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Anna Nicole Smith becomes election-season liability for Bahamian ...
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Anna Nicole Smith has become an election-season liability for the Bahamian government, which has had to defend its decision to grant her permanent residency while the former reality TV star fights eviction from a secluded waterfront mansion.Smith's quick path to Bahamian residency and the high priority given to an investigation into her son's mysterious death are eclipsing the economy and other issues in political debates as the island chain prepares for general elections next year.
The former Playboy Playmate moved to the Bahamas in July and gave birth to a baby girl in September, with little public fanfare.
That changed when her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died while visiting Smith at the hospital three days after the baby was born.
Anna Nicole Smith wants new digs
NASSAU, Bahamas Anna Nicole Smith is house-hunting in the Bahamas, where a former boyfriend is seeking to remove her from a waterfront home where she has taken refuge since her son's death.The reality TV star and her companion, Howard K. Stern, are considering homes on various islands in the archipelago, Smith's attorney, Wayne Munroe, said Monday.
Smith, who gave birth to a daughter in the Bahamas, used the house in Nassau as the basis for her application for permanent residency.
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Anna Nicole Is House Hunting
(November 14, 2006)—Anna Nicole Smith is house hunting in the Bahamas, her attorney says, as a former boyfriend seeks to oust the reality TV star from the waterfront home where she's taken refuge.Smith and her companion, Howard K. Stern, are considering homes on various islands in the Bahamas.
G. Ben Thompson claims Smith hasn't honored an agreement to pay the mortgage on the Nassau house. He had the electricity cut off Friday.
The utility restored power within hours.
Smith bore a daughter, Dannielynn, on Sept. 7.
Three days later, Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, died while visiting his mother in the hospital.
Another former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, claims to be the baby's father and has filed a paternity lawsuit in Los Angeles.
Anna Nicole Smith becomes election-season liability in Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Officials in the Bahamas are learning that the controversy that follows Anna Nicole Smith can be hazardous to their political careers.In this election season in the Bahamas, the government is having to defend its decision to grant her permanent residency.
Smith's quick path to Bahamian residency and the high priority given to an investigation into her son's mysterious death are eclipsing the economy and other issues in political debates. The island chain is preparing for general elections next year.
Smith moved to the Bahamas in July and gave birth to a baby girl in September with little public fanfare. That changed when her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died three days after the baby was born.
Allegations of special treatment surfaced after the head coroner scheduled an inquest three days after Daniel Smith's death, despite a backlog of requests for inquests into other deaths.
Minister to Stand Down Over Smith Controversy?
Anna Nicole Smith has put the Bahamian Immigration Minister's job in jeopardy after he allegedly fast-tracked her residency permit on the island.The former model, who recently gave birth to a daughter in the Bahamas, used a house in Nassau as the basis for her application for permanent residency.
However, the home has since been the subject of an ownership dispute between her and South Carolina businessman G. Ben Thompson, an ex-lover.
Now government minister Shane Gibson is being pressured to stand down over the affair, with opponents claiming he was unprofessional in allowing his close friend to stay on in the country.
Gibson faced uncomfortable questions after being photographed at Smith's "commitment ceremony" with lawyer boyfriend Howard K.