Larry Birkhead threatens to sue Rita Crosby

[CherryDarling]

Larry Birkhead tells TMZ he will go after Rita Cosby with a vengeance if the rumors about her upcoming book are true.

Cosby, formerly an anchor with MSNBC, has written what she says is a tell-all on the death of Anna Nicole Smith and the subsequent custody battle over Dannielynn.

Rumors are swirling about the book, Blond Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death, due out next week. TMZ has heard Cosby will say she has documents that prove Larry Birkhead essentially bought the baby from Howard K. Stern. The publisher is mum until next Tuesday.

Today, Birkhead told TMZ, "If that's what's in her book, then she'll be sued. And on top of that, there will be other individuals sued over confidential information in my custody case."

Birkhead has said that Cosby is the one who hooked him up with his former lawyer, Debra Opri. In Birkhead's lawsuit against Opri over fees, he says Opri told him, "she had supplied the reporter with confidential information as 'payback' for the client referral." Opri could not be reached for comment.

Birkhead tells us that Cosby never once came to him to ask for his comments re the book.

OK! magazine will preview the tome next week. Birkhead says, "OK! is on notice those allegations are false, and if they print them as truth, they will be sued as well." Birkhead adds, "I'll go after any media outlet that prints those lies from that book."

Birkhead seems serious. He's already lawyered up.

source: Birkhead to Rita -- Say That and I'll Sue You - TMZ.com

[KrisNine]

I certainly don't think Larry B. is a saint, but honestly I really don;t think it matters if he settled with HKS on the side. Dannielynn is his baby. But, if Rita Cosby was involved with Debra Opri and was getting inside scoop from her, it proves that Debra Opri is a rotten attorney.

[ooOORosieOOoo]

I think Larry's hot.

[Chilly Willy]

^^ Umm, what?

[canadiangrl]

It's amazing that even almost a year after her death, the Anna Nicole circus still goes on.

That book is gonna be juicy, even if only a fraction of it is true.

[Merlot-N-Bali]

Rita Cosby annoys the hell out of me.

[DVS_one]

UGH.... I cant stand Rita Crosby or that chick Jackie

AS for Larry and Howard.... I just really do not care. BUT I fucking hate the name Dannilynn.... shoulda went with the original plan of Hannah...

[CherryDarling]

Update, HOLY SHIT!

Tell-All: Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead were lovers

A new tell-all about Anna Nicole Smith from former MSNBC journalist Rita Cosby about alleges that Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead were secret gay lovers.

The book, "Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death" describes an alleged brief tryst between Stern and Birkhead, reports the Daily News. Jackie Hatten, described as a friend of Anna Nicole's, claims she found Stern and Birkhead with their shirts off and pants around their ankles, engaged in oral sex.

The book also accuses the feuding baby daddies of cutting a secret deal between them in which Birkhead would get custody of Dannielynn in return for Stern being named executor of Anna Nicole's estate.

Both Birkhead and Stern deny all of Cosby's accusations. Birkhead said that he was disgusted by Cosby's claims that he and Stern were gay lovers. "If she printed that then she is really getting sued," he said.

Stern's lawyer Lin Wood called the book "false and defamatory."

source: Tell-All: Stern and Birkhead Were Lovers - TMZ.com

[carrie2008]

^^WTF??

[Laurent]

Lovers?!?!

[d2791]

I'm not surprised. There have been rumors about Larry being bi for a long time, and I remember , on the second season of Anna Nicole Show, she set a blind date for Howard, and when he saw the woman, he said "but it's a woman!" and AnnaNicole said something like "so what? just go with it!"

[msdeb]

rita cosby is so annoying. if i had to choose, i would rather read something by her, than listen to her annoying voice.