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Octomom Doctor Denied Medical License Reinstatement

Octomom Doctor Denied Medical License Reinstatement

Dr. Michael Kamrava, better known as Octomom's Beverly Hills fertility doctor or Doctormom, lost his bid to have his medical license reinstated today. The infamous mother, Nadya Suleman, gave birth to a total of 14 children under Kamrava's care. He has acknowledged implanting 12 embryos into Suleman that produced her octuplets. more ›

Extra, Extra: LiLo's 'Tasteful' Nudes, How Car Culture Hurts the Poor & Venice Alums Skateboard to a World Record

Extra, Extra: LiLo's 'Tasteful' Nudes, How Car Culture Hurts the Poor & Venice Alums Skateboard to a World Record

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Lindsay Lohan's mom swears her nude shots in Playboy are tasteful, car culture is terrible for the poor and police might have to look into allegations that Justin Bieber had underage sex. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. more ›

For Sale: The House that Octomom <s>Built</s> Can't Afford

For Sale: The House that Octomom Built Can't Afford

Are you looking to buy a family home in La Habra? If so, you might be interested in one with an infamous departing tenant: "Octomom" Nadya Suleman has put her home on the market, and she's hoping her fame will bring her a buyer. more ›

Extra, Extra

Extra, Extra

In today's Extra, Extra, Octomom goes boxing, Pasadena officials address hateful graffiti, a do-gooding grandmother is profiled, and a list is complied of some of the priciest Malibu homes. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. more ›

Hours After the Verdict Vivid Offers Casey Anthony a Porn Deal [UPDATED]

Hours After the Verdict Vivid Offers Casey Anthony a Porn Deal [UPDATED]

From Not Guilty to (potentially) not clothed in how many minutes? Casey Anthony, the Florida woman found not guilty yesterday of murdering her two-year-old daughter has already received a job offer from Los Angeles based adult entertainment business Vivid. more ›

Haters Be Hatin': Octomom Says Shut Up, She Loves ALL Her Kids

Haters Be Hatin': Octomom Says Shut Up, She Loves ALL Her Kids

There's no doubt that Nadya "Octomom" Suleman has her hands full with a brood of 14 children, including toddler octuplets. But a recent article claiming the harried single mother "hates" her children has the La Habra, California resident "furious," says TMZ. more ›

Eight Not So Great: Octomom 'Hates' Her Kids

Eight Not So Great: Octomom 'Hates' Her Kids

You hate to say I told you so when it comes to children, but the fact that Nadya Suleman is getting burned out from caring for her brood of 14 seems like kind of a no-brainer. The Daily Mail reports that Suleman, a.k.a. Octomom, told InTouch magazine in a recent interview that she can tolerate neither her youngest eight kids nor her older six. more ›

Octomom Doctor Wants To Keep License

Octomom Doctor Wants To Keep License

After having his license revoked by the Medical Board of California, the doctor that provided Nadya Suleman with in vitro treatments resulting in her 14 children is appealing the decision. Dr. Michael Kamrava filed a petition in an LA court today asking the court to let him keep his license past the July 1 date of revocation, reports the AP. more ›

Octomom's Doctor Has Medical License Revoked

Octomom's Doctor Has Medical License Revoked

Well, we all saw this coming. Octomom's doctor -- Doctomom, for our purposes -- has had his medical license revoked, effective July 1. KABC reports that Dr. Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills physician that implanted 12 embryos into Nadya Suleman via in vitro treatments, was investigated shortly after Suleman gave birth to her eight babies in 2009. The babies were born in addition to six that she already had. more ›

OctoMom & The House that Porn Saved (For Now)

OctoMom & The House that Porn Saved (For Now)

Vegas party hostess? Production assistant for adult films? Probably not the kinds of jobs a mother of 14 seeks out, or gets offered readily, but the latter is the latest offer for "OctoMom" Nadya Suleman, who has had her February mortgage payment paid by Steve Hirsch of porn company Vivid Entertainment, says the Daily Breeze. Still, Suleman, whose brood includes a toddler set of octuplets, refuses to appear in an adult film, and still can't make the balloon payment on her La Habra home. more ›

Porn Movie Company Has Another Offer for OctoMom

Porn Movie Company Has Another Offer for OctoMom

Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, said no to an offer in late 2009 from Vivid Entertainment to star in a porno flick, but the adult film company has another proposition on the table that could get the mother of 14 out of debt. While Suleman wouldn't take the $1 million offered by Vivid's Steve Hirsch, she could soon have Hirsch...as her landlord. more ›

OctoMom Faces Eviction from La Habra Home.  Again.

OctoMom Faces Eviction from La Habra Home. Again.

