wood, a nationally known trial attorney and First Amendment expert.

“When a media frenzy descends upon you, it’s difficult sometimes to make the right decision.”

Wood’s clients have included John and Patsy Ramsey, former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit and Richard Jewell, the security guard wrongly implicated in the Atlanta Olympic bombing.

In attorney Wood’s opinion, golfer Woods doesn’t owe the public any more than what little he has said so far. “

On December 1, Mr. L. Lin Wood in the NHBR said” But the same forces that ignite the story might also cause it to burn out quickly, said L. Lin Wood, an Atlanta attorney who has counseled high-profile clients.

Barring any new allegations, Wood sees coverage of the Woods story dying down in a few weeks, perhaps flaring briefly the next time Woods appears in public, then fading away. The attorney disagrees with marketers who say Woods needs to face reporters.

“To me, it would be undignified for someone like Tiger Woods,” he said. “And if you start to feed the media frenzy, it’s just going to get bigger and probably last longer.”

As the infotainment passed off as news continue to swallow up Tiger Woods and is depriving him of the privacy he is begging for while for now actually appearing he is becoming a recluse in his own home with media trucks lining the streets. Today in USA Today Lin Wood again offered Tiger Wood some advice; “ L. Lin Wood understands that full extent, [of Tiger Woods statement on the Tigerwoods.com site],. He is a lawyer in Atlanta who has extensive experience representing clients caught in media maelstroms.

“You’ve got two choices, as a practical matter” in cases like this, Wood said. “You go public and answer all the questions — in other words, tell all. Or you make the choice to treat it as a private matter and refuse to discuss publicly the issues involving his relationship with his wife and obviously these new accusations of infidelity or sexual misconduct.

“I think he has made the right decision. I do not think the issues that are now part of the media firestorm are issues that merit public discussion. … And I think going forward, Tiger should be Tiger (and not discuss) issues that do not relate to his public status or his professional endeavors.”

However on TV and in statements to the media most PR firms are saying basically “Tiger Woods should hire us and let us handle the ever growing media storm by releasing the information to the public infotainment feeding frenzy”.

So in your opining if Tiger Woods finds himself needing some help in the next days or weeks, would it be better to hire a media expert to release those “facts for you” or someone like L. Lin Wood to guarantee Woods and his family privacy is reinforced?

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December 3, 2009
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Howard K. Stern and car at Preliminary hearing

It is the picture in this article, see red circle of the car, that spawn the gossip that Howard K. Stern was driving a new Mercedes Benz and how tasteless would that be?

First I have not seen the registration nor even the license plate number and until I do I am not buying this. It could be his parents, a rental car, one for his out of town attorneys, etc. However, what if Stern bought a “new Mercedes Benz”? I just don’t think that, it is not his kind of car and what one drives to court does not mean one owns it. Remember we have all heard the stories of Stern’s like for baseball caps and to dress down, so why a Mercedes Benz? For those of you who know cars look at the hood ornament on this silver car and tell me what kind of car it is? If Stern bought this or any other car big deal, if he got money from some of the lawsuits or contracts he negotiated and he chose to buy a new car with that money, great for him. I don’t get what all of the commotion is about. If you have a copy of a registration please scan it and send it on to us, if you prove to me he does own a new Mercedes I will eat my typed words on this blog.

It appears Stern did have one set back yesterday. Judge Robert Perry after hearing the amount of money that had been made since Anna Nicole Smith’s death from body guards to Larry Birkhead, he did agree that better accommodations should be provided to the Texas crew. So out of what is fondly called the roach motel and into better quarters Don Clark and Wilma Vicedomine were entitled to. Stern’s team had paid the airfare although the duo with their attorney Neil McCabe changed it to a later flight on Monday morning, and Stern’s team had to pay for 2 nights lodging at a classier hotel. It came down to in court who was fibbing to the judge? Chris Smith, Stern’s California criminal attorney, said he had contacted the duo and had offered 48 hours notice before appearing. Mr. Smith argued that Neil McCabe should not be allowed to address the court as he was not licensed in California. In the end the Judge did allow Mr. McCabe to speak on behalf of his two Texas clients, asked what his clients wanted, asked the defense team if they were going to call them and then split the argument in half it appears to me. Stern paid the upgrade for the lodging and McCabe’s clients would be hustled out of town by Wednesday morning.

I talked to one person involved in the fiasco to be in town or not to be in town. They said the communications between Chris Smith and Wilma Vicedomine broke down when she emailed him and told him to talk and handle things through her lawyer, Neil McCabe, and Mr. Smith felt Mr. McCabe was not licensed in California. Is there hostility there on both sides?? YOU BET!!!!

