LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles woman who drew public controversy by giving birth to octuplets was sued Monday by a child welfare organization, which demands a guardian be appointed to protect the eight infants.

    Lawyer Gloria Allred, famous for her efforts to legally protect women and children's rights, filed the lawsuit against Nadya Suleman on behalf of A Minor Consideration, a group founded by former Hollywood child star Paul Petersen to protect children in the entertainment industry.

    Suleman, 34, became a celebrity after she gave birth to her octuplets in January in a Los Angeles hospital through fertility treatment. They are the second-ever set of surviving octuplets born in the United States.

    But public reaction quickly turned negative when it was reported that the single mother already had six other young children through different fertility treatments and was not financially independent.

    "Rather than choosing to provide her children with a normal life, Nadya Suleman has chosen instead to commercially exploit them," Allred said in a statement.

    The lawyer, who said Suleman has entered into contracts and received payments for photos and videos of her octuplets and has stated she will have a reality television show with her children, cited California's child labor law that governs the entertainment industry.

    Suleman reportedly said that the planned reality show will follow the octuplets until they are 18.

    Allred and her client are seeking an order that would create separate bank accounts for the babies' earnings and require Suleman to hire a professional agent for the babies, separate from her own agent.

    In a statement to the entertainment website Radaronline.com, Suleman said that many people were trying to distract her from taking care of the babies, but she would continue to live her baby bubble with the kids.

    Allred said the lawsuit filed Monday seeks to intervene on behalf of the eight children born in January, but she noted she is also concerned for Suleman's other six children.

    The lawyer previously represented a nonprofit group that was providing nanny care for the octuplets before Suleman fired the agency because she suspected it was spying on her for child welfare officials.

Los Angeles lawyer to sue octuplets' mother to protect children

    LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles lawyer announced on Monday that she is suing the woman who threw herself into a controversy by giving birth to octuplets earlier this year through a fertility treatment.

    Gloria Allred, a famous woman attorney known for her efforts to protect women and children's rights, told a press conference that her legal action is intended to protect the eight infants because Nadya Suleman is an unfit mother.   Full story