FBI Investigated Anna Nicole Smith in Plot to Kill Husband's Son

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Oct 7th 2009 07:05AM

The FBI investigated whether Anna Nicole Smith was part of a plot to kill her tycoon husband's son, whom she was battling for his late dad's fortune, but prosecutors ultimately decided there wasn't enough evidence to charge the model who died in 2007 from a drug overdose, newly released files show.

Smith's FBI records, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, say the agency investigated Smith in 2000 and 2001 in a murder-for-hire plot targeting E. Pierce Marshall, who was at the center of a long legal fight to keep the starlet, model and stripper from collecting his father's oil wealth, valued in the hundreds of millions. The younger Marshall has since died.

The documents released under the Freedom of Information Act depict an investigation going on as the fight raged over J. Howard Marshall II's estate. Vast sections of the 100 pages of released materials - a fraction of Smith's full FBI file - are whited out, and no evidence of her involvement in such a plot is detailed.

There is no indication how authorities became aware of the alleged scheme, but agents interviewed Smith on July 3, 2000. When told why she was being questioned, "Smith began crying and denied ever making such plans," a report said.

"Smith adamantly denied ever contemplating such a crime," an agent wrote, and prosecutors eventually agreed the case could not go forward. An April 26, 2001, letter to the FBI from Sally Meloch, an assistant U.S. attorney, said she reviewed the reports but "determined that there is insufficient evidence to establish that there was a murder-for-hire plot by Ms. Smith to kill Pierce Marshall."

Reached at her Los Angeles office on Tuesday, Meloch didn't recall the case, but said, "Any investigations that we didn't proceed with, we couldn't comment on anyway."

An attorney for Smith's estate, Kent Richland, was surprised by the allegations.

"I have not heard anything about that," he said.

An attorney for the Marshall estate, including for the younger Marshall's widow, said he couldn't immediately comment.

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New documents show that Anna Nicole Smith's doctors may have been warned by multiple pharmacists that her prescriptions would be deadly.

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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo, Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Smith was investigated by the FBI in 2000 and 2001 in the alleged plot targeting E. Pierce Marshall. At the time, he was fighting Smith to keep her from collecting his late father's vast oil fortune. The younger Marshall has since died. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

** FILE ** In this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo, Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Smith was investigated by the FBI in 2000 and 2001 in the alleged plot targeting E. Pierce Marshall. At the time, he was fighting Smith to keep her from collecting his late father's vast oil fortune. The younger Marshall has since died. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Attorney Howard K. Stern, boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, left, leaves court with his attorney, Steven Sadow after a hearing Wednesday Sept. 23, 2009 in Los Angeles. The district attorney's office filed an amended complaint Wednesday in Los Angeles against Stern. He is billed as an aider and abettor of two doctors charged with prescribing drugs that killed the former Playboy model in 2007. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Attorney Howard Stern, boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, leaves court after a hearing Wednesday Sept. 23, 2009 in Los Angeles. The district attorney's office filed an amended complaint Wednesday in Los Angeles against Stern. He is billed as an aider and abettor of two doctors charged with prescribing drugs that killed the former Playboy model in 2007. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

FILE - In this April 7, 2009 file photo, Howard K. Stern looks on during his arraignment in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, pool )

This Thursday March 12, 2009 image provided by the Whittier, Calif. Police Department shows Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. The attorney for the doctor who treated the late model Anna Nicole Smith says Kapoor is openly gay and that she is outraged by claims in search warrant affidavits that he had a sexual relationship with Smith. Attorney Ellyn Garafalo told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 that Kapoor never had a sexual or social relationship with his patient, and a picture of them together which is cited in the affidavits was taken at a gay pride celebration they both attended. (AP Photo/Whittier Police Department)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 13: Howard K. Stern, (CL) longtime confidant of Anna Nicole Smith, and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (L) and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich (2R) as Ellyn S. Garofalo (C), lawyer for Kapoor, speak during arraignment at Los Angeles Criminal Courts on May 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Kapoor along with Stern and Eroshevich were arraigned today on six felony counts after being accused of conspiring to furnish drugs to Anna Nicole Smith. The one-time Playboy Playmate died in February of 2007 after an accidental drug overdose of prescription medication at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Hollywood, Florida at the age of 39. (Photo by Spencer Weiner/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Howard K. Stern;Dr. Sandeep Kapoor;Khristine Eroshevich

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Smith was 26 when she wed the 89-year-old Marshall, owner of Great Northern Oil Co., whose wealth was estimated by Forbes to be $550 million in 1992. They met while she was a topless dancer at a Texas strip club.

He died of natural causes in 1995, little more than a year after they wed. His son died in 2006 at age 67 of an infection and Smith died a year later at age 39 after collapsing in her South Florida hotel room.

The FBI files show a .357 Smith and Wesson revolver was confiscated from Smith's home, along with a 3 1/2-inch stainless-steel knife and, for reasons that were not explained, a black and orange hat described as "Dr. Seuss." All three objects were returned to her about seven months later.

The FBI reviewed tape recordings of phone calls involving Smith during their investigation, though transcripts were not included in the released materials. Among the things that were included were agents' scribblings in spiral-bound notebooks, accounts of Smith's past arrests for drunken driving and battery, and an interview of the younger Marshall.

