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| 2017-09-01 |
| [NYTimes] Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has been locked in a bitter custody dispute with Nick Loeb over frozen embryos she and her former fiancé had made when they were together for years, but she recently picked up a major legal victory in the public battle. Since the two split up, Loeb has aggressively tried to acquire custody of the frozen embryos. In his latest legal bid to obtain legal custody, Loeb filed an unusual right-to-live lawsuit against Vergara in Louisiana, the only state where frozen embryos have legal rights. He named the two embryos "Emma" and "Isabella" in court documents, and even went so far as to set up trust funds for them. Loeb brought the lawsuit back in December and last week a judge threw out the case on the basis that it was filed outside the proper jurisdiction, given that the embryos were created in California. In court documents obtained by TMZ, the judge even kept up the theme Loeb started in the lawsuit, ruling that "Emma" and "Isabella" are "citizens of California." Nice one, your honor. But, in spite of being citizens, they are not human and can be aborted at any time during gestation. I'm trying to get a handle on that. It seems contradictory to me. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #2 Funny story. Nick Loeb-- I believe his father was an ambassador (to Israel?) of some kind during the Reagan administration-- was in my class at high school. He was a total putz then as he is now. Not very well liked. Not many friends. Gravitated towards the misfits and outcasts of the school more than anyone else. Kind of seemed to have a superiority complex in that he generally carried himself as if he was inherently better than the rest of his peers around him. In other words, a total jerk. Ever since he started dating Sofia Vergara, myself and the classmates that I keep in touch with could not for the life of us understand what in the hell she saw in him or was doing with him. Eventually, it appears she caught on and kicked him to the curb. Good for her but I still can't believe it took her as long as it did. His efforts at asserting custody over her frozen embryos pretty much tells you all you need to know about the guy. Hey Nick, get a life already, will ya! |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2017-09-01 13:23 |
| #1 Seems to be an interstate conflict here. Guess where that's going to go. [One reason the judiciary believes they're overworked is because they believe everything is the object of judicial review] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-01 06:50 |