Howard Stern Charged With Conspiracy in Anna Nicole Smith Case

More than two years after Anna Nicole Smith's death from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs, authorities have filed the first criminal charges in the case – targeting her former attorney and lover, Howard K. Stern.

Stern, 40, a fixture at Smith's side for years who once claimed to be the father of her daughter Dannielynn, has been formally charged with conspiring to furnish drugs to Smith prior to her death, prosecutors said Thursday.