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[XiaNaphryz]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/ar...-with-welfare-fraud-in-California-5139032.php

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Octomom" Nadya Suleman did porn films, boxed D-list celebrities, even endorsed birth control for dogs after giving birth in 2009 to eight babies after she received in vitro fertility treatments.

Through it all, she never ran afoul of the law. At least until now.

On Monday, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced Suleman has been charged with three counts of welfare fraud.

Authorities say the 38-year-old single mother of 14 children failed to report $30,000 she earned while collecting public assistance money.

Suleman, who was charged Jan. 6, was not immediately taken into custody but was ordered to appear in court on Friday. Prosecutors planned to ask that bail be set at $25,000.

If convicted, she could be sentenced to nearly six years in prison.

"While applying for public aid, the mother of 14 children allegedly failed to disclose that she was also getting checks for personal appearances and residuals from videos," the district attorney's office said in a statement.

Authorities didn't say what the personal appearances or videos involved, but it's no secret Suleman has made at least one porn video, posed topless for various publications, danced in a Florida strip club and taken part in so-called celebrity boxing matches as she's struggled to support her children.

One of her boxing opponents was Amy Fisher, the former "Long Island Lolita" who was 17 when she shot her much older lover's wife in the face in 1992.

Suleman, whose real name is Natalie Denise Suleman, could not be located for comment Monday. There was no phone listing for the Orange County home where she has recently been living.

Lawyers, publicists and others who have worked with her over the years either did not respond to requests for comment or simply refused to talk about her.

All of Suleman's children have been born by in vitro fertility treatments. She's never named a father of any of the babies.

She's also been careful about shielding them from media attention, but occasional video and print articles seem to indicate they are growing up healthy, even though the octuplets were born nine weeks premature.

Her older children range in age from 7 to 12.

After the octuplets were born on Jan. 26, 2009, it was discovered that her physician, Dr. Michael Kamrava, had implanted 12 embryos in her womb.

The medical community reacted with outrage, saying he grossly violated professional standards, and the state Medical Board revoked his license.

Initial offers to help quickly dried up as outrage spread about the births and knowledge that Suleman was unemployed and had been collecting welfare before the children were born.

In 2010 she defaulted on a house she had bought with a $115,000 down payment and it was sold at auction. She moved to a rental house in the Los Angeles suburb of Palmdale but left last year, soon after checking into a rehabilitation center.

At one point child welfare officials investigated allegations that she wasn't properly caring for the children. No charges were ever brought.

Family law attorney Steve Mindel said Monday that unless Suleman goes to jail for a long time, it's unlikely county officials would try to take her children now.

"If there was a dad or somebody trying to take custody, then that could be somewhat important to the court," he said. "But even in that case, courts don't like to punish children for the acts of their parents."

 

[Ultima_5]

how long til her next sex tape thing

 

[AuthenticM]

Can you really blame her ? She has 14 mouths to feed. Christ.

 

[entremet]

She got pregnant via artificial insemination right?

Shouldn't you have to prove some financial stability for this stuff?

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Well... it's gotta be hard to support 14 kids solo. $30k isn't a drop in the bucket, reported or otherwise. If reporting that sum would've kept another revenue stream from coming in, I can't really blame her.

 

[KingBeyondTheWall]

Can you really blame her ? She has 14 mouths to feed. Christ.

Yeah sucks those 14 kids just got dropped off at her door like that.....oh wait

 

[Harry Dresden]

Sex-tape. Underwhelming.

 

[F#A#Oo]

Surely this harms her kids...yeah sure she's abusing the system but she has kids to feed.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Yeah sucks those 14 kids just got dropped off at her door like that.....oh wait

This. She was beyond irresponsible. Beyond. As far as I'm concerned the doctor that got his shit revoked should be responsible for helping with the kids. That'll discourage others from thinking doing that is ok.

I mean, if you have the means....have as many kids as you want. Drop a new album every fall for 20 years if it suits you. But the moment your kids are a burden on others because you didn't plan you done fucked up.

I think the lesson needs to be:

 

[speculawyer]

The state needs to take some kids away from her. She's obviously not well in the head and not flush with cash. She can't support 14 kids.

And I'm glad they nailed the doctor that actually helped her with fertility treatments. How completely irresponsible!

Family law attorney Steve Mindel said Monday that unless Suleman goes to jail for a long time, it's unlikely county officials would try to take her children now.

"If there was a dad or somebody trying to take custody, then that could be somewhat important to the court," he said. "But even in that case, courts don't like to punish children for the acts of their parents."

FFS, leaving the the kids with that nut case is punishing them!

 

[AkuMifune]

I think the lesson needs to be

But Octomom thought her womb was a clown car. Sabrina Deep is the one who thinks her vagina is a clown car.

And bless her for it.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

I think the lesson needs to be:

Ew don't post disgusting pictures here please.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

But Octomom thought her placenta was a clown car. Sabrina Deep is the one who thinks her vagina is a clown car.

And bless her for it.

I think you mean uterus. There were likely multiple placentas in this case.

EDIT: I saw that stealth edit! ;P

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Ew don't post disgusting pictures here please.

It's a big stomach. Nothing graphic. But if it's violating TOS I'll remove it.

 

[AkuMifune]

I think you mean uterus. There were likely multiple placentas in this case.

EDIT: I saw that stealth edit! ;P

Googling "what is fetus inside of' at work is the highlight of my day.

Stupid female parts.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

It's a big stomach. Nothing graphic. But if it's violating TOS I'll remove it.

I doubt its against TOS its just early in the morning and I heard some stories from the trauma ward while I was hanging with my buddy last night so I already woke up feeling pretty squeemish about the human body.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Humans aren't meant to have litters of children. How's octomom's porn career going? I thought that was her last source of income.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

 

[lenovox1]

Well... it's gotta be hard to support 14 kids solo. $30k isn't a drop in the bucket, reported or otherwise. If reporting that sum would've kept another revenue stream from coming in, I can't really blame her.

I wonder if CPS or the DA were waiting for the right time and reason to put her kids in a new, possibly more stable home.

 

[ComputerMKII]

She did porn films???

 

[Cheerilee]

She got pregnant via artificial insemination right?

Shouldn't you have to prove some financial stability for this stuff?

IIRC, she already had a bunch of kids and was married to a guy who wasn't the father. Eventually he got tired of supporting kids that weren't his. Her idea was "I know, I'll make some more! These new ones will be his, and then he'll have to stay, and if he stays then he'll have to support the rest of them!" It would've been a bad investment not to have more kids! And then the doctor went overboard. And then the former-husband ran like the wind.

Basically she was in a bad position, but not legendary bad. I mean, there are a lot of people out there with more kids than they can handle. But then she made a really bad decision and encountered medical negligence, which just multiplied her problems overnight.

 

[studyguy]

The real losers here are those kids.