However, the big news in all of this to me is that by Howard K. Stern’s legal team subpoenaing Don Clark and Wilma Vicedomine as “hostile material” witnesses for Stern, neither Clark or Vicedomine will be allowed in court for any of the hearings including the trial. I would think that someone else will have to accompany Virgie Arthur to court each day and set with her during the jury trial. In your opinion was this a good move by Stern’s legal team?

It appears the good Dr. Nathalie Maullin is NOT an EXPERT witness, she is just a witness relaying the facts as she remembered them over two years later. I was told she had the personality of aluminum foil and would be a doctor that none of the patients including Anna Nicole Smith would have felt warm, snuggly, or even comfortable with. I went to work yesterday to find out more about Dr. Maullin with the ever changing “definitions and who she talked to” taking place in court. I can sum it up in one long sentence. She had been a doctor barely two years when she “treated” Anna Nicole Smith, and she has been downgraded from the prestigious Cedars Sinai Medical Center to Kaiser Hospital. Enough said.

The other two witnesses yesterday were two pharmacists, Steve Mazlin and Romeo V. Par; very dry testimony reading their records of what was ordered when and by whom.

There was a brief walk on witness to testify that one of Anna Nicole Smith’s alias names was Charlene Underwood and Ms. Underwood made a cameo appearance as this was not her.

Judge Robert J. Perry did not have a good day and is a tad upset with everyone, by yesterday afternoon he was telling Renee Rose to move the case along. Some in the court house heard her say out of court she could be finished by Friday before noon. Court Observers are betting it will last no longer than next Tuesday, October 27. Several Court Observers also said that all three defendants would be bound over for a criminal jury trial and Judge Perry would be happy to be rid of this mess from everyone. I would imagine he has empathy for the judge that inherits this for trial. BEFORE ALL OF YOU GET UPSET!!! Remember I predicted they would be held for trial on a minimum bond, the district attorney has to basically meet the bar of standards of a ham and cheese sandwich and the pharmacists alone probably did that for the prosecution. Judge Perry wants to be done with this. This preliminary hearing has allowed the defense team to see the assistant D. A. Renee Rose in action as well as some of her star witnesses and you can bet that by trial the defense team for each of the three defendants will be loaded for bear and ready to meet and bring reasonable doubt for their clients to a jury. It was Adam Braun, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich’s attorney, who said if the district attorney’s office could not meet the low hurdle required by California statute in a preliminary hearing the assistant district attorneys should be laid off. I agree and if I was any of the defense attorneys I would just let this round go to the State of California. We will see if my prediction is correct.

Now for Mo Mo making over a hundred and fifty thousand with money from interviews which is still probably pouring in from Fox, not bad for five months of work in the beautiful Caribbean with Anna Nicole Smith paying all of his expenses while he was there. His testimony is going to get to when did you lie, at the paid media deals or now at the hearing and on to the jury trial. If Sadow did in fact cause Mo Mo to become angry and agitated then the defense learned a lot from Mo Mo’s three days of testimony and I would bet they are going to go over that transcript with a fine tooth comb so to say. If I was Renee Rose I would make sure there were more people then just Mo Mo that saw what he claims to have seen, if he is the only one I predict that will not get far with a jury.

Next up is Larry Birkhead and the 2.3 million dollars paid since Anna Nicole Smith’s death, well part of it came from NBC contracts to be Tony Potts best paid friend with exclusives for 3 to 6 months back in the spring of 2007, how ever long that contract was for. So the over one million more I would say came from other media like Fox and CBS – Entertainment tonight, and I wonder if Birkhead was also adding up the magazine layouts he has done with Dannielynn since winning the DNA test? If he can make this kind of money GREAT, it means he has the dough to take care of his daughter.

I was sent an excerpt of something that suggested Birkhead was pocketing Dannielynn’s money and cheating Dannielynn trust account, WRONG. If Larry Birkhead is in the interviews or pictures sold, the money goes to him. If the money coming in is for the use of Anna Nicole Smith’s name and/or likeness it goes into Dannielynn’s trust account. IF at a later date Birkhead decides to be in a reality show, which again I heard the first editing was a bomb, then the money MADE by Dannielynn would have to be held for her in another trust account NOT the Estates. The same goes for if she appears in pictures alone or begins to model, that money would have to be held and accounted for, EVERY penny. Since Birkhead testified that he had made that much money there is no reason to doubt him. Birkhead has also become a household name in the last 2+ years as has many in this sad saga.

The big question is did Larry Birkhead lie about the young new assistant district attorney Sarah Slice and his conversation with her. If these allegations floating around the courthouse corridors and the district attorneys office are true and Birkhead did lie what a crappy thing to do to a young assistant district attorney, in my opinion. She was back in court yesterday and all was normal and she has learned to NEVER talk to a witness outside of the courtroom. The reason is because in court it can be spun to look like you did a naughty and the witness is the victim. I do have to say this fiasco got Birkhead international coverage and bumped Mo Mo from the papers, perhaps that was the plan all alone. If Birkhead lied about his conversations with Ms. Slice then shame on him to take advantage of a new and probably friendly attorney. I bet in all future hearings involving this trial, the state of California vs. these three defendants we will see two big burly bailiffs bring Birkhead in and out of court and Sarah Slice will never forget this hard learned lesson in the legal world of the rich and famous.

