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 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Larry Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, has countersued his former attorney, claiming she defrauded him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The lawsuit filed Friday in Superior Court claims Debra Opri offered to represent Birkhead for free during a paternity dispute involving the baby because the publicity would benefit her career. Birkhead's lawsuit was filed just days after Opri filed her own suit claiming that Birkhead didn't pay his bills for her legal services.
Birkhead's lawsuit accuses Opri of depositing at least $865,000 owed to him for an unnamed project into an attorney client trust account against his wishes. After Opri refused to turn over the money, Birkhead fired her, the lawsuit said.
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