Unpaternity suit

Agent 1 makes a rare appearance in Walt's e-mail box and forwards an interesting legal dispute from Germany.

In Stuttgart, a judge must decide on a case of honourable intentions, in a situation where a man hired his neighbour to get his wife pregnant.

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, after calming his wife's protest, Soupolos hired his neighbour, Frank Maus (pronounced "mouse"), 34, to impregnate Traute. Since Maus was already married and the father of two children [obviously more a man than a maus! ed.] and looked a lot like Soupolos to boot, the plan seemed good.

Soupolos paid Maus 2000 euros for the job. 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, Maus explained, "I don't like this any more than you. I'm simply doing it for the money. Try to understand!"

When Traute failed to get pregnant after six months, Soupolos was not so understanding, and insisted that Maus have a medical examination. The doctor's announcement that Maus was also sterile shocked everyone except Frau Maus, who was forced to confess that Maus was not the real father of their two children!

Now Soupolos is suing Maus for breach of congtract, in an effort to get his money back. Maus refuses to give it up because he said he did not guarantee conception, but only that he would give an honest effort.

Agent 1 doesn't provide a source for the report. Walt thinks it's inconceivable.