Anna Nicole Smith with daughter Dannielynn and lawyer Howard Stern, who Smith said was the father. Photo / Reuters
Anna Nicole Smith tried to commit suicide at least twice after she gave birth to Dannielynn, and obsessed over keeping her baby slim, it has been claimed.
In legal documents written by the late Playboy Playmate's former nanny, Quethlie Alexis in December last year, it is alleged Anna
Nicole - real name Vickie Marshall - wanted to end her life.
Alexis stated: "Ms Marshall attempted to commit suicide on two separate occasions.
"On the first occasion, she drank in my presence an entire bottle of what I believed to be a sleeping aid.
"When she awoke from the resulting 48-hour coma, she said, 'I wanted to die. I meant to kill myself.'
"She also tried to drown herself in her swimming pool. Howard K. Stern rescued her. I heard him say to her, 'If anything happens to you, I would go to jail.' "
The sworn affidavit, written in the Bahamas on December 4, 2006, also reveals Anna Nicole was obsessed with keeping her baby slim, because "she wanted her to be 'sexy' ".
Alexis claimed: "Ms. Marshall was obsessed with making sure that her baby was 'sexy'. Ms. Marshall knew that the correct amount of baby food was 3 ounces every 3 hours. Ms. Marshall insisted that the maximum I was to give was 2.5 ounces.
"She monitored my feeding of Dannielynn by making sure the baby monitor was kept on all the time.
"The child is badly underweight and not thriving, as a baby should."
A California judge withdrew his request to put a ten-day hold on Anna Nicole's body yesterday, meaning it may be released and buried, pending a corresponding ruling from a Florida court.
A decision is expected in the next few days.
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