In that June 27, 2000 interview, Marshall said Smith rarely spent time with his father after their 1994 marriage and said his father complained that she asked for $50,000 to $60,000 twice a week.

Smith's lawyer and companion Howard K. Stern and two doctors, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, are charged in California with helping the model obtain drugs that ultimately killed her. All have pleaded not guilty.

The dispute between Smith and the Marshall estate has bounced around courts for years.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 2006 that Smith could pursue her late husband's fortune, overturning an appellate decision, which continues to be fought in California. The money became a factor after Smith's death, too, with Stern, her mother, and another boyfriend all fighting over an estate that ultimately will go to her daughter, who is now 3.

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Wednesday 07 October

By Norene

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David Letterman is in trouble......trouble with his marriage, his ratings and I think, his show.
The question may be: Did he have relationships with these staff members before or after he married Regina?...Before or after Harry was born? Ummm... Regina has to weigh all her options. Whether she stays or packs her bags, whether he stays or packs his bags, money will be forthcoming.

By junior

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Why are you wasting my tax dollars on investigating two people that are DEAD. Find bin laden you inept pieces of crap, then just maybe I'll be impressed with what you have done with my money.

By Karen

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I don't know the details of the Letterman case, nor do I need to.
I'm a veteran of elective politics (30+ yrs) & have seen elective officials, staff, and lobbyists throw themselves at each other.
My point is, who knows, what-who started things, just that they did.
To make excuses for the extortionist, however, is UNEXCUSABE.
No matter what happened between Letterman & however
many women is between them, and the BLACKMAILER
needs to be tried-found guilty-go to prison!!!!!!
(And for the record, I never had sex with my staff).

By MRSMH computer

Give her the death penalty.
Enough said
God Bless Texas

By sick of hearing it

omg let it die just like her and charge the ones that murdered her and her son

By chudney

That Jon Gosselin is FUGLY...no wonder Kate dumped him...he looks like a big monkey fat gut nothing... Zero.
Without his wife he would have amounted to Zilch.
Yuck x 8.

By Armybrat

Neither would be known if it weren't for them having kids they can't afford without and being in a 'reality show'. How much reality is there when you have all these people and cameras around all the time? In the end, these kids will hate the parents for exposing them and will need psychiatric care for the rest of their lives. (something the parents should have had before having kids)

By Terry

Anna Nicole the stripper was too doped out and sexed out to make any kind of plans to kill the dude. Her attorney on the other hand probably should have been scrutinized more than her. Hell why dont the FBI lend a hand in finding the supposed number 1 enemy Osoma Bin Laden, instead they are wasting time on this skank. Jeez what priorities we set in America.

By Claudia

Good for David Letterman! He is at least the most honest of all the riff-raff.
I really think his honesty was a class act. And whose business is it anyway.
He gave the greedy blackmailer and girlfiend a big shock, I'm sure.
Don't mess with Letterman!
I love it! About time! Way to go Dacve!

By Curtis Burton

Ah, the world is going to hell in a hand basket due to the inept government we have in Washington and the most API can manage in the way of investigative journalism is a Freedom of Information demand about 3 dead people who weren't worth a headline when they were alive.

By Bud

see how using people will bring a karma you will regret.She will now live her eternity in hell for what she has done and the life she has lived.Now i feel bad for her.Life on earth is seconds compared to life after earth.Try eternity of pain and suffering.All that for the mighty dollar so that you can live like a king on earth instead of in heaven.Don't worry Anna Benny Hinn will be with you soon as will all multi million dollar Evangelist will that have driven by the homeless and hungry on their way to a $10,000 a night motel room fit for a king.While people in Gods house they preach in lose their homes and cannot afford their medical or utilities,but they send their last dollars in for prayer and Benny Hinns Motel rooms and lavish life style.While they lose everything they still do not get it.Not all Preaching Christians are of Our God,some are false and you can easily see who they are .They are the ones who live as kings before man and indulge themselve's with many riches,while their flock goes homeless and hungry and left to die on their own.God is not to be proven to anyones amusement but found through those who seek him.

Being honest does not make it right nor a good thing.It's pretty sad when we will settle for a perverted sick twisted POS just because he was honest this one time.He had no choice.He was doing it so that when the news hit us,we would know his side first and dismiss it as old.He learn that from Bill Oriely who had the same thing happen to him.Lets try and bring some dignity and morals back to America and demand he step down from his show.That will let others know America will not tollerate such disgusting acts and pat them on the back for being honest only when they had to.Not to leave out..How would we now that what he said was honest ?? many women get used by big wigs like him just to keep their jobs.Im ashamed of anyone who would give that POS a pass on his disgusting sex acts .I bet not all the women did it cause he is just so cute and handsome,But because they needed their jobs.God Please forgive America "we are all not like this" some of us expect still have Morals and dignity and expect the same from others.

By Jayme

How about we just let all 3 of them rest in peace and let it be?

Tuesday 13 October

By NoodleMonkey

Whatever else she may have done or not done, she tried to steal an inheritance from the Marshall family even after she was excluded from Mr. Marshall's will. She was a greedy, vile woman who cared nothing for anyone but herself.

Friday 09 October

By Cathy

His father beg her to marry him for 5 years.
The money she got is like pennys to people
like him.

I really think FBI should be looking into
E. Pierce Marshall.For the death of Anna
Nicole also her son.

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