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When the 26 -year -old model Anna Nicole Smith married the 89 -year -old oil magnate J. Howard Marshall In 1994, many thought she was with him for her money. After all, he was an elderly billionaire and she was a promising young star. But, Smith argued that she really liked J. Howard, and those who were close to her said the same thing, including in the new Netflix documentary, Anna Nicole Smith: You don't know me. Smith would also have refused proposals earlier by J. Howard which occurred during their relationship, which began in 1991.

But, whether they are mutually in love or not, Smith fought to get what she thought was her right share of the wealth of J. Howard after her 1995 death. In fact, the legal deposits that started in 1996 launched 20 years of legal proceedings which continued far beyond the death of Smith herself in 2007 and the death of the son of J. Howard E. Pierce Marshall - to whom he left his wealth - in 2006.

Read the rest to learn more about Smith's legal battle for what she thought was her share of her husband's fortune.

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Smith met J. Howard for the first time in 1991 at Texas Strip Club where she worked. During their relationship, Smith's model career took off, including when she posed for the cover of Playboy in 1992. according to Interview magazine, Smith refused the proposals By J. Howard but finally agreed to marry him. They made the knot on June 27, 1994 and just over a year later, J. Howard died in August 1995 at 90.

J. Howard left Smith and his eldest son, J. Howard Marshall III , out of his will, leaving his fortune rather to his other son, E. Pierce. This included a massively precious stock of Koch industries.

As indicated by Forbes , in 1996, Smith has filed a bankruptcy , and roughly at the same time, E. Pierce filed a defamation complaint against Smith as far as his claims is concerned, according to which he had planned to take his share of the succession of J. Howard. Smith has also made a reconvention request for half of the succession.

Legal procedures and calls continued from there. As indicated by People , at one point Smith teams up with J. Howard III to Sue E. Pierce, saying that he conspired for 20 years to become the only heir.

The cases have mixed with each other and difficult to analyze. For example, at one point, Smith received $ 475 million, but this was then reversed by another decision. Affairs took place in California, Texas and Federal Courts, and finally, the Supreme Court was involved.

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As indicated by Forbes , the United States Supreme Court ruled twice on the Smith and Marshall affair. In 2006, the Supreme Court overthrew a short circuit decision involving Smith's bankruptcy.

In 2011, the Supreme Court saw Stern v. Marshall ( Howard K. Stern was the testamentary executor of Smith's succession; Marshall, in this case, refers to Elaine Marshall , the widow of e. Pierce.) This time, the court made a decision to set up precedents according to which "the bankruptcy court exceeded its powers under article III of the Constitution by entering a judgment on a reconvention request based on the State law in Texas which was not a core in the reorganization procedure Forbes . NPR reported that This decision meant essentially that the Supreme Court agreed with the decision of the Court of Appeal that a bankruptcy court did not have the power to grant Smith the $ 475 million.

Despite the death of J. Howard, Smith and E. Pierce, legal proceedings continued for several years after their death. (For the file, J. Howard III is still alive today and 87 years old.) In short, Smith's succession did not receive money from the succession of J. Howard. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In 2014, American district judge David O. Carter rejected an attempt to grant sanctions From the Marshall family to Smith's girl, Dannielynn Birkhead . As indicated by Forbes Carter said that E. Pierce and his lawyers have shown "a separate disinterest in rules or ethics", but that the Smith / Birkhead team had not shown sufficient evidence of damage.

"Time has spent the relationship between Vickie Lynn [the real name of Smith] and J. Howard extended for almost five times the duration of their relationship and almost 20 times the duration of their marriage. Neither reasonable nor practice to go ahead "" the judge said.

In 2015, there was another decision - this one by a court of appeal - which influenced more than $ 500,000 in sanctions that Smith had already been sentenced to E. Pierce.