Judge: No legal emergency in Octomom strip case

'Octomom' Nadya Suleman poses for photographers in front of her home in La Habra, California on May 19, 2010. / GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

(AP) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An effort to cancel a Florida strip-club performance by the woman known as "Octomom" has been denied by a Florida judge.

Circuit Judge Timothy McCarthy has ruled against holding an emergency hearing requested by T's Lounge in West Palm Beach, saying the situation does not "constitute a legal emergency."

T's Lounge was trying to thwart Nadya Suleman's scheduled appearance Friday at a competing club. She had signed a contract to dance topless at T's this week but later backed out in favor of The Playhouse Gentleman's Club in Hollywood.

That show can go on, though a lawsuit against her filed by T's will likely proceed.

T's says Suleman backed out of a contract for eight shows set to begin Wednesday, her 37th birthday. Under the contract, she could back out with 35 days' notice; T's says she gave 34. It also barred Suleman from appearing at another strip club within 50 miles and 90 days of her engagements in West Palm Beach.

T's is seeking damages in excess of $15,000, saying she caused "irreparable harm."

Phone and email messages left for Gina Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for Suleman, were not returned Wednesday.

Suleman, who lives in La Habra, Calif., is the mother of 14 children, including octuplets born in 2009. She has struggled financially, recently declaring bankruptcy.

Suleman has sold photos of herself and her children to tabloids, including a spread of topless photos to a British magazine. She has also agreed to answer pay-per-minute phone calls along with other D-list celebrities and reality television personalities.

[baileycccc]

If she opens her mouth and talks it will ruin everything.

[raymailhot]

I thought an octomom was an eighty year old mother. What a relief!

[fredisalive]

seriously who wants to see that!

[micmac666]

Moo.

[rightofwrong]

Mother of the year nominee.

[OnTheRoad01]

What kind of idiot would pay money to see this woman naked?????

[askagain]

People have always paid money to watch freak shows. Although this woman may not be a freak such as a bearded woman, she has gained notoriety. That alone, is reason for some people to pay to see her dance topless.

[formerlyluvnut]

Eeeewwwwwwwww, NO thanks. Gawd, I WUZ gonna eat.