Fame is a fickle thing, and if your fame wanes, so do the ways to keep the cash coming in. Add a brood of 14 young children to clothe, feed, and shelter, and, well, life gets pretty expensive. We're still talking about "Octomom" Nadya Suleman, as her octuplets near their 2nd birthday, thanks to her alleged inability to pay the bills. Once again, the single mom whose penchant for pregnancy catapulted her into the spotlight is facing eviction from her La Habra home, according to an AP report published in the Daily News. more ›

OctoMom's 8 Babies Result of Human Fertility Study, Says Doc

OctoMom's 8 Babies Result of Human Fertility Study, Says Doc

While on the stand to give testimony in his medical license hearing today, Dr. Michael Kamrava says that Nadya Suleman, aka OctoMom was "implanted with 12 embryos as part of a human study on fertility methods," reports KTLA. Kamrava claims that Suleman heard about the study, and volunteered to take part, and that she "signed a consent form listing the risks involved." more ›

OctoMom's Doc Says He Warned Her About Birthing Multiples

OctoMom's Doc Says He Warned Her About Birthing Multiples

Dr. Michael Kamrava, a Beverly Hills fertility expert, is on trial in Los Angeles for allegedly violating the terms of his state Medical Board license by implanting multiple embryos in patients, including "OctoMom" Nadya Sulemn. Today his lawyer said Kamrava "told the octuplets' mother about the dangers of bearing multiple babies," according to an AP report (via Daily News). Kamrava's lawyer cites Suleman's records as evidence of her consultations with the doc; an expert for the Medical Board, however, "says Kamrava's scribbled notes are indecipherable and it's unclear what consultations transpired before Suleman went on to have octuplets in 2009." more ›

OctoMom's Yard Sale Draws Big Crowds, Little Cash

OctoMom's Yard Sale Draws Big Crowds, Little Cash

Nadya Suleman's yard sale drew enough crowds of rubber-necking looky-loos to warrant her La Habra street to be closed down, but did not bring enough cash to keep the banker at bay, according to the OC Register. more ›

OctoMom Will Autograph Her Undies at Her Yard Sale Today

OctoMom Will Autograph Her Undies at Her Yard Sale Today

She wouldn't do porn, but she let PETA put propaganda in her yard just to get a paycheck. Today Nadya Suleman, aka OctoMom, is putting herself, and a bunch of her junk, in her yard to sell so she can pay her mortgage, according to cbs2. more ›

Octomom's Doc Under Fire for Implanting 7 Embryos in a 48-Year-Old Woman

Octomom's Doc Under Fire for Implanting 7 Embryos in a 48-Year-Old Woman

Already under investigation by the Medical Board of California for his handling of Octomom Nadya Suleman's in-vitro fertilization, Beverly Hills' Dr. Michael Kamrava is now under fire for implanting "too many embryos in another patient, causing the death of a fetus," according to cbs2. more ›

$5K and Veggie Burgers = OctoMom's PETA Paycheck

$5K and Veggie Burgers = OctoMom's PETA Paycheck

She said no to a porn film, but yes to an unusual self-lampooning trade with PETA. Today OctoMom Nadya Suleman will unveil a sign in her front yard advocating spaying and neutering household pets in exchange for some cash and food from the animal rights group, according to KTLA. more ›

Octomom to Advocate Spaying & Neutering on Her Front Lawn

Octomom to Advocate Spaying & Neutering on Her Front Lawn

Facing foreclosure on her La Habra home, Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, has agreed to accept an offer from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wherein she takes cash to apply to her mortgage in exchange for posting a sign on her lawn. News of her acceptance was made public via Suleman's attorney, according to LA Now. The sign will include a message cautioning all not to let their dogs and cats become "Octomoms" and to have them spayed or neutered. Suleman found herself in the position of losing the home she purchased last year for her and her 14 children when she fell behind on payments on the $450,000 home loan still carried by the previous owner. more ›

PETA to OctoMom: Be An Animal Advocate, We'll Save Your Ass

PETA to OctoMom: Be An Animal Advocate, We'll Save Your Ass

Dogs and cats give birth in litters, and last year, so did Nadya Suleman, hence her moniker OctoMom. That common bond is what seems to have prompted People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to have offered to rescue Suleman from foreclosure on her La Habra home, MyFoxLA is reporting. more ›

Octomom to Foreclose on her La Habra Home?

Octomom to Foreclose on her La Habra Home?

