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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has signed agreements for each of her 14 children to earn $250 a day to star in a reality television show.
The contracts filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court guarantee the children will collectively earn about $250,000 over three years. The contracts require a judge’s approval.
European production company Eyeworks has inked the deal with Suleman. Eyeworks lists “Breaking Bonaduce” and “The Biggest Loser” among its television credits.
The show is slated to begin filming Sept. 1, according to the documents.
The payments outlined in the contracts say Suleman’s kids will collectively earn $125,000 for 36 days of shooting in the first year of production, $75,000 for 21 days in the second year and $50,000 for 14 days in the third year. Any extra shooting days will be compensated at the same rate.
The contract also states that 15 percent of the gross compensation will be deposited by Eyeworks into a “Coogan Trust Account,” as required by California law. The monies can’t be touched until the children turn 18 or become legally emancipated.
A call to Suleman’s lawyer Jeff Czech was not immediately returned Friday afternoon. He has said previously that the family has hired an entertainment lawyer and established a trust for her children, ages eight and under.
Suleman and a Website that shot video of her children have faced allegations of labor abuses in recent months.
State regulators brought four citations against Web site RadarOnline for their video taping of the first two octuplets to go home from the hospital. The state Labor Commissioner said the Web site failed to get required state permits, videotaped the infants at hours and for periods that were illegal and failed to provide a child monitor during the tapings.
A hearing is scheduled on Monday in Orange County Superior Court, in the lawsuit brought by attorney Gloria Allred. Allred asked for a labor investigation and the establishment of a trust for the children on behalf of former child entertainer Paul Petersen, president of a group dedicated to the protection of child performers.
Suleman gave birth to the world’s longest-surviving set of octuplets on Jan. 26. The medical curiosity of their delivery turned to public outrage when it was learned that the single, unemployed mother had been caring for her six other children with the help of food stamps and Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters. Suleman said previously that some of the disability money was spent on in vitro fertilizations, which was used for all 14 of her children.
A phone call placed to Netherlands-based Eyeworks Holding B.V. Friday evening rang unanswered.
This fat pig, like Jon & Kate, are concerned only with money. How are these kids going to cope with “fame”? Like all the other child star loosers?
What about child labor laws?? Lets rain on her parade and boycot the show!!
Absolutely will not be watching this show! She needs to get to work. That little 4 bedroom house her daddy built is not big enough for her +14 what the F were they thinking? Wish they would take this woman out of the media!!
This stupid fat pig is nothing but a loser. Her kids are without a father, and she lives off the hard working people of this country. Get a job b##$%
William you really need to grow up you sound so stupid.
she should get her own show,I don’t care if it is about the money she need to be able to take care of her kids by any means necessary.
to promote her behavior on national tv, just for the sake of ratings and money….is not only a diservice to our youth…but it is totally inappropriate for her 14 (!!!!) children. I think the doctor that helped this breeder should ante up some of his paycheck every month so the hard working public doesn’t have to be respoinsible for her actions. No offense to the children..it’s this ‘mom’ who is offensive.
Anyone who supports this wilted wildebeest’s show is an ultramaroon
It never seem to amaze me how people alway’s want to be judgemental about others. I think it will be a GREAT IDEAL she should get her own show. What’s the big deal we watch everybody alse show. I will love to watch her kid’s grow up. Wish her the best of luck.
God bless you
I wish everybody would leave her and her family alone, and let her make money for her kids like they do everybody else. I will watch the show.
This brainless B***h, needs to be taken out of society & hanged & as for the kid’s, put them in adoptive homes & give them half a chqance to grow up normal, becqause if they are allowed to remain as they are, they will surely turn into the “A” typical child stars, on drugs & DEAD B/4 25.
This is not something this world needs to be condoning OR promoting to our youth.
Come to the REAL world people, anyone who even remotely thinks this is a good idea or good is S I C K .
ALL YOU SICKIES NEED TO G E T A L I F E ! ! !
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