英语文摘:Former companion, psychiatrist found guilty of conspiracy in Anna Nicole Smith's drug trial

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's long-time companion Howard K. Stern and psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich were convicted of two counts of conspiracy and of illegally providing prescription drugs to a know addict, while the third defendant was acquitted of all six charges against him on Thursday.

Stern, 41 and himself an attorney, was acquitted of seven other charges as the six-man, six-woman jury reached the verdicts on its 13th day of deliberations.

Eroshevich, 62, was convicted of four criminal counts, including the two conspiracy charges and single counts of unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance and unlawfully obtaining a prescription by giving a false name.

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Another doctor, 42-year-old Sandeep Kapoor, an internal and geriatric medicine specialist, was acquitted of all six charges against him.

The three defendants were accused of giving Smith excessive prescription drugs while knowing she was an addict, but they were not charged with Smith's Feb. 8, 2007 accidental drug overdose death in Florida at age 39.

Sentencing for Stern and Eroshevich was tentatively scheduled for Jan. 6. They face anywhere from probation to about three years in prison, Sandi Gibbons of the District Attorney's Office said.