I have often said this site will close before it becomes a propaganda site for either side in all of these lawsuits. However, if I am told something and I can verify it through at least one and preferably with two other independent sources it will appear here and hopefully start a good dialogue.

I hope we have debunked part of the gossip and put perspective on the rest, and yes it was the courthouse discussion as it was in the offices for the district attorney that the allegations of Birkhead lying is true, I guess we will find out with time won’t we?

There is no court today and I believe the rest of the witnesses are not going to give us the fireworks that Mo Mo and Birkhead provided.

UPDATE: I did forget to mention that there is of course some main media in the courtroom as well as bloggers covering the case. Those bloggers sharing with me or telling me where to look, they are great and neutral…. HOWEVER, there are some bloggers in the courtroom that do not appear to be fair and unbiased, they have been identified as VA bloggers and now their identities are known and they will be dealt with appropriately.

Howard K. Stern hand that caused all of the gossip

So what is in Howard K. Stern’s hand?

Day six is completed and there is approximately 4 days left until Judge Perry hands this entire mess over to the trial judge for the case. Tell us your thoughts and would someone look up the car in this picture and tell us what the hell it is?

©Rose Turner
October 21, 2009
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Steve Sadow Howard K. Stern lead criminal attorney

I had court observers tell me over and over again this week, that before this preliminary hearing started they felt it had been a fatal error on Howard K. Stern’s part to bring in an out of state lead criminal attorney, Steve Sadow. It was thought that as many good criminal attorneys as there are in California and especially around the Los Angeles area that any jury would not relate to the southerner in cowboy boots, Steve Sadow.

During the preliminary hearing we have read from court observers that Judge Robert Perry stops Sadow as he is going into a long oratory before asking a question of something like “hold on, this is a preliminary hearing not a trial keep the questions short and to the point”. Then we had Daniel DiCriscio describing in just the morning session that Steve Sadow, lead criminal attorney for Howard K. Stern, was jumping up every few seconds to object to something the Los Angeles assistant district attorney, Renee Rose would began to ask to object.

However, that seems to be evened out by the judge not allowing a lot of evidence in about Anna Nicole Smith, her life, potential sex escapes, tapes etc. that Renee Rose is trying to introduce. One witness blames Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich as Mo Mo did, and then another witness does not know anything about Dr. Khris but did talk to Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and so the “show goes”.

“Show”?? Yea but about a real person’s life and every facet of it more then two years after her death, I keep asking myself why?

Did we need to know about all of her physical ailments? Did we need to know, as one writer, said where even the remote to her T. V. was kept? Did we need the dueling banjos of testimony of Mo Mo followed by Larry Birkhead to dispute that fact? Birkhead explained what seemed to be a far more logical explanation and one I had heard way back in the spring or early summer of 2007. If I could find this why did the “lead investigator” Danny Santiago NOT find this?

Everyone who is a court observer agrees that the most damning evidence to date is Mo Mo, after all he was with her the last 5 months of her life. By the way if he did that because he loved her and never got paid, doesn’t that mean he lived off of Anna Nicole Smith in the beautiful Caribbean as the fingers he pointed at Stern seemed to indicate? Why was Mo Mo willing to lie for months and months and then decided he wanted to set the record straight? For that matter which record is he sticking to finally? I have so many questions about the devoted Mo Mo and so few answers.

I have heard it said that Howard K. Stern better hope that Sadow has a big enough bat to handle Mo Mo or his legal name of Maurice Brighthaupt, and does he? Well I talked to several court observers after the almost 3 days of Mo Mo then followed by the southern voice of Larry Birkhead and here are some things they are saying. First and foremost to date the only damning witness has been Mo Mo, but let’s look at that and what some have not written about.

Under cross examination Sadow was able to agitate Mo Mo, that won’t play good to a jury for Mo Mo to appear like a giant ex bodyguard with an axe to grind with Anna Nicole Smith’s Estate which equates to Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead. One court observer told me about this last week that they did not care for Sadow personally but that he was “very likeable” and that is what plays to a jury. If the lawyer is likeable and has some good points and can agitate the top witness to date that does not bode well for the prosecution. One court observer told me, it does not matter if you like Sadow personally he is one hell of a likeable lawyer in court. Here is my own interpretation of what MIGHT have happened between Mo Mo and Sadow in just one question and all of you have posed some great questions here on the blog by the way. Sadow: “So Mo Mo which time are we to believe when you are choosing to tell the truth, now or when you were being paid over a hundred grand for appearances when you said something entirely different”? Mo Mo, gets agitated and glaring at the lawyer and said: “This time I am just now trying to set the record straight”. Now agitated and that lame of an excuse for lying while the money was coming in but not now, how do you think that is going to play to a jury?

