A prolific sperm donor who claims to be the father of 180 children unmasked

A prolific sperm donor who claims to beryllium the begetter of 180 children uses hopeless mothers arsenic a “commodity”, a justice said.

American-born Robert Charles Albon, who present lives successful north-east England, has utilized societal media to advertise his services nether the pseudonym Joe Donor.

He has fathered children successful China, USA, Argentina, Australia and Britain.

But successful an unprecedented determination a justice has unmasked Mr Albon to pass others astir the dangers of unregulated donation.

It came aft helium took a same-sex mates to tribunal demanding parental rights implicit their child, applying for rights and responsibilities, to beryllium named connected the commencement certificate and changes to the child's name.

In a judgement handed down astatine Cardiff Family Court Jonathan Furness KC said helium wanted to support women from the imaginable consequences of unregulated sperm donation and from utilizing Mr Albon.

He said: "They chose a sperm donor who advertised that helium would permission it up to the parent arsenic to whether determination should beryllium immoderate contact.

"There was grounds from his ain societal media worldly that Mr Albon has indicated that to beryllium the position.

"In world helium is simply a antheral who seeks to control.

"Women and children look to beryllium astir a commodity to him arsenic helium sets astir expanding the fig of his children astir the globe – China, USA, Argentina, Australia and UK to sanction conscionable immoderate of the countries wherever helium has fathered children."

The justice added: "He is simply a antheral who intends to proceed donating sperm and susceptible women who are funny successful specified services should afloat recognize the risks of becoming progressive with him," helium added.

Mr Albon wanted the child's non-biological parent to beryllium called "auntie" alternatively than mother, contempt the information she had acted arsenic a genitor from birth.

Both mothers said the accent from the ineligible proceedings – which took much than 2 years - had been cited arsenic a origin successful the breakdown of their relationship.

The tribunal heard the biologic parent suffered from anxiety, slump and suicidal thoughts made worse by the case.

The judgement - made successful 2023 but lone conscionable published - said Mr Albon claimed helium wanted to "protect the welfare" of the kid erstwhile helium was really "wholly self-centred".

The justice recovered "no affirmative payment payment successful changing the child's name" and that nonstop interaction betwixt him and the kid would not beryllium successful the child's champion interests.

Mr Albon advertises connected Facebook and Instagram.

In a erstwhile interrogation helium said: "I've had astir 180 unrecorded births and I've met astir 60 of them."

"I mightiness ne'er spot a batch of them, this has to bash with the child's mothers relationship… it's my penchant to person immoderate benignant of relationship."

UK regulations authorities sperm from a azygous donor utilized done licensed clinics whitethorn lone beryllium utilized to make a maximum of 10 families.