Grand Junction, Colo. — A jury has reached a verdict in a high-profile civil case over alleged fertility fraud. The panel awarded $8.7 million to 3 households in a civil lawsuit, CBS Denver experiences.
Paul Jones might be required to pay 30% whereas the clinic he used to work for must pay the remaining 70%.
Jones, a former Colorado fertility physician, completely gave up his medical license in 2019.
He was sued for allegedly utilizing his personal sperm to impregnate a number of girls, however says they do not have a authorized grievance.
At the least 9 ladies and men imagine they're his offspring, from the Nineteen Seventies, '80s and '90s.
The households say they found Jones was their organic father by way of business DNA databases. They discovered they're all associated to one another as half-siblings, they usually suspect Jones secretly inseminated their moms together with his sperm.
The opposite households concerned had beforehand settled with Jones.