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Meanwhile, Stern and two of Smith's doctors are scheduled to go on trial Aug. 4 on charges that they illegally funneled sedatives and opiates to the model. They have pleaded not guilty and are not charged with causing Smith's death. Seidlin says in the book that Stern "exercised a great amount of control over Anna Nicole by maintaining and reviewing her drug desires and addiction." He calls for reopening investigations into the death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith, in September 2006 and of the model five months later, noting Stern was present at both. He says police bungled the original investigations. Stern's attorney, Steve Sadow, said "Any allegations made by Judge Seidlin against Howard K. Stern are truly unworthy of response." Much of Seidlin's book rehashes the Smith hearings, reprinting court transcripts with commentary mixed in. He tries to burnish his image as a judge, but also appears to question the one decision he made in the case. "I want her buried with her son in the Bahamas," he said through tears at the time. "I want them to be together." Throughout the book, though, Seidlin is sympathetic to Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, who fought for her estranged daughter's burial in her native Texas. He calls for her reburial there, or possibly in California, saying "Her soul and Danny's soul need to be placed on sacred ground in the Lone Star state with people who grew up with her and loved her in her simpler days."
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