London, Nov 1 Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was fed tablets by her boyfriend during final days of her life, reveals a friend.

Gina Shelley told investigators that she saw Anna's boyfriend Howard Stern "pouring them in her mouth like you would a bird".

Stern and two doctors were ordered to face prosecution on charges of supplying the 39-year-old with drugs.

After a three-week preliminary hearing, a judge in Los Angeles ruled there was enough evidence to require Stern, 40, Khristine Eroshevich, 61, and Sandeep Kapoor, 41, to stand trial accused of channelling drugs to an addict, reports the Daily Express.

The prosecution had produced a transcript of Shelley's interview in the court, in which she said she saw Stern placing pills in Anna Nicole's mouth.

The tape allegedly showed Anna Nicole under the influence of drugs provided by Stern.

However, Stern's lawyer, Steve Sadow, claimed the tape, which might have been edited, was stolen from Anna Nicole's home in the ahamas and did not show her under the influence of drugs, but acting. (ANI)