Paid to do it, but fails to make his friend’s wife pregnant after 72 attempts
In Stuttgart,
Germany, a court judge must decide on a case of honorable intentions in a
situation where a man hired his neighbor to get his wife pregnant.
It seems that
Demetrius Soupolos, 29, and his former beauty queen wife, Traute, wanted a
child badly, but Demetrius was told by a doctor that he was sterile.
So, Soupolos, after
calming his wife’s protests, hired his neighbor, Frank Maus, 34, to impregnate
her. Since Maus was already married and the father of two children, plus looked
very much like Soupolos to boot, the plan seemed good.
Soupolos paid Maus
$2,500 for the job and for three evenings a week for the next six months, Maus
tried desperately, a total of 72 different times, to impregnate Traute.
When his own wife
objected, he explained, “I don’t like this any more than you. I’m simply doing
it for the money. Try and understand.”
When Traute failed
to get pregnant after six months, however, Soupolos was not understanding and
insisted that Maus have a medical examination, which he did.
The doctor’s
announcement that Maus was also sterile shocked everyone except his wife, who
was forced to confess that Maus was not the real father of their two children.
Now Soupolos is
suing Maus for breach of contract in an effort to get his money back, but Maus
refuses to give it up because he said he did not guarantee conception, but only
that he would give an honest effort.