I had heard the account given by Larry Birkhead about the AMA show before and have written about it. Allegedly Anna Nicole Smith had a grand mal seizure the night before her appearance. Two doctors were called and both said to give her a double dose of her seizure medication. As hard as it is for most of us to believe the beautiful Anna Nicole Smith had anxiety before a public appearance and especially for this one with her weight loss. She had insomnia and had not slept for thirty six hours straight. I have heard “gossip” that besides the seizures and no sleep she had taken a Xanax several hours before she was to appear to try to sleep. Did Mo Mo have any explanation for that? Another witness who is suppose to give damning evidence is Nathan Collins but even he told me he had asked around and had talked to Kim, Anna Nicole’s personal assistant for years and had been told way back in 2005 the same recounts as Larry Birkhead gave on Friday. So could Mo Mo have just forgotten all of that as the months and years have gradually slid past?

Then there are all of the horrid things we are learning about the health and habits of this beautiful previous playmate of the year turned model. Did any of us really or need to know about everything she suffered from? Did any of us want to really know about her personal habits including liking to drink out of a baby bottle, keeping baby food snacks near her bed and all of the other very personal things we are now finding out? I did not and it kind of makes me physically sick, how about each of you?

This brings up an email I found I still had from 2007, it is talking to someone else, now remember I have never spoken to Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, Virgie Arthur, Mo Mo and most of the people in this saga and certainly NONE of Anna Nicole’s inner circle. However let me recount in part what this email says. Remember at one time I did do some domestic violence advocacy work and I can say for certain that adult survivors of child abuse are almost impossible to reach out to or help. In this email I say “I have been able to “VERIFY”…. I have no idea who I was talking about when I said “verify”. However, the email goes on to say, “there were at least four different personalities of Anna Nicole and she referred to them as this. Vickie Lynn is the girl that came from Mexia Texas, Nickie was the stripper, Anna Nicole was the model and red carpet walker, and Robin was a little girl”. I believe in the email I am musing could one of the secrets that Stern has vowed to protect in death could be the fact that Anna Nicole suffered from multiple personalities? I don’t know but those of you who have read the last week and followed Anna Nicole Smith in life, could that be true? If it is do we have the right to know all of that now over 2 years after her death?

So in the end as it appears now that all of Anna Nicole Smith’s secrets will come out will Steve Sadow have a big enough legal bat to handle those like Mo Mo as Howard K. Stern dearly hopes so? Share with us your thoughts today before the kick off of week two of the preliminary hearing and more behind the scenes habits and illnesses of Anna Nicole Smith.

We will take up our live coverage tomorrow as court reconvenes, October 19, 2009. Stay tuned here at Rose Speaks.com as we keep you up to date as the hearing unfolds from multiple court room observers.

©Rose Turner
October 18, 2009
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Howard K. Stern with lead attorney Steve Sadow

Court started at 8:30 AM this morning, October 15, 2009 on day three of the preliminary hearing in Los Angeles California. First up is the cross examination by defense attorney Steve Sadow of yesterday’s star prosecution witness, Maurice, “Big Mo” Brighthaupt. That has been listed by many court observer as taking up the full morning for the most part.

After lunch the question is will Larry Birkhead, appear, he will be pro Howard K. Stern but might be hostile to Dr. Kapoor and Dr. Eroshevich. Adam Braun, attorney for Eroshevich, said he might attempt to have Birkhead’s testimony postponed because he had just received an audio tape from the state of Birkhead’s interview with them and has not had time to fully examine it.

The state is keeping their cards close as to what witnesses will be appearing on which days. There are hints around the courthouse that Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry may shut down the preliminary hearing early next week. He is showing some impatience often heard saying, “This is not murder trial” and “Whose fault is it that somebody takes too many pills?”

I keep going back to why a public preliminary hearing which is a basic walk through preview of what might come up at trial, in lieu of a Grand Jury which the outcome would have been a finding of enough evidence to go to trial. They both, I am told, end up at the same place so why this, and not the close door hearing?

Maurice, “Big Mo” Brighthaupt, one of Anna Nicole Smith’s body guards, I am told by one court observer, came across as very believable and would be hard to shake from his testimony yesterday. Let’s see how this plays out with Steve Sadow, Howard K. Stern’s lead attorney who took charge first thing this morning.

We don’t know if Don Clark is still in California as a “material hostile witness” for Howard K. Stern, but Neil McCabe is now back in Houston to our understanding. However, we have not been able to confirm that. Neil McCabe we can now confirm was not in court yesterday and has not been seen in court today. We have now been able to confirm for you that both Don Clark and Neil McCabe are back in Houston today.

