Actress Anna Nicole Smith was often described as being a "force of nature." However, documents recently released on WikiLeaks, and published in The Guardian may prove it true.
"Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau," reads a cable from Deputy Chief of Mission D. Brent Hardt.
The trouble began when Smith filed for legal residency in the Bahamas in 2006. The process, which can take years, only took a month. The application was approved by Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson, who was later found to have accepted a $10,000 check and a $25,000 watch from Smith. In February 2007 (the same month that Smith passed away), Gibson resigned after photos of the two kissing in Smith's bed were released.
After the botched treatment and death of Anna Nicole's son, a few lesser officials were either fired or resigned when it was speculated that the Coroner's Court had covered up the cause of death to protect Anna Nicole from embarrassment.
The leaked cable continues, "Lying in disarray in her wake are Doctor's Hospital, the coroner's Court, the Department of Immigration, local mega-lawyers Callenders and Co., formerly popular Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson and possibly Prime Minister Christie's PLP government."
The last of these confidential cables was dated March 2007, two months before the Progressive Labor Party lost an election despite "a strong local economy," according to the Huffington Post. The cable noted that the opposing Free National Movement "[had] used these scandals to seize the offensive in the run-up to elections."
In the wake of Smith's death, though, the memos conceded that Hurricane Anna did have a positive effect, leading to a "revitalized media" and a more democratic society.
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