Frozen embryo case on ice

NICK Loeb’s wild, never-ending frozen embryo custody case against his ex-fiancée Sofía Vergara has ended in Louisiana for now — with a judge dismissing his claims.

Page Six reported last year that Vergara’s ex “moved” to the Bayou State in a bid to win his suit there, since he hoped Louisiana would recognize the unborn embryos’ rights. The case bounced to various Louisiana courts before landing in the 25th Judicial District Court for Plaquemines Parish, where Judge Kevin D. Conner handed Vergara a big victory on Oct. 11. Conner dismissed Loeb’s case “with prejudice,” ruling in Vergara’s favor on nine motions and decreeing all trial exhibits except one be unsealed.

Loeb was fighting to keep them all private.

Loeb argued he’d lived at two residences in Belle Chasse, outside New Orleans, on Zeta Street and Protti Drive. But according to court papers, the judge found that Loeb “testified he did not spend one night at the Protti Drive apartment, and that he did not furnish it. He hired someone to receive the furniture and decorate the apartment on Zeta. Mr. Loeb has never voted in Plaquemines Parish . . . [He] admitted that the utilities at his Belle Chasse apartment were cut off due to nonpayment. He does not know any of his neighbors on Zeta.”

The judge said that Loeb “does not operate any businesses” or “have a bank account” there.

“According to Mr. Loeb, he resides everywhere and nowhere. He arrived in Louisiana the day before the deposition, traveling from New York,” and while Loeb lived in suburban Belle Chasse, “he stayed for several days at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New Orleans.” The judge also pointed out that during the time Loeb alleged he lived in Louisiana, he had a daughter with another girlfriend, but the baby was born in New York, and “the child and her mother currently reside in Barcelona,” where Loeb has a $400,000 yacht.

Loeb’s lawyer told us, “We will be appealing the court’s decision,” and said the embryos “are human beings with every right to their lives and every right to be born.” The couple split in 2014.