Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist surrenders

Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist has surrendered to face charges of excessively prescribing drugs to the former model before her overdose death in 2007, Los Angeles police say.

Police spokeswoman Rosario Herrera said Khristine Eroshevich turned herself in about 11am on Monday.

She was released several hours later after posting $US20,000 bail, according to a statement from her attorney Adam Braun’s office.

Eroshevich is charged with conspiring with another doctor and Smith’s lawyer-turned-boyfriend Howard Stern.

Attorney-General Jerry Brown alleges the doctors falsified prescriptions and prescribed unwarranted amounts of highly addictive medications to Smith. Eroshevich’s lawyer said she was only protecting Smith’s privacy.

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