It looks like Nadya Suleman--aka "Octomom"--is very behind on her mortgage payments, according to TMZ and various other sources. If so, that means it's another adventure in moving for her and her 14 children because of a $450,000 lapse in a balloon payment due on the house bought just a year ago in La Habra for $565,000. more ›

Americans Don't Want to Be OctoMom's OC Neighbor

Americans Don't Want to Be OctoMom's OC Neighbor

An annual end-of-the-year poll puts Orange County "OctoMom" Nadya Suleman at the top of a bittersweet heap. The real estate Zillow's users voted the mother of 14, including those octuplets born in early 2009, as the "worst neighbor" in America, edging out second-place "winners" Jon and Kate Gosselin with their brood and tabloid brouhaha, according to the OC Register. more ›

OctoMom-ma Docu Drama: Life, Choice, and TV Fame

OctoMom-ma Docu Drama: Life, Choice, and TV Fame

She's baaaaaaack! OctoMom Nadya Suleman has found a way to make headlines again: The documentary on her and her brood of 14 has aired in the UK and will soon air in the US. Now she's having her reasoning for not selectively reducing the number of embryos she was carrying as part of her pregnancy with her nearly-year-old octuplets serve as the latest soundbite to make its media rounds, thanks to an appearance today on Good Morning America. more ›

TV Junkie: Octomom Special on ....FOX; 'Top Chef: Las Vegas' Premieres

TV Junkie: Octomom Special on ....FOX; 'Top Chef: Las Vegas' Premieres

Speaking of death: Today news producer Don Hewitt died. Hewitt was the creator of CBS' "60 Minutes", a program that changed the way news was reported and set the high bar for all other news programs to follow. Perhaps only PBS' "Frontline" has come close to the standard. And hey, it's still a popular show getting the 2nd most viewership this week. For more on Hewitt, check out a series of interviews with him on the Archive of American Television's YouTube channel. RIP Don. more ›

14 Kids + 15 Interminable Minutes of Fame for OctoMom

14 Kids + 15 Interminable Minutes of Fame for OctoMom

It's a dream come true for the woman known as OctoMom: A European production company has hired the 14 children of the OC's Nadya Suleman and papers have been signed and filed guaranteeing each kid a $250 a day salary for their upcoming work in a reality TV show, reports the LA Times. The Suleman brood, including the octuplets born amid a flurry of flashbulbs and headlines earlier this year, will begin work September 1st. more ›

Labor Pains: Lawsuit Hits OctoMom About Filming Her Kids

Labor Pains: Lawsuit Hits OctoMom About Filming Her Kids

No, she won't just go away: Nadya Suleman, aka OctoMom, is keeping her name in the press thanks to a pair of lawsuits going on in Orange County regarding her children and their being filmed. "A child-labor activist has filed suit against Suleman in Orange County Superior Court, alleging that video shot of her children violates a law aimed at protecting child entertainers from overwork. The suit seeks to create an independent trust for the children," LA Now reports. more ›

Octomom: 'I Screwed up My Life, I Screwed up My Kids' Lives'

Octomom: 'I Screwed up My Life, I Screwed up My Kids' Lives'

The reality is setting in. "I screwed myself. I screwed up my life, I screwed up my kids' lives," Nadya Suleman told a RadarOnline videographer about mistakes she's made. "I have to put on this strong facade and I have to pretend like I don't regret it." The conversation was mainly about how she never informed the biological father she was using his sperm after the first six children. "I went behind his back and used them all. He didn't want me to. I feel so much guilt for that." The said unidentified father is currently married and has children with his spouse. more ›

Educational and Intellectual or Straight Up Exploitation? Why One TV Parent Thinks OctoMom Needs a Reality Check

Educational and Intellectual or Straight Up Exploitation? Why One TV Parent Thinks OctoMom Needs a Reality Check

SoCal's Lisa Vinton is one of the World's Strictest Parents. She and her family were featured on the premiere episode of this CMT show, and now Vinton is using the web as a forum to express her thoughts on parenting, and to offer advice to those seeking wisdom about raising children in the face of challenges. more ›

Octomom's Hospital Fined $250,000

Octomom's Hospital Fined $250,000

The California Department of Public Health today announced a quarter-million dollar fine given to Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Hospital after "the hospital compromised the privacy of a patient when 21 employees and two physicians improperly accessed records." That patient was "Octomom" Nadya Suleman This is the first time a penalty has been assessed under new patient privacy laws went into effect last year when it was signed by Governor Schwarzenegger. "Medical privacy is a fundamental right and a critical component of quality medical care in California,” said Dr. Mark Horton, director of CDPH, in a news release. “We are very concerned with violations of patient confidentiality and their potential harm to the residents of California.” more ›

More than $4,000 Spent on Octomom by Police

More than $4,000 Spent on Octomom by Police

It wasn't the $25,000 the LAPD spent to help Britney Spears get to the hospital last year, but the La Habra police department estimates that more than $4,000 in resources have been used to help Octomom Nadya Suleman. Specifically, $4,000 has been spent on overtime for officers, but other costs such as responding to calls were not factored, says the Pasadena Star News. "Virtually all police services are free to residents of the community," said Cindy Knapp, spokeswoman for the La Habra Police Department. "There are no legal provisions or paths for cost recovery under the specific circumstances or service provided to the Sulemans at this point." Police began to help Suleman after she brought home the first two babies and was swarmed by paparazzi (see the crazy video here). more ›

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