G. Ben Thompson, former companion of Anna Nicole Smith, testified Wednesday in a Bahamas courtroom that Howard K. Stern took photographs of the collapsed body of Smith’s son for profit, reports AP today.

According to AP, Thompson testified “that Stern took about four pictures of Daniel Smith’s body after he died Sept. 10, 2006, while visiting his celebrity mother three days after she gave birth to her daughter in a Bahamian hospital. Stern said the photographs “might be worth some money one day” “

“I was totally shocked he was taking pictures of a dead child laying in that bed,” Thompson testified Wednesday at the inquest into Smith’s death while being questioned by the attorney for Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur.

Stern’s attorney Shaka Serville has said Thompson fabricated the story “about Stern as retaliation over the dispute for the $900,000 estate.” according to AP.

Says AP: “Thompson, who briefly dated Anna Nicole, says he advanced her money for the Nassau mansion but she did not honor an agreement to repay the debt. Anna Nicole, who lived there with Stern in the months before her death, claimed the house was a gift.

“Serville said that Stern, who is the executor of Anna Nicole’s estate, took the photographs of the young man’s body to prove to her that Daniel was indeed dead. Witnesses have said she was highly distraught after his collapse.”