Anna Nicole Smith Lawyer Howard Stern Charged with Conspiracy to Furnish Drugs

Howard K. Stern says he will turn himself into authorities tonight after being charged with a total of eight felonies. Authorities say Stern was part of a conspiracy to administer and obtain addictive drugs for Anna Nicole Smith.

Besides Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich are being also charged with a total of eight felonies, for their role in obtaining, prescribing, or adminstering drugs to Anna Nicole Smith.

Stern and Kapoor were charged with one count of unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance. Eroshevich and Stern were charged with unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance between June 2004 and January 2007.

Kapoor and Eroshevich were each charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by "fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." They were both also charged with one count of obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address.

Kapoor and Stern were also charged with one count of "prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict." Eroshevich was charged with the same crime for separate prescriptions.

State Attorney General Jerry Brown said:

"These individuals repeatedly and excessively furnished thousands of prescription pills to Anna Nicole Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose. There is ample evidence that Doctor Eroshevich and Doctor Kapoor violated their ethical obligations as physicians, while Mr. Stern funneled highly addictive drugs to Ms. Smith."

Stern has denied any wrongdoing.

Let’s see if Stern can weasle his way out of this one.