Prosecutors: Anna Nicole Smith conspired with attorney, doctors to illegally obtain drugs

July 30, 2010 |Linda Deutsch, The Associated Press

FILE ** Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court, in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo taken in Washington. Pre-trial motions are expected to be heard in a hearing Friday July 30, 2010 setting the stage for the trial of two doctors and the attorney boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, arguing about what evidence will be allowed in court. Jury questioning begins Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In a surprise move, prosecutors in the case of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend say the former Playboy model conspired with the defendants to illegally obtain massive amounts of prescription drugs.

Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose said Friday that because Smith demanded that others provide her with opiates and sedatives, she automatically is considered a conspirator.

Smith, who died in February 2007 of a drug overdose, is not named as a conspirator in the charges against Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and attorney Howard K. Stern.

The judge said he was surprised by the strategy suddenly announced on the eve of trial.

Rose also says she will allege that Stern's sister Bonnie was involved in the conspiracy as well.

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