Anna Nicole Smith and partner Howard K Stern have been granted a restraining order to keep an unnamed person (presumably G Ben Thompson or someone working for him) away from her Bahamian home.

Thompson claims the property belongs to him and sought to evict Anna Nicole and her family from $1million home as well as cutting off the power to the house.

Smith and Stern played down reports at the time but now Stern has admitted: “Somebody did try and shut the power off but we have a court order against this person so he can’t come on the property or try and shut the power off, or the water.”

However, Anna Nicole has decided to move out of the contested property to avoid further disruption: “I’ve actually bought a new house and it’s really nice. It’s on a dock and it’s a big house, lots of bedrooms and I’m really excited about the house.”

The couple, who held a spiritual but not legally binding ‘wedding’ ceremony in September, added that they have no plans to move away from the Bahamas.

Howard said: “We love it here. The people have been great.”

Anna Nicole added: “My son is buried here, my daughter was born here and I expect to be here for a while.”