April 11, 2009
(4-8) Octuplets: Updated list of posts
Nadya's lawyer, Jeff Czech's turn to tell his side of the situation. Raul Roa aka Octorazzi did a Q & A of sorts. They discuss AIW, Allred, the agreements between AIW & Nadya and the appearance on the Dr Phil show where Czech actually said that Allred was "hogging the media". [follow update link 3-26 Dr Phil Part 2]
The typos are as is in the quotes.
About the non-disclosure form he wanted AIW and Gloria Allred to sign:
CZECH: I require all persons entering the Suleman home on business to execute a simple non-disclosure agreement. AIW nurses were not excepted, especially when I learned they were photographing the house and persons inside and then lied/denied it. In fact, that is what Allred and I basically argued about the night the first two babies arrived.
And the transparency agreement between AIW and Nadya?
CZECH: The "agreement" that Allred prepared was just a document she put together for the show so she could have a photo session over it and have something to exhibit on the show. It was not a legally binding contract that could be "breached". Nadya did not read it; I took no part in it; I was not even shown the document until after the show, but I knew it was not a "real" contract.
He didn't know about it is supposed to be an excuse? And he never saw it but knew it wasn't a real contract. See the copy of the contract below. It appears that AIW and Nadya both signed it. There is no third party signature or handwritten date, but if both signatures are legitimate - so is the agreement. As saying she did not read something that consists of two sentences and signed it anyway just adds to the argument that she has no judgment.
His tone alone says alot.
Sounds there was some truth to AIW taking pictures. Doesn't say exactly what they took the pictures of. It was meant that they not take photos to sell or otherwise promote. Photographing evidence of neglect or too back up their reports to CPS is another story.
CZECH: The nurses were offering free services and that was the main attraction. Dr. Phil pushed AIW on Nadya also. In the green room, however, Allred had Linda Conforti sign an agreement that the nurses would not take photos, thus you see why I took Allred to task after the nurses were caught taking photos. AIW also promised to provide an accounting of donations and to provide their credentials and proof of insurance to me; they provided nothing after several requests.
AIW alleges that out of the 102 hours they were present (March 17-22), Nadya was in the nursery caring for her preemies for only a total of 8. [ 3-27 Allred/Conforti-West on Early Show] The AIW nurses kept charts and there's all the radaronline footage of her shopping and outside the home.
CZECH: I don't know how Conforti came up with 105 hours; she certainly was not personally there that much and slept all night if she was there at night time.
Here he says the babies just needed to be cared for like "normal babies". They are not normal babies, even more so because of the environment they live in.
CZECH: According to Kaiser, the babies would not be released until they could be cared for like 'normal' babies. So no, they did not require special care other than to take extra precautions to keep sickness away. The training that Kaiser provided the nannies involved feeding, cleaning, cpr, caring/holding the infants. Nothing like Conforti was claiming was necessary.
Here again it's self interest vs professional experience. Kaiser is losing money for as long as the octuplets are in the hospital. Potential private insurance patients are kept from getting a bed, which is being billed to Medi-Cal. Getting them out of the hospital and into home care is a win-win. They open the beds for paying patients and still bill the state for their home health care nurses. AIW was going to included intensive treatment for all 14 - something Kaiser cannot.
His logic is a tad convoluted here.
CZECH: Regarding Kaiser and Medi-Cal, I believe that Kaiser is still billing Medi-Cal for the final treatment of the babies. Keep in mind that this is not unusual. Ms. Allred's... statement that Suleman has chosen to put the burden on the taxpayers is flat out wrong.
First, Kaiser would be involved whether or not AIW was involved.
Second, Conforti stated that if enough money was not raised then she would bill medical for AIW's services.
So you see, Nadya's decision to dump AIW is actually beneficial to the taxpayers and those persons willing to donate to AIW. Nadya pays for the nannies herself and soon Kaiser will end its major treatments.
Kaiser, Medi-Cal, nurses, taxpayers...And where was any words about what was best for the octuplets, and more importantly, the older children who are being neglected in all of this? As far as I am aware, the older children have not received any type of counseling to help them adapt to the octuplets. The oldest girl said on video that she didn't want the octuplets to come home because the crying would set off Nadya.
Who is looking out for her needs? And why doesn't/shouldn't the little girl's opinion matter?
Source: Octorazzi
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