Sofia Vergara enters legal battle to have frozen embryos destroyed

Sofia Vergara enters legal battle to have frozen embryos destroyed

Sophia Vergara's ex-beau is seeking to ensure the female embryos are not destroyed through lawsuit.

“Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara is looking to sufficiently cut all times with ex-fiance Nick Loeb, and that includes destroying two cryopreserved female embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Loeb, 39, is seeking to ensure the female embryos are not destroyed. He first filed a lawsuit in August 2014 before it was refiled again on April 1 with updated information, and after Loeb sought new legal representation. Vergara, 42, has refused to “agree to their preservation under all circumstances,” according to the legal papers.

Court documents, filed under pseudonyms Jane and John Doe, detail how the couple fertilized embryos using her eggs and his sperm six months before their split in November 2013.

No agreement was made between the couple about what would happen to any frozen eggs in the event they ended their relationship. Ultimately, the outcome will be at the discretion of a judge.

InTouch reported that legal experts told them that it would be unlikely Loeb will be able to use the embryos without Sofia’s consent.

Elsewhere in the lawsuit, it is claimed Vergara – who got engaged to True Blood hunk Joe Manganiello on Christmas Day after six months of dating – was “physically and mentally abusive’’ to Loeb.

InTouch also reported that Vergara and Manganiello, 38, have found a surrogate and plan to have children of their own.

“My son, Manolo, is 23 years old, which is going to be really weird if I have another baby. But, you know, Joe wants babies and if it’s going to make him super-happy, then…’’ Vergara told the magazine.

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