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But things haven't been all baby powder fresh and snuggly bunnies for Killeen Furtney. The PR group "is stepping down because of death threats," according to abc7.com. Suleman is now working with Nashville-based agent Wes Yoder, who may be more equipped to handle controversial properties, since he's "the same man who arranged book and music deals for the McCaughey septuplets a decade ago and publicity for controversial pastor Rick Warren." Yoder's "Ambassador Agency, Inc., bills itself as the oldest Christian-based talent agency in the United States." It may well take the patience of a (Christian) saint to deal with the public's powerful backlash against single-mom Suleman and her family of 14, all conceived by in vitro fertilization at the hands of a Beverly Hills doc who's under scrutiny from the state Medical Board.
Killeen Furtney said they've gotten "at least 100 graphic e-mailed threats and swarms of nasty voicemails that went to the Los Angeles agency and even to some of its other clients." Some are aimed at "Octo Mom" herself, but others, like that "they'd put [her rep] in the wood chipper and throw [her] in the bottom of the ocean and hope [she dies]" went right for the agency, and now local police are investigating some of the threats. The agency says they've never experienced this kind of reaction with any other client before. The Suleman family website remains up; Yoder's team has yet to launch their first PR move.
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The company I work for got an e-mail recently because we once did business with Killeen Furtney. The e-mail basically said that they were going to boycott our company unless we stopped doing business with them. Of course, we haven't done any business with them for years, so we pretty much had a good laugh and left it at that.
I have no problem with boycotting threats. But when you start up the death threats, you've crossed a line. I hope the cops track down each and every one of them and fine them into the poor-house.
i certainly don't agree with her decision, point of view, or anything else--i think she's unstable, exploiting her situation, ignorant of the environmental impact of putting 14 new humans into an already overcrowded world, and the whole thing seems incredibly sketchy--but the media lynching she's getting is beginning to get out of hand. death threats? people suggesting she should be beaten? christ. sure, she's not doing humanity any favors, but neither are these responses. it's really upsetting.
But, but, but the righteous have a free hand in determining when to abide by the fifth commandment doncha know.