LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Howard K. Stern and two doctors entered `` not guilty '' pleas to charges of conspiring to provide drugs to Anna Nicole Smith before her fatal overdose in 2007 . Howard K. Stern , Anna Nicole Smith 's longtime confidant , arrives at Los Angeles Criminal Courts on Wednesday . Stern -- Smith 's longtime partner and attorney -- appeared before a Los Angeles judge Wednesday morning for formal arraignment , along with co-defendants Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor . The three are charged in California with several felonies , including conspiring to furnish controlled substances , unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance and obtaining fraudulent prescriptions from June 2004 through January 2007 -- only weeks before Smith 's death . California Attorney General Jerry Brown , when he announced the case in March , said the doctors and Stern devised a plan to use fake names so Smith could be prescribed `` thousands of pills . '' Smith , the former Playboy playmate and reality TV star , was drugged `` almost to the point of stupefaction , '' Brown said . Stern defense lawyer Steve Sadow has called the charges baseless and accused Brown of using Smith 's death for his own political purposes . `` Bottom line is that Howard K. Stern did not commit a criminal act , period , and you can ask me that all day long and I 'll still tell you he did not commit a criminal act , '' Sadow said after Wednesday 's hearing . Smith , 39 , was pronounced dead February 8 , 2007 , after being discovered unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood , Florida . A coroner said she died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs . Florida prosecutors said in March they were taking a new look at Smith 's death to see if evidence California investigators had gathered recently might cause them to open an inquiry . The Broward County , Florida , state attorney 's office never opened a probe into Smith 's death but did assist the Seminole police department in its investigation in the days afterward .
Smith 's boyfriend Howard Stern , two doctors charged with providing drugs . Smith died from accidental overdose of prescription drugs in 2007 . Comment: Stern defense lawyer calls charges baseless .