LOS ANGELES — The AP is reporting that; “A judge has barred testimony about an alleged sexual relationship between Anna Nicole Smith and a female doctor accused of providing her with excessive medication.” Prosecutors attempted to question Smith’s former bodyguard Thursday about an alleged relationship between the late model and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry shut down the line of questioning, saying he didn’t think it was relevant.

UPDATE ONE AND BOMBSHELL ONE FOR TODAY: Maurice, “Big Mo” Brighthaupt is still testifying for the prosecution and has stated it was Larry Birkhead that furnished Anna Nicole Smith with Ecstasy and champagne to wash it down, at the Music awards in 2004. Mo further testified that every time he took the champagne away from Anna Nicole, Birkhead replaced it with a new glass full. It will be later today before Steve Sadow, Stern’s lawyer can try to chip away at that. What will this do to the “boy next door” image of Dannielynn’s father? The court is out on it’s morning break right now and it appears that at least one more Assistant D. A. is coming into court with notes if not to remain for testimony following the break.

UPDATE TWO: Good chance that Larry Birkhead will not testify today. As Maurice “Big Mo” Brighthaupt continues his slamming of all of the defendants except Dr. Kapoor, it appears the defense is not going to get a chance to question him today. This day has been consumed for the most part by Assistant D. A. Renee Rose ongoing examination of “Big Mo”. If Steve Sadow begins today he will not finish today, which pushes Birkhead back to testifying tomorrow, if he appears at all. Why is the sensationalized site of TMZ.com not carrying anything about “Big Mo” testifying today against Birkhead and the drugs swigged down with champagne or for that matter his apparent willingness to testify against Dr. Eroshevich about her alleged possible affair with Anna Nicole Smith? However, at other times it seems that “Big Mo” wants to then take up for Dr. Eroshevich at times in his testimony saying she was concerned for Smith also and even gave Smith placebos.

UPDATE THREE: Larry Birkhead is in the courthouse, briefly walked into the court room and then just left again, not sure why. Stay tune we don’t know if Mo’s cross examination is finished and if so what Sadow was able or willing to do without showing his full hand before the trial which is now predicted to being going to start in February or March 2010, still trying to verify that.

UPDATE LAST FOR TODAY: “Big Mo” will be back on the witness stand tomorrow morning for redirect examination by L. A. assistant D. A. Renee Rose; that is expected to last for 1 to 1 & 12/ hours. That will be followed by Larry Birkhead beginning at about 10 AM tomorrow on day four of the Howard K. Stern, Dr. Kapoop and Dr. Dr. Eroshevich.

Keep up with Rose Speaks throughout the day tomorrow as we bring you the up to minute happening in California in the Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich preliminary hearing, we have several court watchers rotating in and out of the court room giving us the feel of the court, I am sure each one will have that person’s personal take of this.

©Rose Turner
October 15, 2009
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Anna Nicole Smith

List of new documents in all cases concerning ANS and new discussion thread.

October 7, 2009 CBS Unredacted Documents in the Howard K. Stern vs. Rita Cosby and Hachette Books in contracts with Howard K. Stern and the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2502.

October 6, 2009 Virgie Arthur – Rose Turner Submission to the Court for the Agreed expanded hard drive search criteria that were accidentally omitted from the original Agreed Motion.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2503.

October 7, 2009 CBS Notion of Submission of the Motion for Summary Judgment filed last week, this is set for submission only for October 26, 2009.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2504.

October 7, 2009 Art Harris Unopposed Motion to the First Court of Appeals asking for an extra week to Reply to Party of Real Interest Virgie Arthur’s Response to Harris’ Writ of Mandamus, the oral argument was moved by the First Court of Appeals earlier today by their on rescheduling from October 13 to October 27, 2009 at 1:30 PM with both sides still have 15 minutes each.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2505.

LATEST FILINGS FROM NEW YORK ARE THE UNREDACTED DOCUMENTS BY RITA COSBY, SOME TO YOU “MAY APPEAR” TO BE MISSING THEY ARE NOT, THE ACCIDENTALLY FILED EXCEPTS OF LARRY BIRKHEAD, POL’ ATTEU, PATRIK SIMPSON AND HOWARD K. STERN HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOADED FOR YOU AS WELL AS WHAT “APPEARS” IN THIS TO BE MISSING EXHIBITS, THERE ARE A LOT MORE TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THEM NOW. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR HACHETTE’S UNREDACTED FILINGS TO BE FILED WITH THE FEDERAL SOUTHERN DISCTRICT COURT OF NEW YORK.

October 8, 2009 Rita Cosby’s UNREDACTED Memorandum of Law originally filed redacted with her Motion for Summary Judgment on December 15, 2008.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2514.

