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Doc Files Complaint vs. Octuplet Mom

Shrink hasn't met her; meanwhile, TLC rules out reality show

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2009 11:00 AM CST

(Newser) – A psychiatrist who has never met Nadya Suleman has filed a formal complaint against the mother of 14 with LA County’s child-welfare department TMZ reports. The doc, who frequently appears on talk shows, alleges Suleman “is not stable enough” and is putting her kids, including her newborn octuplets, “in psychological and physical danger.”

Carole Lieberman also claims Suleman is “exploiting her children,” but at least she won’t be doing that on TLC—the network is not pursuing a reality show about the family, Us reports. The network president had said a show was under consideration but later backtracked. And the family website, which Suleman was using to solicit donations, was recently shut down as well.

This image made from a 2006 video provided by KTLA shows Nadya Suleman looking at an ultrasound of her unborn twins at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Los Angeles.
This image made from a 2006 video provided by KTLA shows Nadya Suleman looking at an ultrasound of her unborn twins at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/KTLA)
This image made from a 2006 video provided by KTLA shows Nadya Suleman, who gave birth on Jan. 26, 2009 to octuplets, with two of her other children.
This image made from a 2006 video provided by KTLA shows Nadya Suleman, who gave birth on Jan. 26, 2009 to octuplets, with two of her other children.   (AP Photo/KTLA)
This image provided by NBC shows Nadya Suleman, left, speaking with Ann Curry in New York on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Suleman's first interview since giving birth to octuplets.
This image provided by NBC shows Nadya Suleman, left, speaking with Ann Curry in New York on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Suleman's first interview since giving birth to octuplets.   (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)
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Caps
Feb 22, 2009 10:30 PM CST
It's the children I feel sorry for.
dolcevita
Feb 19, 2009 6:16 AM CST
Cosmetic plastic surgery is a plague among our society's insecure people. What will heal that emotional need is emotional fitness, something that all the injections and surgery money can buy *can't* provide. Let's be kind to one another, and less competitive, less judgmental.
Guest
Feb 19, 2009 12:28 AM CST
ah, you people defending this nut case. You don't need to be a psychiatrist or any other medical professional to see that someone with no income , (save for welfare or disability) six kids, and living in a 2 bedroom house is nuts for having firtility treatments to add to thier burden. And if she "loves" all these children she NEVER would have had them all and put them in the position they are in now! She's planning on donations to raise these children and to take care of her! What a low-life.

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