Octomom Inks TV Deal for Kids

(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.

[govtguy]

Someone please taser this broad and her lawyer! Was this a big surprise that this air stealer would market her children? It would help even more, if the media would ignore this trash and focus more on getting the CA Children's Services division to step in.

[inmom63]

I've never watched an episode of Jon and Kate and I'll never watch an episode of Octomom. Television networks, are you listening? I raised my children...why would I spend my time listening to someone else's children cry, spit up, fight etc???? Give me a break. How about more shows like The Closer, Raising the Bar, Boston Legal, NCIS, Two and a Half Men, The Mentalist and on and on. That's entertainment

[wogerwabbit]

What a ho she is... and she ho's out her kids too... disgusting.

[sanityspeaks]

Skeezix06 has it absolutely correct. I will not watch one single second. This woman is one of the better arguments for forced sterilization I have ever seen.

[HGOODGUY]

INSTEAD OF BEING NEWSWORTHY--MAYBE SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN "SPONGEWORTHY" (ELAINE ON SEINFELD)!!!

[nirak2-2009]

Will anyone watch her and her litter? I can't imagine anyone spending their time on it.

[jeannettelj]

FIRST IT WAS JON AND KATE AND NOW IT WILL BE OCTOMOM. GIVE ME A BREAK. ENOUGH OF THIS C**P THAT THEY CALL ENTERTAINING. IT IS ANOTHER REASON TO TURN OFF THE T V AND READ A BOOK.

[John_Merritt]

Does anybody know if there is a federal CPS agency that protects children from their parents? This woman is certifiable and those children need to be rescued from this lunatic. Actually, I think she may be the only one in the Northern hemisphere that saw the eclipse. Unfortunately I think she stared into it without protection. YIKES! Save the Children!

[YCantWeAllGetAlong]

I hope the TV show reveals enough of her bad parenting that she loses her children. Pitiful. I raise my children (and I have several of them) because I work and earn money. I don't exploit my children like those useless Jon and Kate idiots or this sorry excuse for a mom. Sickening! All that money is NOT enough to be a bad parent by allowing these people into my home.

[nursetweetypie]

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD OF. WHY DON'T THESE PEOPLE GET REAL. NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH THIS STUFF. ESPECIALLY HER OR HER KIDS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. TELL HER TO GET A JOB, PAY TO RAISE HER OWN KIDS. SHE WANTED THEM, LET HER RAISE THEM. I WON'T BE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM FOR SURE. IF I WANT TO LISTEN TO BABIES CRY, I CALL MY GRAND KIDS.