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Von Anhalt to file legal challenge
Prince Frederic von Anhalt said he plans to file a paternity challenge in court this week to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter, even if it costs him his marriage to Zsa Zsa Gabor.
- AP
- Published: 00:00 February 14, 2007
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- Von Anhalt said he plans to file a paternity challenge in court this week to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's (pictured) infant daughter.
Los Angeles: Prince Frederic von Anhalt said he plans to file a paternity challenge in court this week to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter, even if it costs him his marriage to Zsa Zsa Gabor.
"I'm going to make the DNA test," he said in a phone interview. "If the court rules in my favour, I will go to the Bahamas and pick up the child." Von Anhalt will join several other men already claiming they fathered the child, Dannielynn.
Smith's companion Howard K. Stern is listed on the infant's birth certificate as the father, but former Smith boyfriend Larry Birkhead is waging a legal challenge also claiming he is the father.
Alexander Denk, who had worked as a bodyguard for Smith, told the television newsmagazine Extra that he had a secret affair with Smith, and there is a possibility he may be the father of the child.
Denk's attorney, Cyrus Nownejad, did not immediately return a message from the AP seeking comment. Ron Rale, a lawyer for Smith, also did not immediately return a phone message.
Von Anhalt said last week that he had a decade-long affair with Smith. He said he is more likely to be the father than either Stern or Birkhead because he was with Smith during the period when the child was conceived.
Von Anhalt said he wanted to meet with attorney Gloria Allred to see if she will take his case. Allred declined comment.
Von Anhalt, 59, and Gabor, 90, have been married for more than 20 years. The news of her husband's alleged affair has deeply upset Gabor, according to Von Anhalt.
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