He is a sperm donor, had 15 children, but his offer held a terrible secret

It all started with an announcement on a social network for women looking for donors to have children. James MacDougall He posted his offer.

However, beyond the goodwill he claimed to have, behind his seemingly innocent offer was a atrocious secret. Information he did not provide and had a major impact on the 15 children born.

Fine print, lies and violence

MacDougall, 37, has advertised private donations on the web knowing that his condition would prevent him from going to the clinic. He happens to have an incurable genetic condition – the fragile X syndrome– which leads to a low q and developmental delay, The sun.

Furthermore, and despite having initially signed an agreement in which he assured him that he did not want to have contact with his children, he then asked the Family Court that the women will be forced to give him time with four of the childrenall under the age of three, because he wanted to exercise paternity.

One of these children, who is now three and a half years old, whom Justice calls R., was born in October 2018; then a second son came into the world, P., who is only 2 years old, his mother appears in the case as SW

According to Nathalie Lieven, the judge of the case, according to the media, the man gave her a document three narrow-spaced pages in very legalistic and hard-to-read language, stating that he would have no right to the child and no right to contact him.

Towards the end, on page 3, the document claimed to have Fragile X syndromebut did not explain what it meant.

SW, who has difficulty reading and is extremely vulnerable, said he did not discuss the deal in detail, said Judge Lieven, who also he demanded that MacDougall’s name be released so that no other woman would have children with him.

after childbirth, SWwho is 25 years old, she contacted McDougall, who visited her first daughter frequently and became pregnant with a second child.

Man too lived in the SW house during the first months of the pandemic before she asked him to leave in June 2020.

Citing the causes, he claimed he created it sexual comments, he rubbed his erection against her and took a shower with the little boy at least twicewhich he considered highly inappropriate, published The sun.

Although he initially left, after 5 days he returned. But that was when was arrested for assaulting her and leave her with bruises on her neck and back.

Other cases and a decision

The media also revealed that it is the sperm donor by other children, one named L, born in 2021, and of B, a boy born in July 2018.

Interestingly, in another court, MacDougall won a trial which allowed him to have regular contact with baby B.

However, the boy returned from meeting him with non-accidental bruisesdetailed the judge that he decided to postpone the case until he received a report from social services.

Once he had access to those documents, the man was accused of taking advantage of women’s desire to have children without worrying about the impact it might have on mothers and babies.

As indicated The mirrorMacDougall had learning difficulties and was in Autistic spectrumwith a profound lack of insight, the judge ruled.

Because of this, he was prevented from submitting questions to court for the next three years, due to the trauma it would cause to mothers and their lack of understanding of their actions.

Testimony in favor

June, MacDougall’s adoptive mother, said her son is “kind but gullible.”

And he detailed: “He wanted to be part of their lives, he wanted to see their children. Him I just wanted to help to those people, to help those lesbian women realize their dreams and become mothers. He did not seek money, as far as we know, to provide that serviceI’ve just done it”highlighted The mirror.