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2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna
 2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna 
HOWARD K STERN HEARING
Oct 29, 2009 9:37 AM CDT

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

(Newser) - Just in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making...

Birkhead: Prosecutor Pressured Me
 Birkhead: 
 Prosecutor 
 Pressured Me 
HOWARD K STERN HEARING
Oct 20, 2009 4:08 AM CDT

Birkhead: Prosecutor Pressured Me

Anna Nicole Smith's former lover says he was told to 'ramp up' testimony

(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith's babydaddy Larry Birkhead took the stand again yesterday in the Howard K Stern hearing, and testified that the prosecution pressured him to "ramp up" his testimony because he appeared to be taking Stern's side. "I felt I personally did my best and I was being...

MTV Show May Have Put DJ AM Over the Edge

Ex-addict got into close contact with drugs

(Newser) - Now that MTV is running the DJ AM reality show Gone Too Far—in which the recovering addict helped other addicts get clean—the question is tough to avoid: Did the show bring him too close to his demons and contribute to his death? It "could certainly have been...

Stern Gave Smith Valium Shots: Guard
 Stern Gave Smith 
 Valium Shots: Guard 
HOWARD K STERN HEARING
Oct 15, 2009 8:27 AM CDT

Stern Gave Smith Valium Shots: Guard

Lawyer, shrink accused of drugging Anna Nicole

(Newser) - Howard K. Stern injected Anna Nicole Smith with Valium “four or five” times in the months between her son’s death and her own, her bodyguard testified yesterday. “She couldn’t swallow,” he said. “Anna and Howard felt if they put it in the blood system...

Anna Nicole Bottle-Fed in Last Days
 Anna Nicole 
 Bottle-Fed 
 in Last Days 
HOWARD K STERN HEARING
Oct 14, 2009 10:50 AM CDT

Anna Nicole Bottle-Fed in Last Days

Howard K. Stern's hearing offers a look into the drugged final days of Smith

(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith’s last days are getting the inevitable rehash thanks to the Howard K Stern hearing, and the details are about as disturbing as you might guess. The Playboy Playmate was so drugged she had to be fed Pedialyte with a baby bottle, and her final hours were...

DJ AM Death Ruled Accidental
 DJ AM Death Ruled Accidental 
Sep 29, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

DJ AM Death Ruled Accidental

'Acute intoxication' from cocaine, oxycodone, Vicodin, Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl, Levamisole

(Newser) - The New York City Medical Examiner today closed the sad final chapter in the life of DJ AM, ruling his death accidental. Cause of death is listed as "acute intoxication" due to the combination of cocaine, oxycodone, Vicodin, Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl, and Levamisole.

MTV Will Show DJ AM's Drug-Intervention Show

Gone Too Far features Goldstein as mentor to drug addicts

(Newser) - MTV intends to air a drug-intervention reality show starring the late Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM. In Gone Too Far, Goldstein plays sober mentor to addicts. Given Goldstein’s recent death from a drug overdose, MTV was concerned the show could be seen as hypocritical or exploitative, but...

Anna Nicole, Doc Took Nude Pix
 Anna Nicole, Doc Took Nude Pix 
Sep 23, 2009 8:00 AM CDT

Anna Nicole, Doc Took Nude Pix

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich is shown in several, er, compromising positions with Smith

(Newser) - Not only did Anna Nicole Smith have a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, but there are pictures, TMZ reports. Legal documents describe photos of Smith and Dr Khristine Eroshevich, naked and contorted in various positions, including one in a bathtub. Radar also happened upon photos of Eroshevich—accused of supplying...

Anna Nicole Had Lesbian Affair With Drug-Happy Shrink

Pharmacists refused to fill drug cocktail order for Smith doc Khristine Eroshevich

(Newser) - Newly unsealed documents in the Anna Nicole Smith investigation reveal the Playmate had a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich—the same psychiatrist who ordered a drug cocktail so dangerous that one pharmacist who refused to fill the order called it “pharmaceutical suicide,” the Los Angeles Times...

