October 4, 2007

Rita Cosby Fires Back at Lawsuit, Compares Anna Nicole to Britney Spears

Rita Cosby has been hit with a $60 million libel lawsuit, but she’s telling “Extra” she’s confident that Howard K. Stern’s efforts will fall flat.

“I literally just got the papers. From what I’ve seen we are solid on our facts more than ever…we are sure of what we have,” she insists. “I think it’s pretty surprising that these guys would launch some frivolous lawsuit to deflect and to smear and to intimidate and it’s not going to work.”

When asked whether she’s heard from Larry Birkhead, Cosby comments, “I haven’t heard from Larry Birkhead…but a number of other people have and what he has done is threatened them. He is actually being looked at for possible charges being filed against him in the state of Texas and elsewhere for intimidating witnesses.”

As to any parallels she sees between Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears, Cosby states, “Both Anna and Britney are public train wrecks, sort of falling apart before our eyes. You see Britney spiraling down in the same trend you saw Anna Nicole Smith doing years ago. Britney should learn from people like Anna Nicole Smith…don’t get too caught up in stardom at the end of the day it could do you in.”


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On 8 Apr 2008, Cheryl Soto wrote:

RITA IS GREAT!! Everything in her book is true, come on people the whole world saw those videos.. with Anna’s sole air (her son Daniel) dead, no husband! Anna dead who gains? Howard K Stern (still executer) & Larry Birkhead! NOT DANNIELYNN! she has a father THAT DID NOTHING TO STOP HER MOM FROM TAKING DRUGS! She also has Howard, & HE DID NOTHING TOO STOP ANNA FROM TAKING DRUGS! WHO GAINED FROM ANNA & Her son’s DEATH? HOWARD & LARRY! & it makes me SICK TO MY STOMACH. there has been NO JUSTICE FOR ANNA OR HER SON- NO ARRESTS AT ALL, NOT EVEN ANY CHARGES FILED! I GUESS THE USA COURTS just donT cARE.. what ashame.. I HOPE & PRAY THAT VIRGIE GETS SOLE CUSTODY OF DANNIELYNN!

 
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On 27 Oct 2007, Jala wrote:

RITA COSBY WAS JUST STATING WHAT HER INVESTIGATION BROUGHT FORTH. IT’S NOT LIKE SHE PERSONALLY WANTED TO ATTACK THEM FOR NO REASON. THE POINT WASN’T THAT LARRY OR HOWARD ARE GAY..IT WAS THAT THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY HID FROM THE MEDIA IN ORDER TO MANIPULATE THE STORY…E.T., EXTRA, INSIDER..ALL THOSE SHOWS GAVE THEM MONEY FOR THEIR STORIES AND THEY HAD TO ACT LIKE THEY WERE ENEMIES, WHEN IN REALITY THEY WORKED THE STORIES UP BEHIND THE SCENES. SO RITA WAS JUST EXPOSING THE DISHONESTY.
RITA IS AWESOME!!!!! AND I HOPE THAT STERN GOES TO COURT BECAUSE THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT AND HE’LL BE WORSE OFF. HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO SUE RITA. BUT NOONE CARES THAT HE’S ASKING FOR 60 MILLION…ALL THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS HOW RITA WROTE A BOOK AND GOT MONEY FOR IT. WHAT ABOUT THE MADE UP STORIES AND LIES THAT LARRY AND HOWARD GOT PAID FOR RIGHT AFTER ANNA’S DEATH??

 
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On 15 Oct 2007, Autumn wrote:

I can’t believe how people are so eager to believe people who lie to them, namely Birkhead and Stern. Can’t you just Look at them and get it? Like Jesus said “the world does not recognize truth” and that is so painfully evident when I look at the emails. Don’t you know that rich people have hangers on? These people will be exposed just like OJ is now getting exposed and if not “here” then “there”. I hope the money is worth it to them because the price they’re going to pay is too high for me. Do you honestly think that Anna Nicole surrounded herself with NICE people? She had to take what she could get being isolated as a rich person and not able to trust anyone. She hated men so she like many other man haters surrounder herself with gay men thinking she could trust them. But there woman hate is exposed now: Bravo to Rita for her extremely clear book with documentation to support it. Stop being so willing to believe people that are on TV looking good: they are manipulating you!

 
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On 12 Oct 2007, GLORIA PILO wrote:

EVERY ONE WANTS 15 MINUTES OF FAME.
RITA IS SURE GETTING HERS
SHE WAS CAUGHT IN A STING OPERATION , BY HER OWN GREEDINESS.
PICK ON SOMEONE WHO IS ALIVE AND WELL AND CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES….
LET ANNA REST IN PEACE

 
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On 10 Oct 2007, Quimby wrote:

Rita Cosby is a bug eyed nut job… I have a friend who saw her in a lesbo encounter. Well I have a friend who spoke to someone on a plane who said Rita Cosby had a lesbo Encounter… Does that mean it is a fact, or a rumor. If she can’t produce the tape she should pay the Stern…

 
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On 7 Oct 2007, Jones wrote:

im a rita cosby fan now, i love those quotes, shes soooo confident that shes gonna win. Looks like howard is going to fall into a black pit of DOOM!

 
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On 7 Oct 2007, tyler wrote:

WOW what a great quote, about britney. It seems Rita DOES care about others in her surrounding, I hope she beats the prick HK$

 
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On 5 Oct 2007, g wrote:

I read the book and loved it.

I think it fascinating that E Pierce Marshall died in June of 2006. From USA Today, June 24, 2006 - …Marshall died unexpectedly earlier this week in the Dallas area from a brief and extremely aggressive infection…

Three months later Daniel Smith has died and then 5 months later Anna Nicole Smith is deceased.

In 8 months time 3 individuals all who had interest in a large sum of money are dead and the only one left is a 1 year old girl now under the complete care, control and custody of 2 rather creepy individuals.

Oh well, maybe it’s just a coincidence.

 
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On 4 Oct 2007, Anonymous wrote:

Screw Rita Cosby and her egomaniacal book/smear campaign against Birkhead and Stern!
I’m so not reading her book, aka “Blond Stupidity(namely Rita Cosby’s stupidity)”
Which stinky swamp did she slither out of?!?!!?
The same one Debra Opri slithered out of?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

 
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