Sofía Vergara wins lawsuit over her embryos and no one can use them without her permission

In 2013, Sofía Vergara maintained a stable relationship with Nick Loeb. Their union as a couple was so good that they decided to freeze two embryos that they named Isabella and Emma, ​​because they wanted to be parents in the future and in this way they could achieve it.

Unfortunately, the relationship ended and with it, the desire to start a family together. However, months after finishing, Loeb filed a lawsuit to obtain custody of the embryos. Apparently, the law is not in your favor, because after so many legal disputes, a judge gave Sofia the victory.

There is a contract and Loeb does not want to respect it

Celebrities always think of everything and that is why they sign contracts before getting married or buying a new car. In the case of Sofia and Loeb, they did it with their embryos.

When they were both looking for a fertilization in vitro In 2013, they signed a contract in the clinic that advised them, in which they established that neither of them could do anything with the embryos without the consent of the other.

However, Loeb preferred to fight for them to be implanted in a surrogate mother in order to carry the pregnancy to term.

One lawsuit after another

After the couple separated in 2014, Loeb filed a lawsuit in California, United States, to request custody of the embryos, but after thinking better, he withdrew it. According to the information that BBC Mundo he collected in 2016, Loeb gave up because the California judge ordered him to give the names of the girlfriends he had and who forced an abortion when they were with him and he refused to do so.

After a while, he felt he must have those embryos and filed the lawsuit again. This time in Louisiana. However, a new judge ruled that he had no jurisdiction over the embryos because they were conceived in California and ordered the petition withdrawn.

Apparently, Sofía was getting tired of the situation and in December 2016, she sued him, seeking that the contract they had signed during their relationship became effective.

There is a third involved

In addition to Sofia and Loeb, there is a third plaintiff named James Charbonnet, a New Orleans resident who has no ties to the businessman or actress, other than being the administrator of a trust of unknown origin created to “guarantee health, education, maintenance and sustenance of embryos ”.

In the lawsuit that he presented, he ordered the immediate transfer of the embryos to a uterus so that they could develop and be born, in addition to the null declaration of the contract that had been signed by Loeb and Sofía, because the destination of the embryos was not included there. in case the couple ended their relationship.

Victories have been won by Sofia

According to the news site TMZ, the recent ruling by the Los Angeles County Superior Court has determined that Loeb cannot use the embryos with a surrogate without the written consent of the actress.

In addition, it is mentioned that he dismisses the argument that the contract does not comply with the clause of what will happen in the event of a divorce or separation on the part of those involved.

The judge determined that the contract that the couple signed is still valid and that any future action taken on the embryos has to be with the consent of both parties.

Apparently the lawsuit will continue

Following the ruling by both judges, Loeb told Fox News that he will continue with his decision to take custody of the embryos and that he will appeal the sentence.

For her part, Sofía does not stop, as she also asked the Louisiana court to strip the lawyer of her ex-partner of the power to exercise his work, since he assures that he made “false statements in allegations.”

For now, the embryos will continue to be stored at the ART Reproduction Center in California, while the owners reach an agreement. She will look for them to be destroyed and he, for them to be born, so this fight will go on for a while longer.