Tuesday, April 17, 2007

"DNA Results Announced in Smith Case" (4/11/07 p. A19)

I'm sick of hearing about Anna Nicole Smith. The New York Times published a small article about the DNA results revealing that Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole's daughter, Dannielynn.

The ethics, in my opinion, behind this article were the fact that giving it publicity is the attention Birkhead wants. He emerged from the court room yelling "I told you so!" That's mature. Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole's former lawyer was listed on the birth certificate has been fighting for custody of the child since Anna's death on February 8.

Dannielynn has been living at Stern's residence since Anna's death. Stern was reported saying that he isn't going to fight Birkhead for custody, he is going to make sure Birkhead actually gets full custody. This is another issue of ethics. Obviously Stern has been a good father-figure to the baby and maybe he should take a stand against someone that is screaming "I told you so!" on national television.

The other ethical issues that arose in this small, yet, information packed selection were that Dannilynn will inherit millions of dollars from her mother, who on another ethical note, was a slut if nobody was certain who the father was. This is especially true since the real father wasn't even on the birth certificate.

Here I go contributing to Birkhead's 15 minutes of fame.

Article by: CARYN JAMES

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