(Newser)
– Nick Loeb lost once again in his legal battle for custody of two frozen embryos he created with his ex-fiancée Sofia Vergara in 2013. A Louisiana court of appeals upheld Loeb’s custody and charged him with “forum shopping” by bringing the case to the state, people reports. Loeb “does not reside in, does not maintain a residence in and does not intend to be domiciled or resident in any parish in the state of Louisiana,” the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals said. Loeb and Modern family the star broke up in 2014 and married Joe Manganiello the following year.
The court accused Loeb and his lawyer of filing the case in an “inappropriate place,” in the hope that he would receive a favorable ruling. “Their behavior is discredited and mocks Louisiana’s legal system. and the bar is ugly, “the court wrote. A Loeb attorney said he intends to take the case to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The embryos are in California, and the court paper says a 2017 case seeking” a standing order to prevent Loeb from bringing pre-embryos to term without Mrs. Vergara’s written consent “is still pending. (Vergara explained why she does not want the embryos to be brought to term).