Arrested along with
Khristine Eroshevich, and
Sandeep Kapoor in March 2009, and charged by then-California Attorney General
Jerry Brown of illegally furnishing medications to
Anna Nicole Smith. In October 2010, a jury acquitted Kapoor, but found Stern and Eroshevich guilty of two counts of felony conspiracy. The charges against Stern and Eroshevich were dismissed in January 2011.