The trial around the Anna Nicole Smith case just got a bit more complex.
A doctor has been accused of illegally funneling prescription drugs to Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith before her death. While Dr. Sandeep Kapoor has not been charged for causing the celebrity's death, he still faces at least five years in prison if he is convicted of illegally funneling prescription drugs and unlawfully obtaining a prescription by a false name. Many Anna Nicole Smith fans feel that Dr. Sandeep Kapoor is in some ways responsible for the model's death because the woman was reportedly found dead in 2007 in a Florida hotel room due to a drug overdose.
Associated Press reports that the doctor's Los Angeles criminal defense attorney tried to get the two drug charges dropped, but a judge denied the motion to dismiss the charges. Not only is Dr. Sandeep Kapoor facing criminal charges after Anna Nicole Smith's 2007 death, but Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and the model's former lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern have also pleaded not guilty to conspiring to illegally providing sedatives and opiates to the victim. The three defendants have been accused of giving illegal drugs to the former model between June 2004 and February 2007.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry has ordered the three defendants to stand trial. Their next hearing is scheduled for July 20 and the jury selection process is scheduled to begin on August 2. Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys know that the jury selection with this case may play a big part in the case's outcome.
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