Sofia Vergara Responds to Ex's Frozen Embryo Claims, Denies Suggesting They be Destroyed

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Nick Loeb (L) and actress Sofia Vergara attend the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 12, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Puerto Vallarta: Sofia Vergara denied that she wanted to destroy the embryos she and her ex-boyfriend Nick Loeb froze, contradicting what the U.S. businessman had claimed in a lawsuit he filed against the Colombian actress.

"Vergara has never wanted to destroy her embryos," the attorney for the best-paid actress on U.S. television - according to People- told reporters on the weekend.

The star of the television series "Modern Family," who in May 2014 announced the end of her romantic relationship with Loeb, to whom she had been engaged, froze the embryos the couple had created while they were together using her eggs and his sperm.

"Vergara has never suggested that she wished to have the embryos destroyed ... She has always maintained that they be kept frozen, a fact of which Loeb and his counsel have always been aware, despite Loeb's statements to the contrary," said attorney Fred Silberberg.

U.S. media had reported that Loeb was going to sue the 42-year-old Barranquilla native so that she could not proceed with the embryos' destruction.

However, Silberberg told People magazine that the lawsuit was "uncredible" and lacked "merit."

Vergara, who in May will appear on the cover of Vanity Fair, spoke to that magazine about her new fiance, actor Joe Manganiello, about whom she said that at first she thought he was "too handsome" for her to go out with.

"Vergara, who has happily moved on with her life, is content to leave the embryos frozen indefinitely as she has no desire to have children with her ex, which should be understandable given the circumstances," the lawyer concluded in his statement.