Bodyguard: Stern Said No to Rehab for Anna Nicole

Maurice Brighthaupt says that Dr. Khristine Eroshevich at least wanted Smith to stop combining alcohol and prescription meds

By Natalie Finn Aug 06, 2010 10:30 PMTags
Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole SmithROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images; Scott Suchman/WireImage.com

Just when we thought we'd heard all of the sordid details of Anna Nicole Smith's life in the months before she died and the state of her body when she ultimately passed...

But it seems as if there's always more.

Maurice Brighthaupt, who was Smith's bodyguard from 2003 until she died in 2007, testified Friday that he witnessed codefendants Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich disagreeing multiple times about Smith's well-being, with the shrink wanting to wean the onetime model off her prescription-drug habit and get her into rehab, and Stern objecting.

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