Overview
- Birkhead told Entertainment Tonight that he and his family do not consent to Trust Me, I’m a Doctor and that the film will cause emotional harm to his daughter Dannielynn.
- He said he has filed a complaint with the California Medical Board over Dr. Sandeep Kapoor’s participation in the movie and will let the board’s process play out.
- The film is adapted from Kapoor’s 2017 memoir, stars Abbie Cornish as Anna Nicole Smith and Kal Penn as Kapoor, and is scheduled to open on October 16.
- Kapoor was charged after Smith’s 2007 death but was acquitted by a jury in 2010; his book frames the story from his perspective and has drawn criticism from Smith’s family.
- Following a July 9 Entertainment Tonight interview, Birkhead has renewed public objections to retellings of Smith’s life and raised questions about who owns and profits from her story.