The nickname Octo-mom now has a whole new meaning. It’s not only fitting because of the birth of Nadya Suleman's eight babies, but because the police were called to her home eight times in the last year. I’m sorry but having the police come to your house once would be startling and strange enough but when the visits go beyond just one or two and get up to eight, well there is something pretty darn creepy about that. And that’s not all, TMZ reported that on July 7th, 2008, the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services received a official complaint from a concerned neighbor stating that Suleman six children "were not clean or being fed properly." A Suspected Child Abuse Report was opened and investigators paid a visit to Suleman’s home and conducted interviews with some of the kids. The conclusion was that the claim was “unfounded.”
In regards to the eight visits from the cops, TMZ found the following calls:
(1) On January 9, 2008, someone called 911 after one of Nadya's kids accidentally locked himself/herself in a room. The cops came and a patrol officer picked the lock.
(2) On October 27, 2008, Nadya called 911 in a panic because one of her kids was missing. Five patrol units responded to the house -- turns out the five-year-old had followed grandma around the block.
(3) On January 23, 2009, three days before the OctoBabies were born and Nadya was in the hospital, one of the kids called 911 from the house. We don't know why.
(4 & 5) Cops were called by neighbors twice (May 12, 2008 and August 10, 2008) because the front door was left open and they feared a break in.
(6) Cops went along with DCFS after getting the complaint on July 7, 2008.
(7 & 8) We all know about the two post-OctoBirth calls -- when cops were called to control reporters and when a neighbor brandished a shotgun.
Actually…none of those are very damning (except the visit from the DCFS). But with the addition of eight more kids, will that mean that the calls to the cops will more than double? And will the calls become more serious?
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UPDATE:
Radar Online, who apparently is one of Nadya Suleman’s benefactors, publishes a daily “blog post” by Suleman as well as frequent exclusive video interviewswith Octo-mom about this, that and other. They most recent chat with Suleman was about the above mentioned visits from the cops and child services. She asked that each call be looked at case by case and you’d see that this does not reflect bad parenting on her part.
In regards to the visit by the DCFS (child services), she claims that this was basically just a “clash of parenting” styles with her neighbor. She stated that the neighbor who reported her came from the “child should be seen and not heard” school of child rearing. She claims that the neighbor wasn’t happy about the Suleman clan playing outside in the mud, dirt and puddles and the loudness of their hi jinx. It all came to a head when Suleman’s children would throw pebbles on his “immaculate” lawn. Soon after, he called the authorities.
When asked if she would negatively judge someone if she had heard or read about police coming to the their home eight times and being visited by child services, she said that “if I wasn’t educated I’d think the same” thing.
You can check out the entire interview here.
