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Anna Nicole Smith's Mother Sues Houston TV Station

B Burns

Story Created: Nov 8, 2007 at 11:42 AM CDT

Story Updated: Nov 8, 2007 at 11:42 AM CDT

HOUSTON (AP) - Lawyers for Howard K. Stern join those for CBS
Studios and KPRC-TV in Houston in denying liability in a libel suit filed by Anna Nicole Smith's mother.

Stern was the attorney and former companion of the former Playboy Playmate, who died in early February.

The lawsuit Virgie Arthur filed in Houston says Stern arranged an Entertainment Tonight interview.

In that interview, Smith said her mother was complicit in sexual and physical abuse Smith suffered as a child.

The program is produced by CBS Studios and aired in Houston on February 14th on KPRC-TV, an NBC affiliate. Smith died a week before the program aired.

Arthur, who lives in Montgomery County just north of Houston, also says Stern, KPRC and CBS subjected her to public hatred and contempt by injuring her reputation.

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