The estate of Anna Nicole Smith has been denied a $300 million fortune the former Playboy Playmate claimed she was promised by her late oil-tycoon husband.
On Friday, a federal appeals court says Smith’s estate — which includes the beauty 3-year-old daughter Dannielynn — will receive nothing from the estate of oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall. Smith had most recently been awarded $88 million.
Anna Nicole was in the middle of a legal battle over the will of her billionaire spouse when she died in 2007. Marshall, 90, passed away in 1995, 14 months after marrying the ex-stripper, who was 26 at the time.
Attorneys for The Marshalls say they hope the 15-year-old battle will end after today’s ruling.