The estate of Anna Nicole Smith, the struggle for Horizons, the mansion in the Bahamas, that they called and Howard K. Smith home. The dispute over the property started at the house, while tragic Anna Nicole Smith was still alive. The property, valued at almost $ 1,000,000 in the Bahamas. Anna Nicole Smith claimed that the property was a gift from South Carolina real estate developer G. Ben Thompson. Anna Nicole had a brief relationship with Thompson. Thompson said the house was a loan to the tragic Playboy Playmate.Wayne Munroe, the attorney for Anna Nicole estate in the Bahamas. Munroe was interviewed by investigative reporter Art Harris, according to E Online. According to Munroe, he is prepared to argue that Thompson became a criminal record that disqualified him as a foreign real estate investor.Art Harris reported that G. Ben Thompson was on the charge of the Federal Republic of drug smuggling has sentenced more than 20 years old. He served three years in prison. The deed to the Bahamas mansion is located in Anna Nicole name. Thompson has made attempts to Anna Nicole and her lawyer and long time companion, Howard K. Stern have sold, but the eviction attempts have failed. According to the report by Art Harris (artharris.com), sources have told him that the developer is missing near a court deadline to a cash bond of $ 100,000, which is required in order to go with the call for Horizons Post . Thompson was ordered to "security for costs in the amount of $ 100,000", 7 May 2007. The deadline for the cash bond was 28th May Apparently there was an extension of the deadline. The borrowing is needed to ensure that the Bahamian court will not have to Thompson to South Carolina, the legal costs in the case of chasing the developer loses the case to collect. According to attorney Wayne Munroe, "If they do not want to post the bond is to dismiss its action." It's about the legal ownership of the house, which was held a gift from Anna Nicole Thompson. Anna Nicole Smith was granted a deed tithe manor house in August 2006. There were informal discussions about Anna Nicole signing a mortgage, the payment of additional turbulence Thompson avoided, after her son Daniel died. The question was not settled before her death in February, 2007.The complicate Mortgage and residency laws the problem. According to Munroe, a foreigner can not offer a mortgage on real estate in the Bahamas, without permission of the Central Bank. The required bank approval was never sought. Even if everyone agrees to the intention of a mortgage, they had not gone through appropriate channels, voiding any understanding that the parties. Munroe also argued that Thompson would be excluded from the business due to his criminal record. S Thompson was sentenced to five years in federal prison for drug smuggling. He served three of the five years and $ 19,948 paid in fines and court costs. Even if the conviction was 20 years ago claimed that Munroe is Thompson of carrying out the operation Bahamas.Art Harris's reports to prevent an attempt to Federal transcripts, G. Ben Thompson of the Bahamas used as an intermediate stop in the 1980s, his pot levels. He had helped his driver out of trouble a Bahamian jail after being caught by the police. When trying to make a run for it, the plane ran out of gas. The resulting drug-smuggling conviction hurts his chances in the Bahamian courts now. Anna Nicole Smith was famous as a Playboy model and media personality. She was in a court battle for what they as their share of the estate of her late husband, oil billionaire Howard Marshall. Smith died of a drug overdose at the age of 39 in Florida. Her death has begun a series of legal battles over its assets and the paternity and custody of their young daughter. Smith was distraught over the death of her 21-year-old son Daniel Smith, when they visit the hospital after the birth of her daughter Dannielynn. Photographer Larry Birkhead has proven that he was the father of the girl, and now has custody of the child. Baby Dannielynn will probably be the ultimate beneficiary of the litigation are the property when all the dust of a day is done.
