Debra Opri, who represents the ex-boyfriend of the former Playboy playmate, issued a brief statement outside the law offices of Alexiou Knowles and Company.<\/p>\n
She claimed that, as a matter of convenience, she had travelled to the Bahamas to take Ms Smith’s deposition.<\/p>\n
“She was supposed to be here at 10:00am or notify us. We never heard from her that she was not coming, so we waited.<\/p>\n
“I came to the Bahamas to depose Anna Nicole Smith, as a part of Mr Birkhead’s paternity action, despite Ms Smith’s statements that she was not properly served.”<\/p>\n
The lawyer claimed that Ms Smith was legally obligated to appear yesterday “and she did not.”<\/p>\n
Several US news agencies reported last week that Ms Smith had no intention of submitting her child to a paternity test.<\/p>\n
“Accordingly, Mr Birkhead will use her non-appearance as grounds to strike her challenge to the California jurisdiction,” said Ms Opri.<\/p>\n
“Regarding a recent press release that came out last week by Ms Smith’s representative, and not her California attorney, she has made it clear that she will never submit to a paternity test.<\/p>\n
“This is a simple procedure lasting three seconds where a licensed doctor takes some saliva from the inside of the child’s mouth with a Q-tip. It is noninvasive and it is legal,” Ms Opri said.<\/p>\n
Mr Birkhead, a photographer, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, California, seeking court order to require Ms Smith to return to California with the baby for a paternity test.<\/p>\n
“Ms Smith’s statement is now a clear message to the US courts and to law-abiding citizens everywhere that she is above the law,” said Ms Opri.<\/p>\n
“Whether Anna Nicole Smith’s actions today have been influenced by certain individuals around her, or these decisions are of her own choice, I would caution Ms Smith that in the best interest of the child, to put this matter to rest, allow the test, abide by the law.<\/p>\n
“Mr Birkhead has offered on numerous occasions to resolve this paternity action privately and discreetly. Ms Smith has refused. Mr Birkhead’s offer is now off the table,” the attorney said.<\/p>\n
A birth certificate reportedly lists Howard K. Stern as the father of Dannie Lynn Hope Marshall Stern. Anna Nicole and Mr Stern reportedly “committed” to each other in the Bahamas a few weeks ago in a ceremony held aboard a catamaran.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, Ms Smith buried her 20-year-old son Daniel, who died on September 10 at Doctors Hospital while visiting his mother, who had given birth three days earlier.<\/p>\n
It has not yet been decided whether an inquest will take place despite a pathologist’s report suggesting that three prescribed drugs – including methadone – were in his body.<\/p>\n
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