October 8, 2009 Rita Cosby’s UNREDACTED Rule 56.1 Statement of Facts of this lawsuit as she sees them, originally filed redacted with her Motion for Summary Judgment on December 15, 2008.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2515.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s UNREDACTED Declaration of Exhibits Filed with the original Motion for Summary Judgment on December 15, 2008.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2516.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit D a small excerpt of the Unredacted deposition of Wilma Vicedomine.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2509.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit E a small excerpt of the Unredacted deposition of Mark Speer.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2518.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit G a small excerpt of the Unredacted deposition of Jack Harding.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2510.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit H a small excerpt of the Unredacted deposition of Bruce Littlefield.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2511.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit J emails between Tracy Ferguson and Howard K. Stern about conflict of interest and accusing Stern of asking her to commit perjury.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2512.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit O statement by Ford Shelley to the Royal Bahamian police following Daniel Smith’s death dated December 19, 2006 AFTER the dispute for Horizons was in the press.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2513.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit P partial statement by Howard K. Stern to the Royal Bahamian police following Daniel Smith’s death dated September 10, 2006.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2517.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit U which contains 15 pages of the CBS contracts made by Howard K. Stern for the different interviews and coverage including the personal contract on February 10, 2007 for himself and the contract for the funeral rights to go into a trust account for Dannielynn.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2506.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit V which contains the Splash contracts made by Howard K. Stern for Estate of Anna Nicole Smith for the funeral rights to go into a trust account for Dannielynn.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2507.

October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit W which includes the Contract with Getty images including the email between Howard K. Stern and a representative of Getty about doing an interview if the Commitment Ceremony pictures would sell for more.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2508.

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October 9, 2009
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Dr Cyril Wecht and Dawna Kaufmann - A Question of Murder

Very quietly in January 2009 was published a book by Crime Story writer, Dawna Kaufmann, and renown Medical and Forensic Examiner Cyril Wecht M. D. J. D., called “A Question of Murder” appeared on store shelves and online book stores. The book deals with five cases and goes through how Dr. Cyril Wecht arrived at his conclusion in relation to “A Question of Murder”. I now have the book and this one TRULY has never before published information surrounding the death of Daniel Smith and Anna Nicole Smith. I have only skimmed through the 2 chapters, having laid the book on my bedside table, and saw two glaring things that caught by attention. That Dr. Wecht contacted Howard K. Stern about the testimony of Dr. Hern at the Inquest in Daniel Smith’s death in the Bahamas. The second thing that caught my eye right off is the related facts that in the chapter concerning was Anna Nicole Smith’s death “A Question of Murder” or even of possible murder, is a detailed dialogue of a conference call between Dr. Wecht, Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. Dr. Wecht had extraordinary access to many of the main people who were really in the know about the death of Daniel Smith and his famous mother Anna Nicole Smith. It is well written which is a relief after reading the ninth grade level of writing of Rita Cosby’s book.

I suggest Barnes and Noble for the book but then I have a preference for them. After I read the chapter I will discuss the “A Question of Murder” for Daniel Smith. That will be followed by a discussion of “A Question of Murder” for Anna Nicole Smith. If you don’t like Barnes and Noble a link section on our main site has numerous online stores to purchase the book from.

This book is riveting in the teaming up of Cyril Wecht M. D. with Dawna Kaufmann the Crime story writer to make sure it holds one interest and is not loaded with too much medical jargon. It holds the attention of the reader in great details about all five cases covered in “A Question of Murder”.

I am going to give each of you time to order your copy or pick it up at your local book store before I begin to discuss it. After you have purchased your copy write down the questions you have about “A Question of Murder” we will have access to the authors to finally separate, rumors the out and out lies that tabloid media deal with, and I hope we find the truth; or as much as we can before the preliminary hearing in October.

How Rita Cosby’s book made it to the best seller list and this book did not is beyond my comprehension. Oh yea, the book of the true blond ambitious Rita Cosby had explosive allegations often not covered by facts at all per Judge Denny Chin. His finding outlines his “thoughts” on the meeting the bar of both malicious intent and for punitive damages to be tried before a jury.

Here is a list of documents that will be released by Court Order no later than August 20, 2009. Note that Rita Cosby and Howard K. Stern’s complete deposition are two of the more interesting documents to be released as is Wilma Vicedomine.

The list filed under seal by Elizabeth A. McNamara, the second filing on Dec. 19, 2009 by Elizabeth A McNamara is identical to this one for Rita Cosby Dec. 15, 2008:
Her declaration starts right off with “redacted”.

