Dear Readers:
Over the past few days, hundreds of you have contacted me expressing concerns about Dannielynn’s welfare and fears about Howard K. Stern’s undue influence over legal proceedings in The Bahamas related to the mess her Mummy, Anna Nicole, left behind. And even though I understand the frustration that compelled many of you to wonder if there’s anything you or I can do to alleviate these concerns and fears, I urge you all to appreciate and respect the following:
I am on record advising Bahamian authorities to assume exclusive responsibility for Dannielynn’s welfare pending judicial determination of her paternity and custodial parent. But it would be presumptuous and unfair for me to cast aspersions on them for not heeding my unsolicited advice.
After all, I do not believe my concern for the welfare of this child (or, frankly, that of anyone else in the USA) is greater than the informed concern of officials at the Department of Social Services in The Bahamas. Moreover, despite my suspicions about his mercenary interest in Dannielynn, there is no evidence that Stern is actually endangering her life.
Indeed, perhaps I can disabuse some of you of your overweening concerns by posing the following: If, as you charge, Stern is doing everything possible to retain custody of Dannielynn to get his hands of the alleged millions she stands to inherit, then chances are very good that he will not do anything to harm her….
That said, I feel obliged to inform you that the indignant criticisms being hurled at the nature and pace of legal proceedings on these matters are wholly unwarranted. Moreover, I am genuinely nonplussed that they’re being hurled primarily by Americans who seem more outraged by rumors that Stern is manipulating the legal system of The Bahamas than they are about the fact that terrorists (in Guantanamo Bay) are manipulating the legal system of the United States.
But I shall suffice to assure my American friends that it is absolute rubbish to think that Stern is somehow managing to do what drug kingpins from Latin American and financial swindlers from the United States have never managed to do: i.e., pervert the course of justice in Bahamian courts.
Therefore, I urge you to withhold your criticisms (and judgment) and allow the legal proceedings to run their course. Because I have as much confidence that justice will prevail in the cases related to Anna Nicole in The Bahamas as I do that it will prevail in any case pending before any court in the United States. Indeed, I invite all whose minds remain open to reason to please read my “Related Article” below, which explains why criticisms of The Bahamas in this respect are not only uninformed but also hypocritical.
(Incidentally, apropos unwarranted criticisms, please note that there are no family ties between Shane Gibson, the former Minister of Immigration, and Allyson Maynard-Gibson, the Attorney General, whatsoever.)
Finally, please be advised that this will be my last commentary on anything having to do with the late Anna Nicole, until rulings in the paternity and custody case or verdicts in the inquest into her son’s death are announced.
Because, truth be told, I find the pervasive and obsessive interest shown in my commentaries on these matters disheartening; especially given my forlorn hope that people will show more interest in my commentaries on truly-important issues, including those on the raging genocide in Darfur, the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst black heterosexuals in developing countries, fallout from the Iraq war, political corruption, etc.
Thank you.
ALH
Related Articles:
Place Dannielynn in protective custody
Criticisms of legal proceedings in The Bahamas related to Anna Nicole
Anna Nicole Smith
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