Sofia Vergara sued by her frozen embryos in bizarre legal battle

According to US reports Sofia Vergara is being sued by her own embryos, who have been named Emma and Isabella, for refusing them a right to life.

Well, we’ve heard it all now.

The ‘Modern Family’ actress is currently locked in a bitter legal battle with her former fiance Nick Loeb after he filed a suit last year to protect and bring to term two fertilised eggs.

The couple created the eggs in 2013 and planned to use them with a surrogate during their relationship but they split the following year and Sofia decided she didn’t want children with Nick.

Now, according to the New York Post, a right-to-live lawsuit has been filed on behalf of ‘Emma’ and ‘Isabella’ against the actress in Louisiana.

Louisianan is a traditionally pro-life state that offers special legal protections for frozen embryos.

Documents state that Emma and Isabella have been deprived of an inheritance from a trust that has been created for them in Louisiana because they have not been born.

The suit asks the frozen embryos be given to Nick to be implanted in a surrogate so they can live and receive the trust, which would fund their healthcare and education. It also requests Sofia’s parental rights be terminated and that the ‘Hot Pursuit’ star pay her former partner’s legal fees.

Sofia – who is now married to Joe Manganiello and has 24-year-old son Manolo from a past relationship – and Nick, 41, had signed a contract at the ART Reproductive Center in Beverly Hills when they created the embryos in 2013, which stated neither could use the embryos without the consent of the other.

However, the new lawsuit argues the agreement should be deemed void as it didn’t say what should happen if they split and it violated California code and Louisiana law.

Nick tried to file to protect the embryos in California in 2015 but the 44-year-old actress’ legal team applied to force the socialite and businessman to identify two former lovers who had had abortions during his relationships with them, and he dropped the case, deciding instead to file in Louisiana.

In his suit, he claimed his former flame wanted to keep the embryos “sitting in a freezer until the end of time” which would be “tantamount to killing them”.

Do you think Nick is right to try to bring the fertilised eggs to term?