"Anna Nicole Was My Goddess" - Stern.

Howard K Stern took the stand today at 12:15. He outlined how long he had known Anna Nicole (since 1996) and said of her "she was my whole world. My best friend, my lover, my goddess and the mother of my child".

Stern went on to describe their relationship as a "non-exclusive intimate relationship", which involved Anna Nicole having other boyfriends while she was with Stern, between the years of 2000-2007.

Krista Bath, Stern attorney, and Judge Seidlin, both questioned Stern. Stern outlined his relationship with Daniel Smith - "we were like brothers" and said that Daniel was "Anna's whole world".

Stern described looking for burial plots in Westwood, CA, in close proximity to the grave of Marilyn Monroe, as that was where Anna Nicole originally wanted to be buried, but it was cost prohibitive. Things changed of course when Daniel died last September in the Bahamas,and after much discussion,double plots were purchased in the Bahamas, and Daniel was laid to rest in one of the plots, and Stern contends that the other plot was for Anna Nicole, and "she always believed she would die young, like Marilyn Monroe".

Stern came across as very flat and factual, and didn't really show much emotion while he was on the stand. He is a lawyer and well accustomed to the courtroom.

For a period of time all the lawyers were in chambers with Judge Seidlin, so it was off camera. Larry Birkhead returned from chambers with a small smile on his face. I would love to know what went on in there. Birkhead and Stern are seated very close to each other, but from what I can see have not even acknowledged each other.

Just before court recess, it was agreed that Krista Bath, Stern's lawyer would bring into evidence tapes of interviews of Anna Nicole, where she is talking about her relationship with her mother Vergie Arthur. All lawyers argued for the full tapes of the interviews, not just the edited versions.

Mia and I are definitely on Team Larry Birkhead. After watching the sad video Stern took of Anna at 8 months pregnant, I just can't trust a word that Stern says.

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