10B PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11,2007
ANNA NICOLE SMITH
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Larry Birkhead, left, and Howard K. Stern shake hands in front of the court after a paternity hearing Tuesday in Nassau, Bahamas. DNA analysis released during the hearing has proven that Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of her infant daughter, an expert in genetic evidence said Tuesday.
DNA test reveals baby's father
BY JESSICA ROBERTSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASSAU, Bahamas — Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, according to DNA tests, and the late reality TV star's former boyfriend emerged from a court hearing Tuesday to proclaim that his daughter would soon be home.
"I told you so!" Birkhead said as he jubilantly announced the DNA results after the closed hearing. Then he hugged his rival, Howard K. Stern. Smith's lawyer-turned-companion has been caring for baby Dannielynn since her sudden death in February.
The hearing left unresolved who will have custody of the girl. Another custody hearing was scheduled for Friday.
Stern said he would not fight for custody.
"I'm obviously very disappointed but my feelings toward Daniellynn have not changed." Stern said, adding Birkhead can come to his Bahamas home to visit Daniellynn at any time.
A joyous Birkhead said, "My baby's going to be coming home pretty soon"
Baird, who analyzed the results of a March 21 DNA test, announced the results outside court. "Essentially, he's the biological father," Baird said.
EvenSmith's mother, Virgine Arthur, who had also sought custody, seemed appealed by
Birkhead, a Los Angeles pho-
"I'm obviously very disappointed but my feelings toward Dannielynn have not changed."
HOWARD K. STERN Smith's lawyer and boyfriend
the DNA results. "I'm happy that Dannielynn will know who her real father is," she said outside court.
tographer, began seeking custody before Smith, 39, collapsed and died in a Florida hotel Feb. 8.
An expert in genetic evidence said DNA analysis proved Birkhead is Dannielynn's father. Michael
The baby was born five months before her mother's death. She could inherit millions from the estate
of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II. The former model had been fighting the Texas oil tycoon's family about his estimated $500 million fortune since his death in 1995.
Francis initially refused to surrender and called Smoak "a judge gone wild."
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta refused to let him remain free pending an appeal. Torossian told the AP that Francis "surrendered on his own 100 percent." But U.S. Marshals spokesman Dominic Guadagnoli said marshals were monitoring the airport and were tipped to Francis' arrival.
>> 'GIRLS GONE WILD'
Francis
Video creator busted for contempt
"We were not aware that he would be flying in the morning. He stepped off the jet, and he was immediately arrested," he said. "If he was coming to Panama City to turn himself in, he was a day late and a dollar short."
BY MELISSA NELSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire was taken into custody by federal marshals early Tuesday to face a contempt of court citation
Joe Francis was booked into the Bay County Jail, said Ruth Sasser, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. "His attor-
after initially defying a federal judge.
neys continue to work toward a settlement," Ronn Torossian, a Francis spokesman, said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.
Francis had said Thursday he would settle the case to avoid jail time.
Francis, 34, makes an estimated $29 million a year from videos of young women baring their breasts and posing in other sexually provocative situations.
He drew the contempt citation during negotiations in a civil lawsuit brought by seven women who were underage when they were filmed by his company on Panama City Beach during spring break in 2003.
Lawyers for the women told U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak that Francis became enraged during the settlement talks, shouting obscenities at the lawyers and threatening to "bury them." Smoak ordered Francis to settle the case or go to jail for his behavior. Negotiations continued with the help of a mediator, but broke down Thursday, and Smoak issued a contempt of court warrant.
>> GLOBAL WARMING AWARENESS
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**Singer Sheryl Crow performs** at an Elle magazine party on April 5 in Los Angeles. Crow, riding aboard a bus that uses biodiesel fuel, is on a 11-stop college tour to raise awareness about global warming. The tour opened Monday at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It ends April 22, which is Earth Day, at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Accompanying the Grammy-winning singer is Laurie David, who produced the film on climate change, "An Inconvenient Truth," which won the Oscar for best documentary earlier this year.
Crow going green on campus tour
NEW YORK — Sheryl Crow, riding on a bus that uses biodiesel fuel, is on an 11-stop college tour to raise awareness about global warming.
Each stop on the tour will include remarks by David, a short performance by Crow, clips from "An
"The inore I learn about global warming, the more I know that we all have to do something to be a part of the solution," Crow, 45, said in a statement. "I am thrilled Laurie and I have the opportunity to go on the road and combine our efforts to educate the next generation on how they can make a difference."
Inconvenient Truth" and a dialogue with students, according to Crow's Web site.
The "Stop Global Warming College Tour" opened Monday at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas. It ends April 22, which is Earth Day, at George Washington University in Washington.
Other stops: Texas A&M in College Station; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Loyola University in New Orleans; the University of Alabama at Birmingham; the University of Florida in Gainesville; Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro; Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.; the University of Virginia in Charlottesville; and the University of Maryland in College Park.