Inside The Anna Nicole Cover-Up!
It was 1:38 p.m. on Feb. 8 when Anna Nicole Smith’s private nurse, Tasma Brighthaupt, discovered the blonde bombshell collapsed in Suite 607 of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Brighthaupt immediately called a hotel operator to report that Smith was in dire need of help.
The nurse also called Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole’s lawyer and lover, who was 20 minutes away checking out a yacht that he and Smith were in the process of buying. They planned to call the boat Cracker, Anna’s pet name for her deceased son, Daniel. Yet it wasn’t until just before 1:45 p.m., almost seven minutes after Smith was discovered, that someone finally called 911!
By the time the paramedics arrived, Anna Nicole’s bodyguard (and Tasma’s husband), Maurice “Mo” Brighthaupt, was trying to resuscitate Smith himself, using CPR. Stern, who was set to officially wed Smith later this month, arrived as rescue attempts were underway. He appeared pale and shocked and tears were streaming down his face. But he was too late to save her, as were the paramedics — a sad fact that has insiders now wondering why the nurse waited so long to call 911. Would Smith have survived if the paramedics had been contacted sooner? That’s just one of the questions now swirling around Anna Nicole’s mysterious death. Star takes a look at these questions — and delivers some startling answers.
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