Larry Birkhead
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Writing on his Web site, Birkhead, who says he's the father of Smith's daughter Dannielynn, objects to, among other things, stories that he's a poker high-roller and is collecting donations for his legal fees.
"It was reported that I was playing $1500.00 a hand at the high stakes poker table in the Bahamas," writes Birkhead, 34. "FALSE. I do not even know how to play poker and I wouldn't be playing with money like that in any event."
He also denies that he's commented about his attorney's fees or tried to trademark the phrase "Goodnight my sweet Anna baby" from an online tribute he posted after Smith's Feb. 8 death.
"The [paperwork] was filled out by another individual on my behalf. The form was not reviewed or approved by me," he writes. "I am far too busy working on my fight for my daughter Dannielynn to worry about things like trademarking sayings for use in movies, etc."
Finally, he says he has not been accepting donations toward legal fees in his paternity battle. "Please do not send any donations to me for a legal defense fund," he writes. "Previously, someone set up a 'Save Dannielynn' defense fund for me (again without my authorization) and some individuals sent in donations before the 'fund' was discovered by me."
On April 2 it was announced that Birkhead's main rival in the paternity fight, Smith's partner Howard K. Stern, 38, had dropped his attempt to block the release of DNA test results that could reveal the identity of Dannielynn's father.
