Anna Nicole's Attorney Quits, Citing Disagreement
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Michael Scott, Anna Nicole Smith's lead attorney in the Bahamas has quit as a counsel for the former Playboy model whose 20-year-old son Daniel Smith died Sept. 10.
Scott cited disagreements on matters of strategy and concerns about her conduct and said he was unsettled by the reality TV star's decision to marry her boyfriend even before she made funeral arrangements for Daniel Smith.
Scott told the AP, "A disagreement on a commercial transaction made it difficult for us to remain as counsel."
The embalmed body of Daniel Smith is reportedly lying at a Nassau funeral home awaiting further instructions from the family.
Scott, who was also the attorney for Daniel Smith's estate told the AP that the decision to quit came Tuesday after consulting with his partners. He said he has notified Anna Nicole Smith in writing.
"It was not really an amicable parting," added Smith.
Citing disagreements with Smith's boyfriend and longtime attorney Howard K. Stern, who claims he is the father of Anna Nicole's newborn daughter. In the interview Scott said that there were "strong differences of opinion between myself and Howard over strategies."
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