Anna Nicole Smith breaks silence on birth, death

Anna Nicole Smith is pleading with "everybody ... quit beating us down."
In her first interview to address her controversial family matters, Smith — with lawyer/partner Howard K. Stern at her side — says that Stern is the father of her daughter Dannilynn and that she does own the home in the Bahamas reports USATODAY.

"The bottom line is it's our child. Please give us the respect and leave us alone," she tells Entertainment Tonight in a two-part interview airing tonight and Friday. "Let us raise our child and let us be happy."

Los Angeles photographer Larry Birkhead has filed suit against Smith, claiming he is the father of 8-week-old Dannilynn. Smith calls his claims "crazy."

Stern addresses reports that Smith is being evicted from her home for failing to pay the seller: "Anna purchased this house, (and) we have the sales agreement to prove it," he tells ET. "These wild rumors got started by somebody and somebody's putting information out there that's not entirely accurate, and I think people are going to be surprised with what happens."

Still, Anna Nicole Smith's Bahamian attorney, Wayne R. Munroe, tells PEOPLE Smith has sued South Carolina developer G. Ben Thompson in Bahamas Supreme Court over ownership of her Nassau residence.

"He is going around claiming that the house is his. So we have sued him in the Bahamas Supreme Court for declaration that he is wrong," says Munroe, who alleges that Smith has a signed and sealed deed giving the house to her.

Thompson tells PEOPLE about this legal challenge, "I won't take it lightly. I'm certainly not going to roll over."

In other news, Anna Nicole Smith was admitted to hospital yesterday (31.10.06) with
pneumonia.
The former Playboy Playmate was taken into hospital in the Bahamas as a
precautionary measure as she recently gave birth.
Her new attorney, Wayne Munroe, said: "She has a slight case of pneumonia.
We've had a sudden change of weather here due to a cold snap."

"He is going around claiming that the house is his. So we have sued him in the Bahamas Supreme Court for declaration that he is wrong," says Munroe, who alleges that Smith has a signed and sealed deed giving the house to her.

Thompson tells PEOPLE about this legal challenge, "I won't take it lightly. I'm certainly not going to roll over."

At issue is the nearly $1 million home where Smith, her newborn daughter Dannielynn Hope and Smith's partner Howard K. Stern have been living.