Anna Nicole Smith's former lawyer Howard K. Stern charged in relation to her death

Anna Nicole Smith's former lawyer and boyfriend Howard K. Stern has been
charged in relation to her death.
The Los Angeles District Attorney's office has confirmed Howard and two
other doctors were, charged with conspiring to
supply Anna - who died of combined drug intoxication in February 2007 aged
just 39 - with drugs.
It has been alleged Howard, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich
gave drugs to Anna between June 5 2004 and January 26 2007.
They have all been charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled
substance during the time stated.
Sandeep and Khristine have also been charged with one count of gaining an
opiate prescription by "fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" and with one
count of getting an opiate prescription using a false name or address.
Both Sandeep and Howard - who was Anna's lover at the time of her death and
once claimed to be the father of her daughter Dannielynn - have been charged
with one count of "prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled
substance to an addict". Khristine was also charged with this offence in a
separate count.
Each was given bail at $20,000 and arraignment dates have not yet been set.
Howard has previously denied any illegal activity in relation to Anna and
drugs.
Anna died after she was found unresponsive in a room at Hollywood's Hard
Rock casino.
Her death came just months after her son Daniel died from accidentally
taking a lethal combination of drugs.
He passed away in September 2006 in his mother's Bahamas hospital room while
he was visiting his new sister Dannielynn.