Partial depositions:
Exhibit A Larry Birkhead (we have)
Exhibit B Patrik Simpson (we have)
Exhibit C Pol’ Atteu (we have)
Exhibit D Wilma Vicedomine (we don’t have)
Exhibit E Mark Speer (we don’t have yet)
Exhibit F Howard K. Stern (we have)
Exhibit G Jack Harding (we don’t have)
Exhibit H. Bruce Littlefield (we don’t have yet)
Exhibit I Rusty Hardin’s filing in the Florida case (we have)
Exhibit J even the name is redacted.
Exhibit K Larry Birkhead’s declarations in family court in California. (we don’t have)
Exhibit L Lori Payne (we have and she flaunted it on Geraldo)
Exhibit M and N affidavits by Ben Thompson (we have but will not put up for Dannielynn’s right to privacy)
Exhibit O Ford Shelly statement to Royal Bahamas Police (we have)
Exhibit P Howard K. Stern’s statement to Royal Bahamas Police (we have the first page)
Exhibit Q all of the transcript of the Florida proceedings (most of us probably have)
Exhibit R PEJ Report on Stern’s Affidavit in the Inquest (redacted and we don’t have)
Exhibit S Debra Opri’s original filing in California against Birkhead (we have)
Exhibit T Howard K. Stern’s petition from Florida suing O’Quinn (we have)
Exhibits U and V media contracts for Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K. Stern (redacted)
Exhibit X (one page from the great big beautiful doll (filed under seal for copyright reasons, however we have a copy)
Exhibit Y and Z media coverage on Anna Nicole Smith marrying J. Howard Marshall (we have)
Exhibits AA and BB is media coverage of Larry Birkhead (we have)
Exhibit CC tabloid media coverage pointing to Stern being involved in Daniel Smith death (we have)
Exhibits DD, EE and FF Jack Harding’s coverage in media (we have)
Exhibits DD the whole thing is redacted (we don’t’ have)
Exhibit HH media coverage of the Britney Spears defamation claim (we have)

The list filed under seal by Debra Neumann Hachette Books Dec. 15, 2008

Exhibit A excerpts deposition Evan Boorstyn (we don’t have)
Exhibit B excerpts deposition Leslie Pockell (we don’t have)
Exhibit C excerpts deposition Jamie Raab
Exhibit D excerpts deposition Howard K. Stern

The list filed under seal with Amy Einhorn’s declaration dated Dec. 15, 2008

Exhibit B of Amy Einhorn is a copy of the book proposal
Exhibit C copy of contract with Rita Cosby

The list filed under seal by L. Lin Wood for Howard K. Stern February 12, 2009

Exhibit 1 deposition Howard K. Stern dated Sept. 15 and 16 2008 (full deposition, 3 days worth)
Exhibit 2 deposition Rita Cosby Nov. 15, 2007 (full deposition 3 days worth)
Exhibit 3 deposition Rita Cosby Sep. 22-23 and 26 2008 with exhibits 4, 5, 8, 9, 29
Exhibit 4 excerpts of Larry Birkhead July 22, 2008
Exhibit 5 excerpts of Bruce Littlefield, dated July 29, 2009 with exhibit 13
Exhibit 6 excerpts of Raymond Martino dated Sept. 2, 2009
Exhibit 7 excerpts Pol’ Atteu dated May 28, 2009
Exhibit 8 excerpts Patrik Simpson dated May 27, 2008
Exhibit 9 excerpts Don Clark dated Oct. 14, 2008
Exhibit 10 pages of Don Clark deposition from Florida (we have)
Exhibit 11 excerpts of Wilma Vicedomine dated Oct. 13, 2008 exhibits 6 and 7
Exhibit 12 excerpts of Amy Einhorn dated Sept. 9, 2008 Exhibits 1, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 12
Exhibit 13 excerpts of Mitchell Hoffman dated Sept. 10, 2008 exhibits 22, 27 and 27
Exhibit 14 excerpts Les Pockell dated Oct. 7, 2008
Exhibit 15 excerpts Evan Boorstyn dated Oct. 7, 2008
Exhibit 16 excerpts Jamie Raab dated Oct. 7, 2008
Exhibit 17 excerpts Dan Wakeford dated Dec. 15, 2007
Exhibit 18 excerpts Mark Speer dated Oct. 23, 2008
Exhibit 19 excerpts Jack Harding dated Feb. 21, 2008
Exhibit 20 excerpts Broncha Stern dated Sept 3, 2008
Exhibit 21 excerpts Virgie Arthur from Houston case dated Oct. 28, 2008
Exhibit 22 Declaration Howard K. Stern Feb. 5, 2009 partially filed under seal
Exhibit 29 notes by Rita Cosby
Exhibits 31, 32, 33, and 34 all filed under seal

The list filed under seal by Debra Neumann for Hachette Books March 13, 2009

Exhibit A excerpts Amy Einhorn dated Sept. 9, 2008
Exhibit B excerpts Mitchell D. Hoffman dated Sept. 10, 2008

