A British couple at the centre of a fight over the adoption of twins has been accused of having no right to the girls.
The baby girls were allegedly sold twice over the Internet, once to Alan and Judith Kilshaw and once to an American couple.
The twins' would-be parents, Californians Richard and Vickie Allen, say the Kilshaws have not followed correct US adoption procedures.
Their comments came after Mr and Mrs Kilshaw said they had used the internet to find the six-month-old twins.
They said they had not known the little girls were already placed with Mr and Mrs Allen until they travelled to San Diego, California, to adopt them.
"They were abducted from California, taken to Arkansas which had no jurisdiction, and then the Kilshaws paid everyone involved to take the children out of the country without any legal right or justification in doing so," Mr Allen said in an angry face-to-face interview broadcast live on GMTV.
"They have no right to the children."
PA