US Supreme Court or bust for Anna Nicole Smith
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050927/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentus_050927192932WASHINGTON (AFP) - The rollicking tale of Playboy playmate and ex-stripper Anna Nicole Smith snatched top billing in the staid and sober US Supreme Court, after justices said they would hear the outrageous reality star's multi-million dollar inheritance claim.
Marshall died, aged 90 in 1995, four years after meeting the busty Texas-born bombshell, then a 26-year-old topless dancer working under her real name Vickie Lynn, in Houston's "Gigi" nightclub.
Smith who has splashed herself across a Playboy centerfold and dubbed her recent uncensored cable show "America's Guiltiest Pleasure" was awarded an 88.5 million dollar slice of her husband's 1.6 billion dollar estate in 2002.
"Their lives were intertwined in need, driven by greed and lust. Nevertheless, the court is convinced of his love for her," Carter wrote in his judgement.