John O’Quinn requested a protective order today in defense of Howard K. Stern’s defamation lawsuit against him and The O’Quinn Law Firm in the Southern District of Florida Federal Court.

Counsel for Stern demanded practically everything but the kitchen sink in a financial discovery request. The list is long and includes requests for Federal and State tax returns dating back three years, financial records, property records, appraisals, deeds, mortgages, any personal property including cars, jewelry, boats etc.. whether it is still owned by Mr. O’Quinn or not and if so what it sold for. They also ask for any communications that may have occurred between the “Firm” and the IRS. Read the rest of this entry »

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Topix.com has become the new battleground for internet bloggers in recent Anna Nicole Smith lawsuit discussions. The former sparring site TMZ, is mostly being boycotted by the wise because of the addition of Harvey Levin and TMZ to a defamation lawsuit filed by attorneys for Anna Nicole Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur.

Most of my writings on this site concerning bloggers has focused on my own involvement as a blogger and site owner. However, when I started to see the error of my ways, I began to read about the other players in this story who support Virgie Arthur or Larry Birkhead or Howard K. Stern. There are several groups on all sides.

I used to drop a few links at TMZ but never had much time to read there. When I did however, I discovered a group of Virgie Arthur supporters who found each other on TMZ and that is where they discussed all things Anna Nicole and Daniel Smith which of course included Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead and Dannielynn. An Arthur supporter by the nick name of "Sun" eventually opened a chat room which was also accessible through TimesSquareGossip.com. The owner of that site is a professional photographer and friend of Rita Cosby, author of Blonde Ambition who is being sued for defamation by Howard K. Stern.

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Here are the documents:

Judge_Chin_Request_International_Assistance.pdf

Judge_Chin_Request_International_Assistance2.pdf

Judge_Chin_Request_International_Assistance3.pdf

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In a Memorandum and Order drafted by Judge D.J. Chin, the presiding judge over Howard K. Stern vs Rita Cosby and Hatchette Book Group, Judge Chin admonishes Howard K Stern attorney Lin Wood for “leaking” the Rita Cosby deposition to artharris.com. Read the rest of this entry »

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Yesterdays article concerning journalist Art Harris brought a lot of commentary about information that is publicly available concerning the latest legal news in the Anna Nicole saga.

As many know, Lin Wood scheduled a deposition for Attorney John O’Quinn investigator Wilma Vicedomine to be taken on December 5th.. So far, only documents submitted by Howard K Stern attorneys have been available to the internet public to date.

In order for the interested internet communities to see both sides of the story, we have made available for you to see, Ms Vicedomine’s objection to the proposed deposition and all documents pertaining to the same.

Its interesting to read the real inner workings of how our legal system operates and the complexities and involvement of many in the defamation case of ‘Stern vs O’Quinn’.

The defamation trial is not scheduled until December of 2008 and here you can see why this deposition is objected to for reasons including the time factor as well as matters of law and principle.

The two cases in question are Stern vs O’Quinn for defamation and Stern vs Hatchette Books and Rita Cosby for defamation etc…It also appears that there is a conflict between the two cases and alleged improper demands from the Stern team.

All exhibits are included as well as supplements due to a last minute communication by Howard K Stern where Ms Vicedomine states that a “thinly-veiled accusation” is made that Ms. Vicedomine is “personally liable” for the publication of the Rita Cosby book, Blonde Ambition.

Despite what other blogs would like you to believe, the judge did not rule for Stern. The deposition is rescheduled for a later date. The judge will allow about one hour for Lin Wood to ask 4 or 5 questions and those questions will only pertain to jurisdiction. After you read what was requested, its clear that what was asked of Vicedomine is not even close to what was ruled.
2007-11-29-vicedomines-emergency-motion-to-quash-with-exhibits.pdf

2007-11-30-vicedomine-first-supplement-to-motion-to-quash.pdf

2007-11-30-vicedomine-first-supplement-to-motion-to-quash-exh.pdf

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Howard K Stern has won the first round in his defamation suit against Rita Cosby and her publisher Hachette Book Group.

Stern asked for expedited discovery concerning an alleged bribery attempt by Rita Cosby to pay Anna Nicole Smith’s former nannies for an affidavit stating that they viewed Anna Nicole Smith watching a “gay sex tape” in whom the participants are purported to be Howard K Stern and Larry Birkhead.

Judge D.J. Chin who heard the case said that Stern has presented “troubling” evidence that Rita Cosby has sought to improperly influence witnesses.

Rita Cosby’s counsel countered, “Ms Cosby had absolutely no intent to interfere with any witnesses”, and submitted that “when the full evidence comes out in due course, it will be a decidedly different picture”.

Judge Chin’s decision. “Stern’s application for expedited discovery is granted to the extent that expedited discovery is hereby allowed on the issue of whether Cosby attempted to interfere with potential witnesses and the extent and nature of those alleged efforts”.

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First of all, this blog entry is open to comments. Please behave as bans and deletions could occur without warning or discussion.

Rita Cosby may be in some trouble according to this taped conversation that she had with Lincoln Bain, who is a resident and political activist in the Bahamas. He has been acting as a spokesman for Anna Nicole Smiths former nannies.

The issue at hand is whether Rita’s book Blonde Ambition contains factual information concerning alleged statements from these former nannies as to whether a tape exists of Howard K Stern and Larry Birkhead having a sexual relationship.

Mr Bain who is also known as Mr Controversy released this tape to Fox News Greta Van Susteren. On Monday at the latest, Rita Cosby with her own tape is scheduled to be aired.

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