More charges filed against Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-boyfriend in drug case surrounding death

More charges made against Anna Nicole Smith lawyer

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have brought more charges against the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith.

The district attorney’s office filed an amended complaint Wednesday in Los Angeles against Howard K. Stern. He is billed as an aider and abettor of two doctors charged with prescribing drugs that killed the former Playboy model in 2007.

The new charges against Stern include accusations he helped obtain prescriptions for opiates by using a false name. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich already faced those charges.

All three pleaded not guilty in May to conspiring to illegally provide Smith with controlled substances. They re-entered their pleas Wednesday to the amended complaint.

Search warrant affidavits suggest Stern put his name on the prescriptions.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have brought more charges against the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith.

The district attorney’s office filed an amended complaint Wednesday in Los Angeles against Howard K. Stern, who is billed as an aider and abettor of two doctors charged with prescribing drugs that killed the former Playboy model in 2007.

The physicians and Stern pleaded not guilty in May to conspiring to illegally provide her with controlled substances.

The new charges against Stern include accusations he helped obtain prescriptions for opiates by using a false name. The doctors already face those charges.

Search warrant affidavits suggest Stern put his name on the prescriptions for drugs.