A nanny told investigators that Anna Nicole Smith sometimes spurned efforts to get her to take prescription medication that would knock her out for as long as three days, but the model's longtime companion was able to eventually talk her into it in the months leading up to her death, according to a transcript read in court Thursday.

Nadine Alexie told investigators in late September that Howard K. Stern would tell Smith, "It's time to take your medicine," and then lead her to the bathroom, according to a transcript of her interview, which was read in court by Danny Santiago of the California Department of Justice's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.

The nanny -- who worked for Smith between September and December 2006 -- told investigators that Dr. Khristine Eroshevich instructed her to wake Stern so medication could be given to Smith every four hours, according to the transcript of the interview.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry is being asked to decide if there is enough evidence to require Stern, Eroshevich and a second doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, to stand trial on charges that they funneled prescription drugs to an addict.

Smith, 39, died from an accidental prescription drug overdose on Feb. 8, 2007, after unsuccessful efforts to revive her in a Florida hotel room.

The nanny told investigators that Smith was taking too much medication and would be normal 10 to 15 percent of the time and "knocked out" the remainder of the time, according to the

transcript.

The nanny said Smith sometimes told Stern that she didn't feel like taking the medications, but that he "talked her into it."

"Howard usually said, 'Oh, come on now, you've got to take your medicine," the nanny is quoted as telling investigators. Alexie also said Stern told Smith, "You have to take your medicine. If you don't take your medicine, you're going to start crying."

The nanny told investigators that Stern could be "very convincing" with Smith, according to the transcript.

"You know, all he had to do (was) just sit down and talk to her, tell her how important it is that she took it," Alexie told the investigators.

When she took the medicine, Smith could sleep as long as two to three days, according to the nanny. When Smith finally arose, there would be vomit and feces in the bed to clean up, according to Alexie's account.

Smith never refused to take the medication when Eroshevich was on hand, according to the nanny's account.

Alexie said Eroshevich brought medication for Smith when she traveled to the Bahamas to visit the model, and the psychiatrist was studying pain management books in an effort to help Smith, who was her next-door neighbor in Studio City.

According to the transcript, the nanny said she and Eroshevich discussed the amount of medication that Smith was taking, and that Eroshevich responded that Smith was sick.

Stern's lead attorney, Steve Sadow, told the judge that the nanny initially blamed Smith herself before her death for the prescriptions the model took, but that she then tried to put the blame on Stern following the former Playboy Playmate's death.

"It has grown from nothing said about Howard and drugs ... and now it's Howard did everything," Sadow told the judge.

Stern, 40, is charged with 11 felony counts, including prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict, obtaining a prescription for opiates by deceit, fraud or misrepresentation and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Eroshevich, 61, and Kapoor, 41, are each charged with six felony counts, including unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance, prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict and conspiracy to commit a crime.

The hearing, which started Oct. 13, is expected to wrap up this week with the judge's ruling on whether the three will have to stand trial.