His story starts in 1997 when he and his partner Shaun met a lesbian couple in Bliss nightclub in Southend.
It is thought that there are several other men caught up in the same position. His story will send shivers down the spine of any man who was asked to donate their sperm by a childless woman in the 90s.īack then it was impossible for women to use official sperm banks unless they had a male partner – something that is no longer the case.Ĭhanges to the law mean that if Langridge made the donation today in similar circumstances he wouldn't be financially liable for the children, and he has called for the law governing this area to be applied retrospectively. He has had no contact with the family since 2004, but the CSA said that he has to either pay up, or take a DNA test to show that he is not their natural father.
