The Trouble with Shatner's Semen - Thu May 8, 3:45 PM ET By Joal Ryan

With all the space seed Captain Kirk spread around the galaxy, it figured he'd eventually hear the phrase "semen-related lawsuit."

It just never figured he'd hear the phrase related to a horse.

A little story:

In the mid-1990s, Captain Kirk alter ego William Shatner split from second wife Marcy Lafferty Shatner. Per their divorce settlement, the ex-Mrs. Shatner reputedly was afforded privileges once yearly at Mr. Shatner's horse farm in Kentucky (for the purposes of breeding horses, people).

According to a lawsuit (yes, the semen-related one) filed late last month by Marcy Shatner, in each breeding season since 1995, she was presented with "fresh cooled format" semen from William Shatner (news)'s studly stallions.

As an equine Dr. Ruth might tell you, and Marcy Shatner certainly would, "fresh cooled format" is the only way to go.

But in March, according to Marcy Shatner's lawsuit, the semen-exchanging relationship with her former spouse turned "unacceptable."

That's when William Shatner's horse farm allegedly presented Marcy Shatner with the frozen, not "fresh cooled format," genetic material of the horse Great Day's Came the Sun.

"Potential buyers of the breeding privileges do not want the semen in frozen format," the lawsuit says.

--Bill, you of all people should know, fresh semen is preferred...