Kevorkian: Blame Jacko, Not His Doc

Jackson got what he wanted, doctor didn't "have forethought"

(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian begs to differ with the coroner who ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide: The original Dr. Death told Fox News that Jacko "got what he wanted," the New York Daily News reports. "He is the one who said yes or no to take a drug,...

DJ AM Buried in Los Angeles
 DJ AM Buried in Los Angeles 
Sep 2, 2009 9:12 PM CDT

DJ AM Buried in Los Angeles

(Newser) - Friends and celebrity mourners including Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker attended a funeral for DJ AM today in Los Angeles, Us Weekly reports. The disc jockey, also known as Adam Goldstein, died last week at age 36, of an apparent drug overdose. The ceremony at Hillside Memorial Park, the area’s...

Girlfriend: DJ AM and I Weren't Broken Up

'We were very much together,' says Hayley Wood

(Newser) - Amid reports that DJ AM turned, fatally, to drugs to deal with a breakup, his last girlfriend tells Us Weekly they were still together when he died last week. “Any indication that this horribly tragic accident happened because of a rumored breakup is not only untrue but disgusting,”...

DJ AM Spent Last Day on Crack, Pills

Adam Goldstein's apartment littered with drugs; he promised to start rehab

(Newser) - DJ AM lit up a crack pipe in front of his recovery sponsor the day before his death, the New York Post reports in an ongoing effort to piece together his final moments. Friends told investigators Adam Goldstein’s manager and sponsor flew from the West Coast to NYC Thursday...

Details of DJ AM's Final Day Emerge

Adam Goldstein text messaged friends before death; Mandy Moore 'heartbroken'

(Newser) - Details of DJ AM’s final hours are beginning to come together, and police sources tell People he sent out his last text message at 1am the day he died. Two friends received the message, about his gig in Las Vegas that night—and 16 hours later, a friend called...

DJ AM's Death Not Suicide: TMZ

Plane crash likely triggered descent into drugs; breakup not blamed

(Newser) - DJ AM’s death was not a suicide, and it had “absolutely nothing to do with his recent breakup,” law enforcement sources tell TMZ. They say Adam Goldstein developed a dependency on anxiety drugs following last year’s plane crash, which triggered a “recent” relapse into addiction....

DJ AM Talked of Sobriety, Crack Fears

He hoped MTV reality program would help other addicts

(Newser) - DJ AM boasted of his 11 years of "sobriety"—freed from crack cocaine, his "drug of choice"—on an interview aired on MTV shortly before he was found dead last week of an apparent overdose. But Adam Goldstein also discussed nearly falling off the wagon as...

NYC Cops: DJ AM Death Looks Like Drug Overdose

Crack pipe, prescription bottles found in apartment

(Newser) - A drug overdose looks to be the cause of death for DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey found today in a SoHo apartment, New York police tell the Post. A crack pipe and prescription drugs lay near the bed where Adam Goldstein, 36, died sometime in the past few days;...

DJ AM Found Dead at 36
 DJ AM Found Dead at 36 
OBITUARY
Aug 28, 2009 6:43 PM CDT

DJ AM Found Dead at 36

Friends call NYC cops after not seeing Adam Goldstein for several days

(Newser) - DJ AM, who less than a year ago survived a plane crash, was found dead this afternoon in a New York apartment, TMZ reports; his real name was Adam Goldstein, and he was 36. Police, called by a friend who hadn’t seen Goldstein in several days, found drug paraphernalia...

Coroner Confirms Jackson's Death Was Homicide

Two sedatives blamed for entertainer's demise

(Newser) - Confirming reports leaked Monday, the LA County coroner's office said today that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide. The ruling means someone else caused the death but does not assign blame or even necessarily mean a crime was committed, MSNBC reports. The official cause of death is "acute intoxication"...

Jacko Doc Disputes Cops' Timeline

Plus, more dirt on yet another Jacko doc

(Newser) - As a timeline of Michael Jackson’s final hours began to emerge, Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyer was was quick to question it, calling it “police theory” in a statement yesterday, the AP reports. “Dr. Murray simply never told investigators that he found Michael Jackson at 11am not...

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