LOS ANGELES — A jury on Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich, and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, of conspiracy counts but acquitted the doctor who prescribed drugs for her of all charges.
The only conviction against Stern was for giving false names and acting by fraud to obtain prescriptions. Eroshevich was also convicted of unlawfully prescribing Vicodin by fraud.
The jury acquitted defendant Dr. Sandeep Kapoor of all charges. The jury found the prosecution did not present enough evidence to convict Kapoor of six charges that he provided excessive prescription drugs to Smith.
The defendants were charged with conspiracy, excessive prescribing of opiates and sedatives to an addict, and fraudulently obtaining drugs by using false names. The jury deliberated about 58 hours after being asked to decide if the three defendants were trying to relieve Smith’s emotional and physical pain or were feeding her addiction to prescription drugs.
The defendants were not charged in Smith’s 2007 accidental overdose death in Florida.
Prosecutors displayed multiple prescriptions for heavy painkillers such as Dilaudid, Demarol, Vicodin and Methadone, as well as anti-anxiety drugs and sedatives. In one month, they said, Smith received 1,500 pills. The Associated Press
