Video sold of battle to save Anna Nicole Smith

Grainy video footage of paramedics working on the unresponsive body of Anna Nicole Smith turned up on the Internet and on German Television on Friday, reports Reuters, a day after the sudden death of the former Playboy model in Florida.

"The brief video, shot by the Los Angeles-based Splash News and Picture Agency, captures Smith being wheeled on a stretcher on Thursday from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Splash said it had sold the rights for $500,000 to a buyer it declined to identify. The footage showed up on several Internet sites and on German's RTL TV channel."

There is no mention that footage was taken with a cameraphone. But it could have been and wouldn't change the story.

emily | 10:12 AM | Paparazzi |
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