‘The Man With 1000 Kids’: where is Jonathan Jacob Meijer now?
nme.comNetflix this week. But who is Jonathan Meijer and where is he now?The series centres around a sperm donor who allegedly deceived hundreds of families.A Netflix synopsis of the show explains: “The Man With 1000 Kids uncovers the gripping tale of a charming Dutch scammer, Jonathan Meijer, who is accused of travelling the world deceiving mothers into having his babies on a mass scale.
The three-part series investigates the murky world of the fertility industry and uncovers how due to a lack of global regulations, some international fertility clinics continue to allow anonymous donations.“With exclusive access to a group of passionate and aggrieved parents, this series unravels the twisting and turning story of this YouTuber who defrauded parents from all around the world, and how they are now on a mission to push for a change in the law to prevent him deceiving more.”You can watch the trailer for the show here:Meije, 43, is believed to have donated sperm on a mass, unregulated scale, fathering hundreds of children along the way.
Meijer was originally a musician before he started to donate sperm, according to the docu-series.He is believed to have begun donating sperm around 2007 in the Netherlands and is thought to have continued to do this for the next decade.Despite the law only allowing sperm donors to father up to 25 children via 12 mothers, authorities discovered that the musician had conceived 102 children.While he was banned from donating sperm in his own country after the discovery in 2017, the documentary series claims he then travelled around Europe, donating to sperm clinics.
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