According to several news reports he did. Ashton's new show, Pop Fiction, which we talked about turns out to be a rip off of an idea that Anna had more than three years ago for the E! Network!! Pop Fiction seems almost identical to the treatment that Anna registered with the Writers Guild back in 2004.
Anna and Howard even pitched the show and sent the treatment to E! president Ted Harbert along with two top execs at E!.
The treatment states, "…what happens if Anna Nicole Smith and other celebrities turn the tables and capitalize off of the overzealous media? What if the next big supposed scandal is not a scandal at all? What if everything is staged, but the media (and the public) don't know it? Anna Nicole and other celebrity guests take aim at the media and push all the limits."
To add a slap in the face, Howard even spoke with E! just two months ago, on behalf of the estate of course, and pitched the show again. This time, with Larry Birkhead doing the opening prank, and later hosting the show. But he was turned down.
We say, Howard K. Stern is all over this with a lawsuit-expect to hear more of this in the coming weeks! We are sure Ashton and E! will get out of it though.....
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