Eric Brogmus/INFphotoSomewhere across the country in Pennsylvania, Kate Gosselin is no doubt cracking a smile.
Gosselin's nemesis and would-be reality TV rival Nadya Suleman and her mouthpiece website RadarOnline are feeling the heat from California officials for child-labor violations involving Octomom's brood.
State Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet alleges the entertainment site failed to take out the requisite permits before videotaping Octotots Noah and Isaiah and ignored laws governing the amount of time the infants could be on camera.
And that could just be the tip of the iceberg.
Department of Labor spokesman Dean Fryer says the alleged violations occurred March 17 and involve the very first videos of the newborns. But he streses that the investigation remains open and, unless Radar gets compliant with the law, it could face additional sanctions, since the children have been seen in videos since their March debut.
So far, Radar has been cited for the following: failure to have a permit for employing minors, punishable by a $500 fine; failure to have an entertainment permit for two children, doubling the fine to $1,000; working outside set hours, punishable by another $1,000; and failure to have a supervisor and/or teacher, which is another $500.
Per state guidelines, infants are only allowed to"work" between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., and can only be on camera for no more than 20 minutes at a time.
Radar, owned by America Media Inc., which also operates the National Enquirer, has until July 7 to appeal.
Chris Myers, Radar's executive editor, did not return phone calls seeking comment.
The agency initiated its investigation May 4, three weeks after Suleman signed a contract giving Radar exclusive rights to document her 14 children, including the octuplets born in Janury.
Suleman, who is currently shopping her own reality TV series, made headlines in recent days for slamming Gosselin.
Karma's a bitch.
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