The list filed under seal by Elizabeth McNamara for Rita Cosby March 13, 2009

Exhibit 1 excerpts Raymond Martino
Exhibit 2 excerpts Don Clark
Exhibit 3 complete deposition Wilma Vicedomine
Exhibit 4 excerpts Mark Speer
Exhibit 5 excerpts Jack Harding
Exhibit 6 excerpts Larry Birkhead
Exhibit 7 excerpts Pol’ Atteu
Exhibit 8 excerpts Patrik Simpson
Exhibit 10 email between Birkhead and ANS dated Sept. 22, 2006
Exhibit 11 email between Stella Lockhard to Stern attorney Krista Barth dated April 13, 2007
Exhibit 12 updated document by Rita Cosby
Exhibit 14 excerpts book by Cyril H. Wecht published Jan. 6, 2009 (should have been filed under seal we have removed them from the web site.)
Exhibit 15 Big Beautiful Doll filed under seal

LATEST FILINGS BY RITA COSBY IN THE NEW YORK CASE ON SEX TAPE AND ORAL SEX AT A PARTY WITH JACKIE HATTEN STILL NO WHERE TO BE FOUND

August 18, 2009 Rita Cosby’s Notice to the Southern District Federal Court before Judge Chin that she is filing a Memorandum of Law of reconsideration of the sex tape and the “party” where missing Jackie Hatten “says” she saw Birkhead and Stern having oral sex.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2353.

August 18, 2009 Rita Cosby Memorandum of Law Support Reconsideration to the Southern District Federal Court before Judge Chin that she is filing a Memorandum of Law of reconsideration of the sex tape and the “party” where missing Jackie Hatten “says” she saw Birkhead and Stern having oral sex.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2354.

Latest paperwork in Texas State Case

August 11, 2009 Court Order passing on the County attorney’s office filing a “boilerplate” Motion without the facts the court needs on one of the parties filing of an indigence Affidavit.

http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2352.

©Rose Turner
August 17, 2009
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John J. Nazarian P. I. to the Rich and Famous

“We will use ‘real’ words, I love the word ‘DIVORCE’, family law sounds like a pleasant experience. Folks none of this is going to be pleasant, maybe two or three times I have had clients who realized what time it was and did the right thing. What you ask is the right thing? You have ten dollars and you take five dollars and the other side gets five dollars. Otherwise the ten dollars goes like this, your lawyer will take $4.00 and the other lawyer will take $4.00 and some lucky private investigator will get $1.50. I have made this as simple as I can and yes I have seen this done with millions of dollars and yes everyone was thrilled, that is the lawyers and me!

The subject of these articles will be based on real people going through a real day in court. No one has ever accused me of mincing words and if it is a pig I am calling it just that, a pig.”

…. So I hope that my perspective will help women and men who have decided to take the plunge and DIVORCE each other. Nazarian and Associates thanks RoseSpeaks.com for their interest in these observations from a courtroom in America, sure every state is different but there is very common denominators when comes to ‘screwing each other’ in the game known as DIVORCE.

Here is our lead in to the first of the articles of John J. Nazarian’s series of DIVORCE! If you have a question ask Mr. Nazarian if he can I am sure he will either answer it or address it in an upcoming article.

This article by John J. Nazarian is called the “Persian two step”, funny but serious also and one any of us no matter rich or poor can relate to …. It is DIVORCE

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After seeing Laurel and Hardy on Monday I got away from the craziness that comes with famous dead people and headed for higher ground. Well let me tell you, I stopped by the Honorable Amy Pellman, Judge, department 65. Action for me is judges being just that — judges — and liars, excuse me, I mean people who sit before the judge and tell their sad stories, true or not? Who can ever tell, after awhile it is like being a parent or an old copper who has heard so much crap on a daily basis that even before the offender opens their pie hole you know they are liars.

…I have to tell you that for anyone to have to sit and listen to divorce people wanting to get through the process for 5 minutes can make you want to grind your teeth. These judges who handle family law, aka DIVORCE, are not paid enough nor am I for the constant attack on our common sense. ….She had a Big Fat Liar in her sights and she was not going to be playing anymore games with him or his lawyer. Talk about interesting, here was the “doctor” who was just “broke” and had already paid over $500,000 in legal fees, investigative fees, accounting fees and only God knows what else…But not one cent for child support. This guy had performed the now famous “Persian two step.” For those of you who do not know what this is well let me explain, there are other versions of the two step, but this one is one of the best. …

…Judge Pellman busts one over this guy’s head by telling him that “not to pay child support for five years” was unconscionable and she has had enough. She asks Da Doc’s lawyer, “how many days in a week?”… It is simple folks, you want to totally screw over the X-wifee all you do is get rid of all your assets….

To read the rest of John J. Nazarian newest article on DIVORCE, click the link below:

http://desperateexes.com/2009/08/07/judge-amy-pellman-dropkicks-the-two-step/.

©John J. Nazarian
August 9, 2009
Used with the permission of John Nazarian P. I. – writer
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