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Pics: Rita Cosby’s Reaction to Being Served With Lawsuit at Book Party

Noelle Hancock — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:08:21 -0400

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The author couldn't contain her shock while walking into a Manhattan book signing.

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Rita Cosby, TV journalist and author of Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death, was walking into a Manhattan book signing Wednesday night when she was officially served the documents in Howard K. Stern's libel case against her. (See video on The Insider.)

"It's all PR and spin,” Cosby, 42, told Usmagazine.com after being served while Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, looked on. “So I'm not surprised that they used this opportunity. This is par for the course for these characters."

Stern, former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, filed the $60 million libel suit against Cosby and her publisher for alleging in Blonde Ambition that Stern, 38, and Larry Birkhead engaged in homosexual acts. The book also alleges that Stern and Birkhead struck a deal whereby Birkhead would get custody of Dannielynn in exchange for Stern being named executor of Smith's estate.

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Rita Cosby Served With Lawsuit

Megan Lynn — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:55:26 -0400

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The author is handed legal papers at her NY book signing.

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Just minutes after being served, Cosby, 42, told Usmagazine.com, "What crossed my mind...they knew I was walking into a big book party. It just shows you that with these guys it's all just smoke and mirrors. It's all PR and spin. And that's what I write about in my book. So I'm not surprised that they used this opportunity. This is par for the course for these characters."

Stern, former Anna Nicole Smith lawyer and lover, filed the $60 million libel suit against Rita Cosby and her publisher on Tuesday. In Blonde Ambition, Cosby alleges that Stern, 38, and Larry Birkhead, Smith's former lover and the father of her daughter, Dannielynn, engaged in homosexual acts. The books also alleges that Stern and Birkhead struck a deal whereby Birkhead would get custody of Dannielynn in exchange for Stern being named executor of Smith's estate.

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Rita Cosby holding a subpoena which she was served in NY. October 2007.

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Howard K. Stern Sues Author Rita Cosby For Libel

Megan Lynn — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:40:07 -0400

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Stern claims allegations in Cosby's Anna Nicole Smith book are false.

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Usmagazine.com confirms that former Anna Nicole Smith lawyer Howard K. Stern has sued journalist Rita Cosby for libel. Stern's lawyer Lin Wood tells Us, "The libel lawsuit was filed this afternoon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Rita Cosby and her publisher, Hachette Book Group USA."

The lawsuit, which was first reported by CelebTV.com, asks for $60 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages.

Former MSNBC anchor Cosby is the author of Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death. In the book, she writes that Stern, 38, and Larry Birkhead, Smith's former lover and the father of her daughter, Dannielynn, engaged in homosexual acts, which were caught on tape. Further, the book alleges that Stern and Birkhead struck a deal -- Birkhead would get custody of Dannielynn in exchange for Stern being named executor of Smith's estate.

Before the book's release, Birkhead, 34, told Us of Cosby's claims, "If this book is not sitting next to Harry Potter on the fiction shelf, then Rita Cosby is going to be wrapped in one of the most expensive lawsuits ever."

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Larry Birkhead: Why Howard and I Attended Gay Pride Parade

Noelle Hancock — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:30:15 -0400

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In an interview with Us on September 3, Larry Birkhead railed against a new 244-page book by former MSNBC journalist Rita Cosby titled Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death, in which she claims that Birkhead and Howard K. Stern were lovers.

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In an interview with Us on September 3, Larry Birkhead railed against a new book by Rita Cosby titled Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death, in which she claims that Birkhead and Howard K Stern were lovers.

“Zero truth to it," Birkhead tels Us. "I don’t know how Cosby can print lies like that without once attempting to contact me. That’s journalism 101.”

(Cosby, a former MSNBC journalist, did not respond to requests for comment.)

So why did Stern and Birkhead attend L.A.’s Gay Pride parade in June 2005, where Smith was grand marshal?

“I was a photographer,” Birkhead explains to Us. “My camera is around my neck in every picture."

Among the other allegations? That Birkhead, 34, and Stern, 38, struck a deal giving Birkhead custody of Dannielynn (who turns 1 on September 7) in exchange for Stern being named executor of Smith’s estate, worth a potential $472 million; and that Smith considered Birkhead a “sperm donor,” whom she never intended to keep around.

“It’s bogus,” says Birkhead.

For more details on Cosby’s shocking new book and Larry and Howard’s reaction to the bombshells, pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands this week.

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Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K Stern and Larry Birkhead at "The Abbey" in West Hollywood, CA on June 12 2005.

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The Source Behind Explosive Birkhead Accusations

Noelle Hancock — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:59:52 -0400

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Some of the most scandalous accusations in Rita Cosby’s new book, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death, come from former Smith pal Jackie Hatten.

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Some of the most scandalous accusations in Rita Cosby’s new book, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death, come from former Smith pal Jackie Hatten.

One of the more salacious stories? Hatten’s claim that she once walked in on Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern half-naked and engaged in oral sex at a party at a friend’s house.

Cosby writes, “‘Howard’s head was down into Larry’s [private area],’ Jackie told me. ‘Their bodies were intermingled. It was obvious what was happening.’ Anna suddenly walked up behind her and laughed out loud when she saw what the two men were doing.”

She calls herself a friend, but as Smith’s former attorney Ron Rale tells Us, “Anna Nicole expressed to me her dislike for Jackie Hatten.”

According to single beach-volleyball player, Hatten, 34, the blondes met at a day spa in the early 1990s and Smith became “like a sister to me.”

But she has no love for Stern: Her brother Mark, an artist, briefly dated Smith in 2000, and she blames him for their split.

In 2003, Mark was convicted of making criminal threats against Smith and sentenced to almost seven years in jail – which Jackie also blames on Stern, alleging he “perjured himself” at the trial.

For more on Hatten’s outrageous accusations, check out the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands this week.

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