One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Octomom Charged With Welfare Fraud
Nadya Suleman (second woman from the left) with her large family and helpers (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
The L.A. County district attorney's office has charged Octomom with welfare fraud.
The prosecutors charged 38-year-old Nadya Suleman (who notoriously made headlines after giving birth to octuplets in 2009) with one count of aid by misrepresentation and two counts of perjury by false application for aid on Jan. 6, according to a statement. The complaint alleges Suleman failed to report $30,000 in earnings from "personal appearances and residuals from videos" from Jan. 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013.
And by videos, they could very well be talking about her "OctoMILF" guide on masturbation.
Suleman, who has a total of 14 children, has had her shares of financial troubles before she applied for welfare in Lancaster in Jan. 2013. Folks were pissed about her getting public aid and even sent her death threats about it. She filed for bankruptcy back in April 2012 and resorted to starring in pornos to stripping and rapping to make ends meet.
If Octomom's convicted, she can face up to five years and eight months in custody. She'll be arraigned on Friday in a downtown courtroom and prosecutors are expected to ask for a $25,000 bail, according to CBS Los Angeles.
Related:
Did Octomom Make Too Much From Stripping And Porn To Be On Welfare?
Brazilian Blowout Offers Octomom Reimbursement, Free 'Dos & Wants to Fix Her Toilet
'Octomom' Got Death Threats After Word Got Out That She's on Welfare
'OctoMILF' Makes Her Self-Pleasuring Debut (NSFW)
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
