A jury can decide whether the author of a best-selling book about the death of Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith defamed her lawyer by making allegations that may be too outlandish to be true, including that he pimped her to up to 50 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A companion of late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith can sue an author for defamation but not over gay sex claims because homosexuality is no longer viewed as contemptible, a U.S. judge said on Wednesday. Howard K. Stern is suing Rita Cosby and the Hachette Book Group over Cosby's bestseller "Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story ...

ANNA NICOLE SMITH's former companion/lawyer HOWARD K. STERN has filed suit against his former love rival LARRY BIRKHEAD's bodyguard and actress JACKIE HATTEN for spreading malicious rumours about his sexuality and business affairs.
Stern claims Hatten and Mark Speer concocted lies and fed them to U.S. broadcaster Rita Cosby for a controversial 2007 tell-all, and he ...