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Anna Nicole Smith's long-running drug trial is expected to come to a conclusion any minute now!

According to the judge's clerk, the jury foreperson sent a note to the judge, claiming that after 12 days, the jury had reached verdicts in the specific case against Howard K. Stern, Smith's lawyer and boyfriend, and two other doctors, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich.

The three are charged with conspiring to enable Smith's drug addiction, and using false names to obtain the prescriptions in which to do so.

So tragic.

We sincerely hope that justice is finally served.

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Such an ugly, tragic situation. We're happy that those responsible are being held accountable and that this all can finally be put to rest.

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We're so thankful that this whole case is finally coming to a close.

Howard K. Stern's lawyer, Steve Sadow, gave his closing arguments in the Anna Nicole Smith case on Thursday, telling jurors that Stern was "a guy whose been with her since 2001. Witnesses have said he cherished her, loved her. She was the love of his life."

He also attacked the prosecutors, accusing them of "deceiving jurors" with misleading evidence and trying to win the case "at all costs," rather than telling the truth. One of his examples included a testimony from a witness who suggested that a picture of Smith with a bruised face was the cause of an argument with Stern.

Sadow argued that Smith actually had gone under cosmetic surgery, which would have caused the bruising. He told the jury, "These were introduced by the prosecution to give you the impression that Howard Stern had done something to Anna and they know it isn't true."

During his argument, Sadow actually turned to the prosecution and questioned, "How do you do this in a courtroom?" he shouted. "You don't deceive the people making the decision. Judge Robert Perry was forced to step in and remind the defense attorney to speak to the jury and not direct his remarks to the prosecutors in the court room.

Sadow's finished his arguments, saying, "She decided to deal with her chronic pain with medication. It's the patient's decision as long as the patient knows the choices she has."

Sad. We just hope this whole thing ends as soon as possible.

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We can't say this makes us very happy, though we're glad to hear there is some resolve to the case regardless.

This morning, the judge overseeing the Anna Nicole Smith case dismissed some of the charges against Howard K. Stern and two doctors. The trio, who were accused of illegally providing Anna Nicole with prescription drugs, were cleared of two charges.

The first went to Stern for supposedly obtaining the drugs for Anna Nicole through means of fraud and deceit. (The charge still stands against Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.) A second charge was dropped against both parties due to insufficent proof.

The remaining charges against all three defendants will all go to the jury. Hopefully, by Monday, this whole thing will be over with.

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Is this still going on? Really?! Just let the woman rest in peace and throw these schmucks in jail already!

A judge overseeing the Anne Nicole Smith trial has requested that prosecutors simplify their proposal charging drug conspiracy charges against Anna's doctors and boyfriend, insisting that the jurors are having trouble understanding the complex case.

Does anyone really understand it?!

After reviewing the lengthy complaint, Superior Court Judge Robert Perry asked prosecutors: "Are you trying to impress the jury with so many charges or abuse the jury?… I think it hurts your case when you complicate it."

True. Housewives and retiree's know only enough legal jargon to get them through an episode of CSI. Can't expect much more than that.

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And this case just keeps getting more and more complicated.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry is likely to dismiss various felony charges against Howard K. Stern and two doctors in the drug conspiracy trial over Anna Nicole Smith's death.

Although it's unclear which charges will be dropped, Perry claimed Monday that there was enough evidenced given in the prosecution's testimonies that support two of three conspiracy charges.

It all depends on whether or not the prosecution can prove that Smith was a drug addict, because according to a pain management expert's testimony, she was never diagnosed as such - instead, just a victim of chronic pain from a rib injury, and grief-stricken over her son's death.

All so tragic, and frankly, we're not sure what to think about this entire mess.

What do U think?? Should the charges get dropped??

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This is really sad and disturbing. Be forewarned.

Quethlie Alexie, the former nanny of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Danielynn, has opened up about the circumstances of Anna Nicole’s final weeks, and the details are upsetting, to say the least.

Alexie testified against the three defendants accused of keeping Anna Nicole in a perpetually drugged state, including Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich, and Smith's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern.

In her statement, she spoke about how she would see Smith brought into a bathroom by Stern and Eroshevich, who’d leave bloody syringes and cotton balls in the bathroom as Smith stumbled out drunkenly. Awful!

Here’s what Stern would say to Smith before these bathroom visits, according to Alexie:

“Baby, come and we'll take our medicine.'"

More from Alexie:

"She was unable to walk, falling, and was unable to handle her talking. She would laugh."

Alexie described Smith’s state towards the end as weak, and that she would sleep all day. Alexie also spoke about how Smith suffered from bouts of diahrrea and vomiting, and that she was in a grief-stricken state over the death of her son, Daniel.

So horrible! We hope Alexie's testimony is able to make an impact in resolving this case.

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The drama never ends in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case!

Now, witness Ford Shelley recanted his earlier statements in which he alluded that Smith's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern had overmedicated Smith.

On Friday, he changed his tune, claiming that he never witnessed Smith abuse drugs nor did he see Stern force any medication on to her. He also says that he believes Stern shouldn't be on trial.

Stern, along with Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich have pleaded not guilty to charges claiming that they provided Smith excessive drugs.

Shady, shady, shady….

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Anna Nicole Smith’s life is skipping right past TV movie and heading straight for the opera!

BBC 4 will be airing Anna Nicole - The Opera, which tells the story of her rise to fame and how she married a billionaire 60 years older than her, and then died of a drug overdose at 39 years old.

Recently, we had heard that Anna Nicole's life would be getting the musical treatment, but who knew it would become a full-fledged opera?

We wonder if they’ll incorporate current Anna Nicole-related news into the opera. At the moment, the man who was her boyfriend and two men who were her doctors are being charged with keeping her in a perpetually heavily drugged state.

Mark Anthony Turnage, an Olivier award-winning composer, is developing the opera. This is good news, because it’s important for the man behind an Anna Nicole opera to have an impressive pedigree. We wouldn’t want it to be mishandled.

What will be next after the opera? A Feature film? A National Anna Nicole holiday? Guess we’ll have to see how the opera goes first. We have a very morbid curiosity about this project…we’ll be keeping an eye and an ear out.

Do U think Anna Nicole’s life deserves the opera treatment?

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