Smith’s Late Husband Overspent, His Son Says
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Anna Nicole Smith’s late oil-tycoon husband spent well outside his personal means to give the former Playboy playmate expensive presents, his son testified Friday.
E. Pierce Marshall, 63, said his father was unable to pay for $1 million worth of Harry Winston jewels and tried unsuccessfully to pay for them with a business loan.
“He said ‘The jewels are just going to have to go back,’ ” Marshall said.
But he said Smith refused to return them at first and as a result his father was sued by the jeweler.
It was Marshall’s second day of testimony in the battle over J. Howard Marshall II’s millions.
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