British surrogacy pioneer charged with rape, human trafficking

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, who is now married to his daughter’s ex-‘boyfriend,’ became the first gay parent to surrogate babies in 1999 in the UK, with his now-ex husband, who had throat cancer.

NEW: Britain’s first gay surrogate parent has been charged with r*pe and human trafficking for s*xual exploitation.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, who is now married to his daughter’s ex-‘boyfriend,’ became the first gay parent to surrogate babies in 1999 in the UK, with his now-ex… pic.twitter.com/6oEaxof3pA

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NEW: Britain’s first gay surrogate parent has been charged with r*pe and human trafficking for s*xual exploitation.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, who is now married to his daughter’s ex-‘boyfriend,’ became the first gay parent to surrogate babies in 1999 in the UK, with his now-ex husband, who had throat cancer.

Drewitt-Barlow purchased multiple children, twins, Aspen and Saffron, Orlandom, and another set of twins, Jasper and Dallas. He also has children, Valentina and Romeo, with his daughter’s ex-boyfriend.

Barrie and Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32, co-own the Maldon and Tiptree Football Club.

Barrie has been charged with 3 counts of s*xual assault on a male, four counts of r*pe of a man 16 or over, and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, according to Sky News.

Scott is charged with one count of s*xual assault on a male, one count of r*pe of a man 16 or over, and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.

During an interview, Barrie said he purchased a woman’s eggs after seeing her on a catwalk in Miami.

He said he wanted “beautiful kids” because he didn’t want to deal with ugly ones.

Take their kids from them.