Man accuses girlfriend of stealing his sperm to have a baby, sues fertility clinic
Chris Spags A Houston father of two newborn twins claims that he wasn’t aware of his contributions to their birth, saying that his girlfriend stole his sperm to conceive them. Do his claims sound legit? Read on.
Joe Pressil claims that, in 2006, the Advanced Fertility Center of Texas provided his then-girlfriend of six months with in vitro fertilization with semen taken from used condoms. Now he’s paying child support and suing the clinic for their part.
Pressil claims his unnamed ex, a former exotic dancer with the shockingly-cliché stage name of “Sugar,” stole condoms from the trash immediately after sex, emptied them into a cup, and brought them to the fertility clinic in an effort to get pregnant for child support.
Pressil has been paying “Sugar” $800 a month in child support for two twins whom Pressil claims was conceived as part of his ex’s sinister plot.
The clinic claims that there are forms signed by Pressil indicating his approvals for his part in the process. An attorney for the clinic told Click2Houston that the claims in Pressil’s lawsuit are “suspect” and “disingenuous.”
There are some red flags about Pressil’s suit, namely that the then-girlfriend was a domestic partner on Pressil’s insurance during the time of her fertilization process. Pressil claims he thought she was infertile due to a medical condition involving fibroids and that was what the insurance charges were for.
The ex-girlfriend’s lawyer said his client denies ever taking sperm without Pressil’s knowledge, writing off the lawsuit as an attempt to get out of child support.
While I’m sure most men would love to believe that their sperm is so precious that women would go through this thorough and far-fetched process for it, there are some logistical questions raised. But whether this happened or not, isn’t this all a lot to go through for $800 in child support a month? Like if she’s stealing condoms and squeezing them out like a Carvel’s employee writing on a cake, is it worth that effort for a mere 800 bucks? And if he’s lying and was aware of this, is it worth this whole story about Ocean’s Eleven-esque sperm thievery worth the time and effort involved for the same cost?
Then again, in a world where people are rioting over a slightly discounted waffle iron, I suppose all semen-related bets are off.
Dad: Twins came from stolen sperm [Click2Houston via Jezebel]
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