Anna Nicole Smith in US Supreme Court
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006After a decade-long court battle the future of Anna Nicole Smith’s fortune is in hands of Supreme Court judges. They will now decide whether former Playboy model have rights to inherit part of her late husband’s (J. Howard Marshall) money. Marshall met Anna Nicole in a strip club where she worked as an exotic dancer. They got married in 1994, he was 89 and she was 26. After a year Marshall died of cancer, leaving no mention of his wife in the will. Since then Smith has been fighting with Marshall’s family for her share in the $1.6 billion estate. Anna Nicole Smith’s attorney, Kent Richland is optimistic. “We’re in it to win. We’re here to resolve the legal issue. It’s been 11 years, so it’s become business as usual.”, he told reporters outside the courthouse.