Another missing post. The hearing was to have taken place on June 22nd. Must have been delayed. Will have to check.
UPDATE: Scheduled for July 27th.
Updated list of octuplet posts
June 16, 2009
Gloria Allred statement re: Nadya Suleman, Octuplets, California Labor Laws and her client Paul Petersen, President, A Minor Child, and advocate of child actors.
Allred, working on behalf of Petersen, requested a fiduciary guardian be named to safeguard the interest of the octuplets. They also requested aninvestigation into whether the proper child labor laws [the octuplets would be "working"] – laws brought about through the efforts of Peterson’s organization – were followed and will be followed during the filming of the “documentary”.
Check the previous posts for background – it’s all explained.
So the State of California did investigate and fined Radaronline.com, who had been filming her since the first octuplets were brought home, $3K – just for the first night becsuse the very stringent rules were not followed. It’s possible Radaronline could be fined for all that footage. Since the investigation they’ve concentrated just on Nadya.
I think they did a very necessary service by documenting Nadya’s madness and how the autistic child is neglected and smacked! smacked! smacked! right in the face with a book by his younger brother with mom standing by watching…right after Social Service left. And I hope whoever has to review all that footage has a conscience and some children.
So here’s Allred’s statement from her website. Follow update link above for video from that first night and whatever background needed.
GLORIA ALLRED:
On May 4, 2009, I announced at a news conference that I was filing a complaint with the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, requesting an investigation into numerous violations of California labor laws and regulations involving the filming of two of Nadya Suleman’s infant octuplets.
As a result of my complaint the State opened an investigation, interviewed witnesses and issued subpoenas. Today they took appropriate action based on the results of their investigation.
I filed this complaint on behalf of Paul Petersen, my client who is President of A Minor Consideration, a group dedicated to the protection of child performers. I took this action because of our concern about the need for protection for the rights of Nadya Suleman’s octuplets.
Labor laws in California are clear about the requirements that must be followed for the protection of minors who are filmed.
On the night of March 17, 2009, when the first two of Nadya’s premature infant octuplets returned home, many of the protections that the law requires for child actors (including infants) were not in place.
For example the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement found that no studio teacher was present during the filming of minors Noah and Isaiah Suleman in violation of Labor Code Sec. 1287. Studio teachers are required to be present for the protection of child performers while filming is taking place. It is their job to intervene and stop the filming if the filming would endanger the infants or is in any way in violation of the law. I was present inside of Nadya’s home when the first two infants came home on the night of March 17, 2009. It is clear the babies were in danger on that night and that if a studio teacher been present the babies would not have been endangered as I believe they were. The division also found that on that same night of March 17, that the infants Noah and Isaiah Suleman worked beyond the hours permitted in violation of Labor Code Sec. 1287. Infants of their age are not permitted to be filmed after 4:30 in the afternoon and during that time filming may only take place for 20 minutes. However these infants were filmed from 10:00 p.m. to approximately midnight, in violation of the hours permitted, and for almost two hours, far in excess of the 20 minutes permitted by law. Further the division found that there was no permit to employ the minors Noah and Isaiah Suleman as required by law and that no entertainment work permits were on file for them. As a result four citations were issued to the media entity with whom Ms. Suleman had a contract, Radaronline.com, and civil penalties were assessed for a total amount of $3,000.00.
Because Nadya Suleman has chosen to commercially exploit her babies by allowing them to be filmed, she and those with whom she has contracts must follow the law which exists for the protection of these innocent babies.
I am very pleased that the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement is doing its job in protecting these infants and in doing so is sending a message to others that babies have rights, and that if their parents and the media do not protect them that others will.
The entertainment industry, the media and Nadya Suleman are now on notice that the health, safety and welfare of these babies is paramount. The message has now been sent loudly and clearly that babie’s rights may not be sacrificed or violated simply because others wish to profit.
Gloria Allred
Attorney at Law
representing Paul Petersen
June 16, 2009
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