As we discussed on Wednesday, Nick Loeb has sued his ex-girlfriend Sofia Vergara over her desire to destroy the frozen embryos they created while together. Sofia and Nick were actually engaged for a time, and he wanted a kid, so Sofia donated some eggs to the cause and apparently “insisted” on using her 44-year-old assistant as the surrogate, despite a doctor’s warning. They actually went so far as to have some of the embryos implanted into a gestational carrier TWICE, but it didn’t take either time. Now that Nick and Sofia are over (they broke up last year), Sofia wants the remaining embryos destroyed. Nick, who claims to be ultra-“pro-life,” says that he wants custody of the embryos because he’s totally going to have them implanted and possibly raise the child (and sue Sofia for child support, I bet).

The whole lawsuit is being done through aliases, John Doe and Jane Doe. As such, neither Nick or Sofia has gone on the record about these legal shenanigans yet. Instead, unnamed “sources” are sniping back and forth in Radar and Page Six. Here’s what Page Six had:

A source tells Page Six: “This is a complaint filed by Nick to stop Sofia from destroying the two female embryos. Nick filed as John Doe because he wanted to do it anonymously. They had agreed to freeze the embryos when they were together because Sofia didn’t want to carry another child, she wanted to do it via surrogate. But two attempts failed.”

The source continued: “If either of them dies, the other has the right to destroy the embryos. But Nick believes life begins at conception, that life is life, it is horrible to keep them frozen, these are his babies. He hopes the filing will be a test case for how frozen embryos should be handled.”

Another source defended Vergara, who’s now engaged to “True Blood” actor Joe Manganiello, telling us: “This is a desperate attempt for attention. Why would he claim that she was abusive to him and still want to have children with her? She is engaged to someone else. He is perfectly fertile and could go and start a family with another woman. This is a sad attempt to stay relevant and hold onto the past and her.”

[From Page Six]

“This is a sad attempt to stay relevant and hold onto the past and her.” I hope Nick Loeb gets some ice for that BURN. And yes, the “why doesn’t he have a baby with someone else?” argument stands up, but only if you ignore the whole “Nick is super-pro-life and every life is precious” thing. But now all I can think about is how Nick allegedly loves blow and hookers. Classic conservative politics.

What else? In the John Doe filing, Loeb also claimed that Sofia had physically and emotionally abused him, calling him a “loser” and hitting him on four occasions. A source told Radar:

“Sofia never got physical with Nick, it just didn’t happen. Did they fight? Yes, and a lot, which is why they broke up. But to portray it as Sofia being mentally abusive towards Nick is reckless, and just not true. At this point, Sofia is saddened that Nick decided to let this play out in the media, but not surprised. Nick obviously wants to be a part of Sofia’s life, even though she is engaged to be married to another man. Sofia wants the embryos destroyed, and is also ready to fight for her rights in court. If these embryos were implanted into a surrogate, Nick would almost certainly go after Sofia for child support. As the highest paid actress on television, the financial incentive needs to also be considered.”

[From Radar]

I enjoy how these sources are really going after Nick as an ex who just can’t let go. We already know Nick Loeb is the kind of ex-boyfriend who says douchey things about Sofia, like how she needs to dress “classier.” So, painting him as pining away for her… that’s a smart way to play it from a PR angle. From a legal angle? I don’t even know. This is a lot like an episode of Law & Order, and I think the solution at the end of that episode was… no one got to use the embryos? Something like that.

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